Delius: Air and Dance

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Delius: Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major, etc.

Delius:

Violin Sonata No. 1 in E major

Sonata for string orchestra

(arr. Fenby)

Five Little Pieces

Koanga: La Calinda

Air and Dance

Dance

Violin Sonata No. 2

Violin Sonata No. 3


Yehudi Menuhin, Eric Fenby & Elena Duran

Bournemouth Sinfonietta

EMI British Composers - 3705662

(CD - 2 discs)

$11.25

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A Delius Collection of Rare Historic Recordings

A Delius Collection of Rare Historic Recordings


Delius:

Koanga: La Calinda

30 July 1941

Hallé Orchestra, Constant Lambert

Irmelin Prelude

8 June 1944

National Symphony Orchestra, Sidney Beer

Caprice and Elegy for Cello & Piano

1955

Anthony Pini (cello) & Wilfrid Parry (piano)

Air and Dance

20 October 1938

The Boyd Neel String Orchestra

The Violet

1955

Joan Stuart (soprano) & Gordon Watson (piano)

Sweet Venevil

1955

Joan Stuart (soprano) & Gordon Watson (piano)

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

23 & 25 February 1953

London Symphony Orchestra, Anthony Collins

Indian love song (from Three Shelley Songs)

Maggie Teyte (soprano) & Rita Mackay (piano)

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

7 December 1934

Heddle Nash (tenor) & Gerald Moore (piano)

Love’s Philosophy (from Three Shelley Songs)

31 May 1945

Isobel Baillie (soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano)

Aquarelles (2)

arr. Fenby. 1 April 1948

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Preludes Nos. 1, 2 & 3

4 April 1929

Evlyn Howard-Jones (piano)

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

arr. Beecham. 14 February 1946

Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra, Eugène Goossens

Legende

7 August 1942

Henry Holst (violin) & Gerald Moore (piano)

A Song of Summer

2 February 1950

Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli


The music of Delius has been recorded consistently ever since electrical recordings began, noticeably by conductor Thomas Beecham. This disc brings together a fascinating mix of familiar and less familiar Delius works, recorded on rare 78s between 1929-1955 by other devoted Delius interpreters such as John Barbirolli and Eugene Goossens.

Danacord - DACOCD717

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Grainger: Rambles & Reflections

Grainger: Rambles & Reflections

Grainger's transcriptions of works by other composers


 

Beautiful Fresh Flower

Chinese melody

Lullaby from Tribute to Foster

after Stephen Foster

Byrd:

The Carman's Whistle

Delius:

Air and Dance

Dowland:

Now, O now, I needs must part

Fauré:

Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1

Nell, Op. 18 No. 1

Gershwin:

The Man I Love

Love Walked In

Grainger:

Cradle Song (after Brahms)

Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Flower Waltz

Handel:

Water Music: Hornpipe

Scott, C:

Handelian Rhapsody, Op.17 (W134)

Stanford:

Four Irish Dances

Strauss, R:

Ramble on Love Duet (from Der Rosenkavalier)


Piers Lane (piano)

Though he professed not to enjoy concert giving, Grainger was one of the greatest pianists of the earlier twentieth century and had an intimate understanding of the capabilities of the piano and how best to write for it. He possessed a unique compositional voice and was, in many ways, part of the great composer–pianist tradition stretching from Liszt to Busoni for whom the concert transcription was an essential part of their art.

This recording contains the majority of Grainger’s concert transcriptions of music by other composers (his few Bach arrangements are performed by Piers Lane on Bach Piano Transcriptions Volume 3). They range from the folk-inspired Irish Dances of Stanford, full of Grainger’s characteristically extrovert piano writing, to the hyper-romantic lushness and incredible pianistic sophistication of his Ramble on Love based on Richard Strauss’s ‘Rosenkavalier’. All are superbly played by Piers Lane.

“A delight from start to finish” The Observer

“Grainger's eclectic idiosyncratic piano transcriptions, despatched with light-fingered clarity. Strauss swoons, Stephen Foster's all of a tingle. Excellent notes, too.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 ****

“Musically enchanting fare … everything is played with unfaltering command … the recording and presentation are immaculate” Gramophone Magazine

“Lane boasts a fabulous technique … succulent performances” Fanfare

“Heroic stamina by Piers Lane” The Times

“A fine selection … an easy listen that often delights the ear” Pianist Magazine

Helios Instrumental Selections - CDH55454

(CD)

$8.50

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The Essential Delius

The Essential Delius


Delius:

Florida Suite

North Country Sketches

Air and Dance

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Summer night on the river

A Song before sunrise

Aquarelles (2)

Hassan: Intermezzo & Serenade

Irmelin Prelude

Late Swallows

Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

In a Summer Garden


Chandos 241 - CHAN241-37

(CD - 2 discs)

$16.75

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Delius: Orchestral Works

Delius: Orchestral Works


Delius:

Florida Suite

Ulster Orchestra

North Country Sketches

Ulster Orchestra

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Air and Dance

London Philharmonic Orchestra


Chandos Collect - CHAN6628

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Delius: Summer Night on the River, etc.

Delius:

Summer Night on the River

On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

Summer Evening

Air and Dance

Vaughan Williams:

The Wasps Overture

Serenade to Music


Chandos Classics - CHAN10174X

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English String Miniatures, Vol. 2

English String Miniatures, Vol. 2


Bridge:

Sally in Our Alley

Cherry Ripe

Christmas Dance 'Sir Roger de Coverley'

Bush, G:

Consort Music

Delius:

Air and Dance

Elgar:

Sospiri, Op. 70

Ireland:

The Holy Boy

Vaughan Williams:

Charterhouse Suite

Warlock:

Serenade for the birthday of Frederick Delius

Wood, Haydn:

Fantasy-Concerto


"...They are splendidly played by the excellent English Northern Philharmonia and are lovingly portrayed by its talented conductor. Naxos moreover offers sound of exceptional clarity, balance, and presence. At its love asking price this is hard to beat and easy to recommend." - American Record Guide(John C Mckelvey) July/August 2001

20% off Naxos

Naxos - 8555068

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Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music

Percy Grainger: The Complete Piano Music

and transcriptions


Bach, J S:

Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Brahms:

Paganini Variations No.12

Byrd:

The Carman's Whistle

Delius:

Air and Dance

Elgar:

Nimrod (from Enigma Variations)

Gershwin:

Love Walked In

The Man I Love

Embraceable You

Grainger:

Handel in the Strand

Bridal Lullaby

English Waltz

Mock Morris

To a Nordic Princess

In a Nutshell, suite

Peace

Saxon Twi-Play

Andante con moto

Children's March 'Over the Hills and Far Away'

The Immovable Do (The Cyphering C)

Sailor's Song

Colonial Song

Walking Tune

Harvest Hymn

In Dahomey 'Cakewalk Smasher'

Country Gardens

The Merry King

Molly on the Shore

Irish Tune from County Derry 'Danny Boy'

Knight & Shepherd's Daughter

The Nightingale and The Two Sisters

Jutish Medley

The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol

The Rival Brothers

Near Woodstock Town

Will ye gang to the Hielands, Lizzie Lindsay

The Brisk Young Sailor (who returned to wed his true love)

One More Day, My John

(easy version)

Rimmer & Goldcastle

Spoon River

The Widow's Party

The Hunter in His Career

My Robin Is to the Greenwood Gone

Died for Love

Scotch Strathspey and Reel

One More Day, My John

(complex version)

Bristol Town

Hard-Hearted Barb'ra (H)Ellen

Mo Nighean Dubh (My dark-haired maiden)

Lisbon (Dublin Bay)

Stalt Vesselil

O Gin I Were Where Gadie Rins

Shepherd's Hey

Tiger-Tiger!

Lullaby from Tribute to Foster

At Twilight

The Warriors

Now, Oh Now I needs Must Part

Paraphrase on Tchaikovsky's Flower Waltz

Blithe Bells

Cradle Song (after Brahms)

Ramble on Love (from Der Rosenkavalier)

Beautiful Fresh Flowers

The Rag-time Girl

Klavierstück in D major, E major, A minor & B flat

Colonial Song

English Dance

Ye Banks and Braes o' Bonnie Doon

Train Music

Zanzibar Boat Song

Green Bushes

Handel:

Water Music: Hornpipe

Rachmaninov:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: 3 - Allegro scherzando

Stanford:

Four Irish Dances

Tchaikovsky:

B flat minor Piano Concerto (opening)


Martin Jones (piano)

“Martin Jones is a superb advocate for this rich kaleidoscope. His playing is delightfully exuberant and he is able to reach both the thunderous heights of power demanded by the Tchaikovsky concerto transcription and the delicacy of fingerwork required in folksongs such as 'Molly on the Shore'. He handles Grainger's complex counterpoints and voicing with superb clarity, achieving quasi-orchestral textures and colouring …” BBC Music Magazine

Nimbus - NI1767

(CD - 5 discs)

$38.50

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Delius Edition

Delius Edition


Delius:

Brigg Fair

In a Summer Garden

The Walk to the Paradise Garden

North Country Sketches

Appalachia (Variations on an old slave song)

ed. Beecham

A Song of the High Hills

ed. Beecham

Over the hills and far away

Sea Drift

Florida Suite

Violin Concerto

ed. Beecham

Aquarelles (2)

arr. Fenby

Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

ed. Beecham

Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo

Irmelin Prelude

ed. Beecham

Dance Rhapsody No. 2

ed. Beecham

Dance Rhapsody No. 1

ed. Beecham

Cello Sonata

Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra

String Quartet (1916)

Part-Songs (4)

Hassan: Intermezzo & Serenade

A Song before sunrise

Air and Dance

Koanga: La Calinda

Caprice and Elegy for Cello & Piano

Piano Concerto in C minor

Paris - Song of a Great City

Historic bonus track

A Village Romeo and Juliet


Marking the 150th Anniversary of Delius’ birth date in 1862, Decca Classics releases the ‘Delius Edition’ - the most comprehensive Collection of Delius’ music ever put together on 8CD and featuring noted Delius conductor Sir Charles Mackerras.

Containing all of Delius’s major work, this cap-box set combines the major orchestra & choral works of Brigg Fair, Sea Drift, In a Summer Garden, Florida Suite, The Walk to the Paradise Garden, Piano Concerto, Violin Concerto & Paris: Song of a Great City along with the major chamber music, such as the Cello Sonata, String Quartet and 4 Part Songs. The set culminates in Delius’s masterpiece, his opera, A Village Romeo and Juliet.

Featuring a cast of great artists and performers, including Thomas Hampson, Julian Lloyd Webber, the Fitzwilliam Quartet, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Sir Charles Mackerras.

Decca - 4783078

(CD - 8 discs)

$48.00

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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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