Delius: Cynara

This page lists all recordings of Cynara, by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) on CD.

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Essential Delius: 150th Anniversary

Essential Delius: 150th Anniversary


Delius:

Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

A Song before sunrise

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Koanga: La Calinda

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Sleigh Ride

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Irmelin Prelude

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Summer Evening

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Paris - Song of a Great City

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

In a Summer Garden

Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Hassan: Intermezzo

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

A Song of Summer

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

To be sung of a summer night on the water, Nos. 1 & 2

Robert Tear (tenor)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger

Late Swallows

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Dance Rhapsody No. 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Cynara

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Brigg Fair

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox


The best-loved and most popular works by Frederick Delius, performed by the world’s leading artists, in an accessible format at budget price as part of the ESSENTIAL CLASSICS series.

EMI Essential - 0842102

(CD - 2 discs)

$9.00

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Delius - Brigg Fair & Choral and orchestral miniatures

Delius - Brigg Fair & Choral and orchestral miniatures


Delius:

Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Koanga: La Calinda

Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon

Sleigh Ride

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Irmelin Prelude

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

A Song before sunrise

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Brigg Fair

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

In a Summer Garden

Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Summer Evening

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

A Song of Summer

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

North Country Sketches

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Lebenstanz

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Cynara

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

To be sung of a summer night on the water, Nos. 1 & 2

Robert Tear (tenor)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger


Frederick Delius (1862-1934) was born in Bradford of parents who had been born in Germany. His father was a successful wool merchant and although he allowed his son to study music he did not regard it as a career option. On leaving school he therefore joined the wool company but he proved unreliable; he did, however, visit Norway and Paris on the firm’s business and met life-long friends. In 1884 he was allowed to go to Florida as an orange grower. This gave him freedom from family pressures – he neglected the oranges but studied music and was greatly influenced by the music of the plantation negroes. He developed one of the most individual and easily recognisable harmonic and melodic styles of composition. He was strongly supported by the eminent conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, who gave numerous performances of his work and clearly established an appreciation for it amongst its listeners. Some critics have remarked that whilst his formula for composition was artistically successful it was so but within a strictly defined and narrow emotional and expressive range – certainly this is borne out by the popularity of the shorter works which form the vast majority of this collection, especially the exquisite sensuous idylls catching the lights, sounds, perhaps even the smells of the English countryside.

His last ten years were blighted by illness and in 1928 Eric Fenby became his amanuensis thereby enabling the composer to complete a number of works including A Song of Summer.

He died virtually a recluse in Grez-sur-Loing and, as French law forbade his burial in his garden, his remains were removed from Grez’s cemetery after a year and moved to Limpsfield in Surrey.

EMI Gemini - 2643122

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.25

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The Delius Collection

The Delius Collection


Delius:

Dance Rhapsody No. 1

Ed. Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

A Song of the High Hills

Maryetta Midgley, Vernon Midgley

Ambrosian Singers & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Preludes Nos. 1, 2 & 3

Eric Parkin (piano)

Polka - Zum Carnival

Eric Parkin (piano)

Fantastic Dance

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Dance Rhapsody No. 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Irmelin Prelude

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Violin Concerto

Ralph Holmes (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

A Song of Summer

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

A Late Lark

Anthony Rolfe Johnson

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Piano Concerto in C minor

Philip Fowke (piano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

Songs of Sunset

Thomas Allen, Sarah Walker

Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Idyll 'Once I passed through a populous city'

Thomas Allen, Felicity Lott

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Koanga: La Calinda

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Cello Sonata

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)

Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major

Ralph Holmes (violin)

Eric Fenby

Violin Sonata No. 2

Ralph Holmes (violin)

Eric Fenby

Violin Sonata No. 3

Ralph Holmes (violin)

Eric Fenby

Paris - Song of a Great City

Ed. Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

An Arabesque

Thomas Allen

Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Suite for Violin & Orchestra

Ralph Holmes (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Songs of Farewell

Ambrosian Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Cynara

Thomas Allen

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Aquarelles (2)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Caprice & Elegy

Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Legende

Ralph Holmes (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Life’s Dance

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar

plus:

Orchestral Songs 28.28

Scandinavian, French, English Songs with Piano 43.24

Felicity Lott, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sarah Walker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Eric Fenby.


To mark the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Delius, Heritage is thrilled to announce the re-release of ‘The Delius Collection’, a 7 CD slim-line wallet box of benchmark Delius recordings which originally appeared on the Unicorn Kanchana label. At the heart of this set are the recordings made by Eric Fenby and the RPO – interpretations of those works that Fenby took down or edited whilst working with the composer in the capacity of amanuensis. Further recordings from the Delius oeuvre are conducted by two luminaries of English music, Norman Del Mar and Vernon Handley with contributions from Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Sarah Walker, Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen, Julian Lloyd Webber and Ralph Holmes amongst others. Extensive liner notes are provided by Robert Matthew Walker as well as a ‘Foreword’ by Delius and Fenby authority, Stephen Lloyd. Full texts are included in the commemorative 28 page booklet.

“The present set, sumptuous in quantity and quality, is quite a coup for Heritage. The price is right and the content is classic...Classic Delius overwhelmingly in fruity early digital sound.” MusicWeb International, August 2012

Heritage - HTGCD700

(CD - 7 discs)

$38.25

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Delius: 150th Anniversary Edition

Delius: 150th Anniversary Edition


Delius:

Sleigh Ride

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Marche Caprice

ed. & arr. Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Over the hills and far away

ed. Beecham

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Dance Rhapsody No. 2

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Dance Rhapsody No. 1

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

On the mountains

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

A Song of Summer

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Irmelin Prelude

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Late Swallows

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song)

(includes rehearsal footage)

Ambrosian Singers, Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Paris - Song of a Great City

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

In a Summer Garden

Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Piano Concerto in C minor

Piers Lane (piano)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Florida Suite

Revised and edited by Sir Thomas Beecham

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Brigg Fair

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox

Summer Evening

arr. Beecham

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Koanga: La Calinda

arr. Fenby

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Air and Dance

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Hassan: Intermezzo & Serenade

arr. Beecham

Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox

Aquarelles (2)

arr. Fenby

The Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner

Lebenstanz

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

North Country Sketches

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Sea Drift

John Noble (baritone)

Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Cynara

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

Violin Concerto

Yehudi Menuhin (violin)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies

Double Concerto for Violin and Cello

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paul Tortelier (cello)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies

Cello Concerto

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Dance

arr. Eric Fenby

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby

Koanga: La Calinda

arr. Eric Fenby

Elena Duran (flute)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby

Air and Dance

arr. Eric Fenby

Elena Duran (flute)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby

Five Little Pieces

arr. Eric Fenby

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby

Sonata for string orchestra

arr. Eric Fenby

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Eric Fenby

String Quartet (1916)

Britten Quartet

Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano)

Violin Sonata No. 2

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano)

Violin Sonata No. 3

Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Eric Fenby (piano)

Legende

Tasmin Little (violin), John Lenehan (piano)

Cello Sonata

Moray Welsh (cello), Israela Margalit (piano)

Dance

Igor Kipnis (harpsichord)

Twilight Fancies

Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)

To be sung of a summer night on the water, No. 1

(wordless)

Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger

Wanderer's Song

Baccholian Singers of London

The Homeward Way

Marjorie Thomas (mezzo)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Twilight Fancies

orch. Beecham

Elsie Suddaby (soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Whither (Autumn)

orch. Beecham

Elsie Suddaby (soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

The Violet

orch. Gibson

Elsie Suddaby (soprano)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Whither (Autumn)

Dora Labbette (soprano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

The Violet

Dora Labbette (soprano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

I-Brasîl

Dora Labbette (soprano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Young Venevil

sung in German

Dora Labbette (soprano)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Twilight Fancies

Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano)

Cradle song

Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano)

The Nightingale (from Five Songs from the Norwegian)

Dora Labbette (soprano), Sir Thomas Beecham (piano)

Irmelin Rose from Seven Danish Songs

Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

So white, so soft, so sweet is she from Four Old English Lyrics

Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit

Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

La lune blanche

Dora Labbette (soprano), Gerald Moore (piano)

To the queen of my heart (from Three Shelley Songs)

Heddle Nash (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano)

Love’s Philosophy (from Three Shelley Songs)

Heddle Nash (tenor), Gerald Moore (piano)

Caprice & Elegy

Beatrice Harrison (cello)

Chamber Orchestra, Eric Fenby

Eventyr (once upon a time)

Hallé Orchestra, Vernon Handley

Hassan - incidental music

Martyn Hill (tenor), Brian Rayner Cook (baritone)

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Vernon Handley

Songs of Sunset

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves

An Arabesque

John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves

A Mass of Life

Heather Harper (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves

Requiem

Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Meredith Davies

Idyll 'Once I passed through a populous city'

Heather Harper (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Meredith Davies

A Song before sunrise

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Songs of Farewell

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Choral Society, Sir Malcolm Sargent

Koanga

Eugene Holmes (Koanga), Claudia Lindsey (Palmyra), Raimund Herincx (Don José Martinez), Keith Erwen (Simon Perez), Jean Allister (Clotilda), Simon Estes (Rangwan)

London Symphony Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Sir Charles Groves

A Song of the High Hills

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Sir Charles Groves

A Village Romeo and Juliet

Benjamin Luxon (Manz), Noel Mangin (Marti), Colin Manley (Sali - as a child), Wendy Eathorne (Vrenchen - as a child), Elizabeth Harwood (Vrenchen), Robert Tear (Sali), John Shirley-Quirk (The Dark Fiddler)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Meredith Davies

Fennimore and Gerda

Elisabeth Söderström (Fennimore, Gerda), Brian Rayner Cook (Niels Lyhne), Robert Tear (Erik Refstrup)

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Danish Radio Chorus, Meredith Davies


EMI - 0841752

(CD - 18 discs)

$74.25

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