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FREDERICK DELIUS 1862–1934
COMPACT DISC 1
Songs of Sunset*
1 A song of the setting sun! (Quietly)— 3.06
2 Cease smiling, Dear! (With easy movement)— 4.48
3 Pale amber sunlight falls (Slow)— 3.56
4 Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart! (Con tristezza. Not too slow) 3.47
5 By the sad waters of separation (With quiet movement)— 4.31
6 See how the trees (Freshly)— 3.18
7 I was not sorrowful (Very quietly but not too slow)— 3.13
8 They are not long (Quietly) 2.52
9 An Arabesque† 11.38
*Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) • *†John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir (chorus master Edmund Walters)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Charles Groves
A Mass of Life‡
FIRST PART
10 I. ‘O Du mein Wille!’ (Animato, con fervore) 5.38
11 II. ‘Erhebt eure Herzen’ (Recit: Animoso, con alcuna licenza) 1.59
12 III. ‘In deine Auge schaute ich jüngst’ (Andante tranquillo con dolcezza) 14.06
13 IV. ‘Wehe mir!’ (Agitato ma moderato) 2.58
14 V. ‘Nacht ist es’ (Andante molto tranquillo) 9.00
COMPACT DISC 2
SECOND PART
1 Auf den Bergen (On the Mountains) (Andante) [Orchestra]— 4.00
2 I. ‘Herauf! nun herauf’ (Con elevazione e vigore) 4.45
3 II. ‘Süße Leier!’ (Andante) 4.58
4 III. Lento [Orchestra]— 4.31
5 ‘La la la’ 15.28
6 IV. ‘Heißer Mittag schläft’ (Lento molto) 14.46
7 V. ‘Gottes Weh ist tiefer’ (Allegro ma non troppo, con gravità)— 3.42
8 VI. ‘Kommt! Laßt uns jetzo wandeln!’ (Largo, con solennità) 13.54
Heather Harper (soprano) • Helen Watts (contralto)
Robert Tear (tenor) • Benjamin Luxon (baritone)
London Philharmonic Choir (chorus master John Alldis)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves
Recorded in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, *25–27 & †26 June 1968, and ‡Kingsway Hall, London, 15–20 March 1971
COMPACT DISC 3
Herbert Howells 1892–1983
1 Fantasy String Quartet Op.25 13.21
String Quartet ‘In Gloucestershire’ (No.3)
2 I. With easy and flexible movement 9.57
3 II. Fairly quick, but always rhythmical 2.04
4 III. Slow in pace, with much feeling 9.40
5 IV. Allegro vivace, assai ritmico 8.44
Frederick Delius
String Quartet
6 I. With animation 8.24
7 II. Quick and lightly 4.45
8 III. ‘Late Swallows’ (Slow and wistfully) 9.51
9 IV. Very quick and vigorously 5.44
Britten Quartet
Peter Manning & Keith Pascoe (violins)
Peter Lale (viola) • Andrew Shulman (cello) 72.34
Recorded at St George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, 19–22 March 1995
COMPACT DISC 4
Herbert Howells 1892–1983
Hymnus Paradisi
1 I. Preludio— 4.11
2 II. Requiem aetemam 9.52
3 III. The Lord is my shepherd 7.27
4 IV. Sanctus/I will lift up mine eyes 9.54
5 V. I heard a voice from heaven 4.35
6 VI. Holy is the true light 9.31
Heather Harper (soprano) • Robert Tear (tenor)
Bach Choir • Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
New Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir David Willcocks
Concerto for String Orchestra*
7 I. Allegro, assai vivace—Lento, doloroso—Vivo, come prima 10.02
8 II. Quasi lento (teneramente)—Lento assai (appassionato) 8.36
9 III. Allegro vivo (ritmico e giocoso)—Ancora poco meno mosso—Brioso— 9.31
Come prima—Lento, dolente ma dolce
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Dennis Simons & Robert Growcott (violins)
John Chambers (viola) • Alexander Cameron (cello)
Sir Adrian Boult
Recorded in the presence of the composer in Kingsway Hall, London, 18–21 February 1970, and *No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, 17 & 19 November 1973
COMPACT DISC 5
Patrick Hadley 1899–1973
1 My beloved spake 2.50
2 I sing of a maiden* 2.29
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
James Lancelot • *Francis Grier (organ)
Sir David Willcocks • *Philip Ledger
The Hills†
3 Prologue: Along the Old Manchester Coach Road (Andante con moto—Lento) 5.02
(bass, chorus)
I. The Hills in Spring
4 ‘We are the Hills’ (Moderato—Vivace ma non troppo) (chorus)— 1.09
5 ‘From Chinley Churn and Rushup Ridge’ (chorus, soprano, tenor)— 1.29
6 ‘Now climb, climb on aloft’ (Molto moderato—Presto) (soprano, tenor, chorus) 2.26
7 II. Interlude: In Taxal Woods (Andante tranquillo) (tenor, soprano) 6.17
III. Wedding
8 ‘Clatter poo, billy bally’ (Giocoso) (chorus)— 1.09
9 ‘Hail the bride and bridegroom, and farewell!’ (Molto moderato— 4.07
Vivace non troppo—Molto moderato) (chorus, soprano, tenor)—
10 ‘Do I wake or dream?’ (Poco più mosso—Allegro agitato) (bass) 5.40
11 Epilogue: The Hills by Moonlight (Lento tranquillo—Andante con moto— 5.40
Lento tranquillo) (chorus, soprano, tenor)
Felicity Palmer (soprano) • Robert Tear (tenor) • Robert Lloyd (bass)
Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus • London Philharmonic Orchestra / Philip Ledger
Recorded in the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, 10 & 11 July 1973 and *18, 19 & 22 December 1975,
EMI British Composers 5cds 0954052
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