Thursday, February 4, 2016

Frederick Delius - A Walk to the Paradise Garden - Dance Rhapsodies 1 & 2 - In a Summer Garden - North Country Sketches - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox - Chandos 1995

So scraps, recently you left a comment in one of the "todays birthdays" posts, and clearly you are a Delius admirer. Not unlike saying "beetlejuice! beetlejuice! beetlejuice!" three times you gave me
Delius! Delius! Delius! Delius! four times-which is precisely the incantation to make Delius appear ;) (musically that is, this isn't a seance) Of course, you probably own this one, but let's see..

Delius was one of my early musical love affairs, and although it doesn't make sense technically I have always thought of him as Debussy's brother from Britain. Delius would always sweep me away during times of distress to sweet-scented places where everything was beautiful, life as a nature poem drenched in sunlight. One of my favorite recordings that I have played "into the ground" is a double cd set from 1994 (remastered, originally 1959, 1967, 1970, 1971, and 1975 if I remember correctly) on EMI with Sir John Barbarolli conducting the Halle Orchestra. Trying to find it at the moment.






Enjoy all

Delius-Paradise_Gardens_Etc.-Tzadik.zip

http://www29.zippyshare.com/v/uph9dTMR/file.html

6 comments:

OldBopper said...

Beautiful music for a February day, thank you.

Scraps said...

Aha, I don't! I have orchestral works by Beecham and Mackerras, but not Hickox. I will listen immediately.

Thirty years or so I made a 90-minute tape, eight composers, one piece each. I was still learning classical music. (Well, I am still.) One of them was Delius, "By the River" (from Florida Suite). Such moltenly beautiful music....


Tzadik said...

OldBopper thank you for commenting, I love seeing a new name around here :)
Happy the Delius enhanced your day, enjoy!!

TZ

Tzadik said...

Yay, triumph :)

Scraps the Florida Suite is lovely, indeed 'By the River' especially so! Do you own the other various Chandos recordings?

TZ

Scraps said...

Funny, but I apparently don't have any Chandos Delius recordings, and they have done a lot. (Including at least two Florida Suite. [Suites?])

Tzadik said...

Ok Scraps we will have to help you with this then :) When I can anyhow!

TZ