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Table of Contents:

• Brigg Fair : an English rhapsody (18:16)
• In a summer garden (14:57)
• Rehearsing Appalachia (2:32)
• Appalachia : variations on an old slave song with final chorus / rev. & ed. Beecham (38:26)
• On hearing the first cuckoo in spring (7:27)
• Summer night on the river (7:04)
• A song before sunrise (6:17)
• Intermezzo and serenade from Hassan / arr. Beecham (Robert Tear, tenor (in Serenade)) (2:21; 2:55)
• La calinda : from Koanga / arr. Fenby (4:32)
• Late swallows / arr. Fenby (10:49)
• Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda / arr. Fenby (4:55)
• The walk to the Paradise Garden : from A village Romeo and Juliet / arr. Beecham (9:45)
• Irmelin prelude (5:44)
• A song of summer (11:19).

Author/Creator:

Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934

Contributors:

Barbirolli, John, 1899-1970 , conductor

Fenby, Eric, 1906-1997 , arranger of music

Jenkins, Alun , singer

Tear, Robert , singer

Ambrosian Singers , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Hallé Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

London Symphony Orchestra , performer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Selections sung in English.

Main Work:

Works [of Delius, F.] (Selections)

Included Works:

Appalachia [by Delius, F.] > (1903)

Brigg Fair [by Delius, F.]

Fennimore und Gerda [by Delius, F.] > Intermezzo

Hassan [by Delius, F.] > Intermezzo

Hassan [by Delius, F.] > Serenade

In a summer garden [by Delius, F.]

Irmelin (Orchestral work) [by Delius, F.]

Koanga [by Delius, F.] > Dansons la calinda (arranged)

Pieces, orchestra [by Delius, F.] > (1912)

Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello [by Delius, F.] > (1916) > Late swallows (arranged)

Song before sunrise [by Delius, F.]

Song of summer [by Delius, F.]

Village Romeo and Juliet [by Delius, F.] > Walk to the Paradise Garden

Related Series:

British composers

Subjects:

Chamber orchestra music

Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra

Orchestral music, Arranged

Orchestral music

String orchestra music, Arranged

Genres:

Sound recordings

Performers:

Alun Jenkins, baritone, Ambrosian Singers (3rd-4th works) ; Hallé Orchestra (1st-11th works) ; London Symphony Orchestra (12th-14th works) ; Sir John Barbirolli, conductor.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: orchestra

General Notes:

Previously released as a compact disc.
The 3rd work a rehearsal (recorded monaurally) for the 4th work, which is recorded in the rev. version of 1902-3 for baritone, chorus (SATB with divisi), and orchestra; the 5th-6th works for chamber orchestra; the 8th work 2 excerpts from incidental music; the 9th, 11th, and 12th works opera excerpts, in part arranged; the 10th work originally from a string quartet, arr. for string orchestra.
Recorded June 21, 1956, Free Trade Hall, Manchester (11th work); Aug. 6-8, 1968, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (2nd and 5th-10th works); and July 15-17, 1970 (1st, 3rd-4th works), Aug. 24, 1965 (12th work), and July 14, 1966 (13th-14th works), Kingsway Hall, London.
Description based on: Online resource; title from resource description page (viewed May 1, 2012).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 audio file).

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

audio file

Call Numbers:

Online Audio

OCLC Numbers:

1053481848

Other Control Numbers:

965718 (source: VaAlASP)
[Unknown Type]: ASP965718/clmu