Frederick Delius: Orchesterwerke Vol.2
Orchesterwerke Vol.2
CD
CD (Compact Disc)
Herkömmliche CD, die mit allen CD-Playern und Computerlaufwerken, aber auch mit den meisten SACD- oder Multiplayern abspielbar ist.
- The Walk to the Paradise Garden; Sea Drift; In an Summer Garden; Over the Hills and far away; Intermezzo aus "Fennimore and Gerda"
- Künstler: John Brownlee, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham
- Label: Naxos, ADD/m, 1927-1936
- Bestellnummer: 2274797
- Erscheinungstermin: 10.4.2000
"Lieber Thomas, ich bin sehr erfreut über Deine letzte Platte, die mir gerade zugesandt wurde ... die drei besten Platten meiner Arbeit sind Cuckoo, Summernight & Walk to the Paradise Garden …"
So schrieb Frederick Delius im März 1929 an Sir Thomas Beecham. Tatsächlich umfassten diese drei Scheiben die gesamte Delius-Leistung des Dirigenten zu diesem Zeitpunkt: Sea Drift war im November 1928 begonnen worden, und Brigg Fair war bereits angefangen, aber Beecham hatte die Veröffentlichung des Chorwerks nicht erlaubt; Brigg Fair hatte besser abgeschnitten, aber Beecham war schließlich mit einer der Seiten unzufrieden, und es würde Juli 1929 dauern, bis er einen neuen Versuch unternehmen konnte. In der Zwischenzeit bekehrte sich seine Aufnahme von The Walk to the Paradise Garden viele zu Delius' Musik; in der Nacht, in der der Komponist starb, am 10. Juni 1934, spielte die BBC sie ab, um der Ankündigung seines Ablebens zu folgen. In seinem Haus in Grez-sur-Loing in Frankreich hörte Delius' Witwe Jelka die Sendung mit Eric Fenby (1906-97), der seit 1928 sein Amanuensis ist. Fenby schrieb später: "... als ich diese Musik hörte, sah ich die Welt der Musik, wie er sie betrat, und die Welt der Musik, die durch sein Vermächtnis der Liebenswürdigkeit, wie er sie hinterlassen hatte, nun weitaus reicher war."
"Dear Thomas, I am quite delighted with your last record which has just been sent to me … the three best records of my work are your Cuckoo, Summernight & Walk to the Paradise Garden …"
So wrote Frederick Delius to Sir Thomas Beecham in March 1929. In fact those three discs comprised the conductor’s total Delius output at that moment: Sea Drift had been attempted in November 1928 and Brigg Fair begun, but Beecham had not allowed the choral work’s publication; Brigg Fair had fared better but Beecham was ultimately unhappy with one of the sides and it would be July 1929 before he was able to make a fresh attempt on it. Meanwhile, his record of The Walk to the Paradise Garden made many converts to Delius’s music; on the night the composer died, 10th June 1934, the BBC played it to follow their announcement of his passing. At his home at Grez-sur-Loing in France, Delius’s widow Jelka heard the broadcast with Eric Fenby (1906–97), his amanuensis since 1928. Fenby wrote later: ‘… as I listened to that music, I saw the world of music as he entered it, and the world of music, richer now by far through his legacy of loveliness, as he had left it.’
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"Dear Thomas, I am quite delighted with your last record which has just been sent to me … the three best records of my work are your Cuckoo, Summernight & Walk to the Paradise Garden …"
So wrote Frederick Delius to Sir Thomas Beecham in March 1929. In fact those three discs comprised the conductor’s total Delius output at that moment: Sea Drift had been attempted in November 1928 and Brigg Fair begun, but Beecham had not allowed the choral work’s publication; Brigg Fair had fared better but Beecham was ultimately unhappy with one of the sides and it would be July 1929 before he was able to make a fresh attempt on it. Meanwhile, his record of The Walk to the Paradise Garden made many converts to Delius’s music; on the night the composer died, 10th June 1934, the BBC played it to follow their announcement of his passing. At his home at Grez-sur-Loing in France, Delius’s widow Jelka heard the broadcast with Eric Fenby (1906–97), his amanuensis since 1928. Fenby wrote later: ‘… as I listened to that music, I saw the world of music as he entered it, and the world of music, richer now by far through his legacy of loveliness, as he had left it.’
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 A Village Romeo and Juliet: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
- 2 Sea Drift
- 3 Fennimore and Gerda: Intermezzo
- 4 In a Summer Garden
- 5 Over the Hills and Far Away
