Delius Songs and Piano Works
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Composer or Director: Frederick Delius
Label: Souvenir Records
Magazine Review Date: 10/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 51
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: UKCD2041
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Evening Voices, or Twilight Fancies (wds. B. Bjö |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
| (2) Danish Songs, Movement: The Violet |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Felicity Lott, Soprano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (7) Danish Songs, Movement: Let Springtime Come (wds. J. P. Jacobsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Felicity Lott, Soprano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (7) Danish Songs, Movement: In the Seraglio Garden (wds. J. P. Jacobsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Felicity Lott, Soprano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (7) Danish Songs, Movement: Silken Shoes (wds. J. P. Jacobsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Sweet Venevil (wds. B. Bjørnson) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Felicity Lott, Soprano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (2) Danish Songs, Movement: Autumn (Whither?) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
| (7) Danish Songs, Movement: Irmelin Rose (wds. J. P. Jacobsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Felicity Lott, Soprano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (2) Songs, Movement: Il pleure dans mon coeur |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (2) Songs, Movement: Le ciel est pardessus le toit |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (La) Lune blanche |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| Chanson d'automne |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Felicity Lott, Soprano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| Avant que ti ne t'en ailles |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
| (4) Old English Songs (Four Elizabethan Songs), Movement: So sweet, so soft, is she (wds. B. Jonson) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
| (4) Old English Songs (Four Elizabethan Songs), Movement: To Daffodils (wds. R. Herrick) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer Sarah Walker, Mezzo soprano |
| I-Brasil |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Tenor Eric Fenby, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| (3) Preludes |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Parkin, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
| Zum Carnival |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Eric Parkin, Piano Frederick Delius, Composer |
Composer or Director: Frederick Delius
Label: Classics
Magazine Review Date: 10/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 61
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 37043-2
Tracks:
| Composition | Artist Credit |
|---|---|
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Cradle Song (wds. H. Ibsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: The Homeward Journey (wds. A. O. Vinje) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Evening Voices, or Twilight Fancies (wds. B. Bjö |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Sweet Venevil (wds. B. Bjørnson) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Love concealed (wds. B. Björnson) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (7) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: The Bird's Story (wds. H. Ibsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (2) Songs, Movement: Il pleure dans mon coeur |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (2) Songs, Movement: Le ciel est pardessus le toit |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (La) Lune blanche |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| Chanson d'automne |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (7) Danish Songs, Movement: Summer Nights (wds. H. Drachmann) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (5) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: The Nightingale (wds. J. S. C. Wellhaven) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (5) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Summer Eve (wds. J. Paulsen) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (5) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Longing (wds. T. Kjerulf) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (5) Songs from the Norwegian, Movement: Sunset (wds. A. Munch) |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
| (3) Songs |
Frederick Delius, Composer
Frederick Delius, Composer Ruth Golden, Soprano Stephen Sulich, Piano |
Author:
Until a few years ago, Delius the songwriter was known only by a handful of examples. But some enterprising recordings opened up this rewarding side of his art and music-lovers have been enabled to discover his attractive settings of Norwegian, German and French texts in addition to English. The piano accompaniments are sometimes blamed for the relative lack of interest in these songs. But Eric Fenby showed how effective they can be when played by a sensitive musician; and Eric Parkin's playing of four short piano pieces does not support a view of Delius as a piano-hater.
The Fenby and Parkin performances, splendidly recorded, were first available on Unicorn-Kanchana LPs issued in 1983 and 1984. Transferred to CD, they make a most satisfying disc. The 16 songs include Norwegian, French and English settings. Felicity Lott is in supremely lyrical voice and Anthony Rolfe Johnson's performance ofI-Brasil is a marvellous evocation of exoticism. Sarah Walker's singing of Twilight Fancies is perhaps too operatically dramatic; she lacks Lott's vocal poise as exemplified in a ravishing performance of Avant que tu ne t'en ailles.
Koch International's Delius recital is of 18 songs recorded by the American soprano Ruth Golden, brilliantly accompanied by Stephen Sulich, who is well known as a conductor. The recording is bright and clear but tends to push the pianist into the background.
This is a bold choice for a recording debut. Only six items are duplicated from the English disc, so the avid collector of Delius songs need not hold back on that account. Golden has neither the charm nor the lyrical grace of Lott and her voice sometimes hardens unpleasingly under pressure, with her diction going to pieces in high-lying passages. But at her best she is a delightful singer, as in the four German settings, which include the lovely Die Nachtigal and the even lovelier Beim Sonnenuntergang.
The accompanying booklet is not the best feature of this Koch issue. The songs are not printed in the order they are sung and some lines are missing.'
The Fenby and Parkin performances, splendidly recorded, were first available on Unicorn-Kanchana LPs issued in 1983 and 1984. Transferred to CD, they make a most satisfying disc. The 16 songs include Norwegian, French and English settings. Felicity Lott is in supremely lyrical voice and Anthony Rolfe Johnson's performance of
Koch International's Delius recital is of 18 songs recorded by the American soprano Ruth Golden, brilliantly accompanied by Stephen Sulich, who is well known as a conductor. The recording is bright and clear but tends to push the pianist into the background.
This is a bold choice for a recording debut. Only six items are duplicated from the English disc, so the avid collector of Delius songs need not hold back on that account. Golden has neither the charm nor the lyrical grace of Lott and her voice sometimes hardens unpleasingly under pressure, with her diction going to pieces in high-lying passages. But at her best she is a delightful singer, as in the four German settings, which include the lovely Die Nachtigal and the even lovelier Beim Sonnenuntergang.
The accompanying booklet is not the best feature of this Koch issue. The songs are not printed in the order they are sung and some lines are missing.'
Delius Songs and Piano Works
Songs of Frederick Delius
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