Delius: Sea Drift/Songs of Farewell/Songs of Sunset
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Edition: Music CDAudio: English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 1994-03-15
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
- Sea Drift
- Songs Of Farewell: I. 'How Sweet The Silent Backward Tracings!'
- Songs Of Farewell: II. 'I Stand As On Some Mighty Eagle's Beak'
- Songs Of Farewell: III. 'Passage To You! O Secret Of The Earth And Sky!'
- Songs Of Farewell: IV. 'Joy, Shipmate, Joy!'
- Songs Of Farewell: V. 'Now Finale To The Shore'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'A Song Of The Setting Sun!'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'Cease Smiling, Dear! A Little While Be Sad'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'Pale Amber Sunlight Falls'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'Exceeding Sorrow Consumeth My Sad Heart!'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'By The Sad Waters Of Separation'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'See How The Trees And The Osiers Lithe'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'I Was Not Sorrowful, I Could Not Weep'
- Songs Of Sunset: 'They Are Not Long, The Weeping And The Laughter'
Music reviews of Delius: Sea Drift/Songs of Farewell/Songs of Sunset
Music Review: Incredible In Every Way Imaginable
Rating: 5 Stars
This collection brings together some of Delius' more popular choral works:
Sea Drift - Written between 1903-1904 is a work for baritone, chorus, and orchestra. What beautiful work this is! The few opening minutues are just remarkable, perhaps ravishing is the word for it. The texts used in this composition are various excerpts from Walt Whitman's poem "Leaves of Grass" that talk about the sea. Delius set these texts with a lush, harmonic backdrop. The melodies are absolutely gorgeous. The piece follows the structure of verses and after the verse, the chorus comes in to answer that previous verse. It's become one of my favorite Delius compositions these past few months.
Songs of Farewell - Written in 1930 in the final phase of Delius' life, which he was paralyzed and blind for the last three years of his life and he died in 1934. "Songs of Farewell," written for double chorus and orchestra, is one of the finest achievements of Delius' entire career in my opinion. It manages to capture Delius in almost a restful, peaceful place. The texts are, like "Sea Drift," based on texts by Walt Whitman. The music again accompanies the chorus with a beautiful harmonic backdrop and counter melodies.
Songs of Sunset - Written in 1906 is a work for for soprano and baritone solo, mixed chorus and orchestra based on texts by Ernest Dowson. It is very beautiful piece, though, it's not one of my favorite Delius compositions. It has some very nice sections, especially with the chorus.
The performances from Bryn Terfel, the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, and the Waynflete Singers are all superb. The conducting of Richard Hickox is second to none on this recording. Hickox, along with Mackerras, are among the finest Delius conductors of the last 30 years. Hickox really showed an affinity for this music and I'm forever grateful for his dedication to keeping Delius' music alive. The audio quality, unlike one reviewer said, is fantastic.
Anyone who thinks Delius is dull or boring is certainly missing out I think. He may not be as bombastic as a Bruckner or a Brahms, but anyone interested in hearing a composer who developed a highly original language of Impressionism should check him out. His music is much more about setting a mood and letting the listener come to his/her own conclusions.
Also checkout the following recordings:
Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Delius: Requiem/A Mass Of Life
Delius: Orchestral Works
The British Music Collection: Frederick Delius
Delius: Paris, the Song of a Great City; Double Concerto; Cello Concerto
Delius: Orchestral Works
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