Sir Thomas Beecham - English Music: Delius, German, Bantock, Bax, Lord Berners (6CD) (2011)

Tracklist:

CD 1:
Frederick Delius

[01] Over the Hills and Far Away

[02] Sleigh Ride (Winternacht)

[03] Brigg Fair (An English Rhapsody): Introduction (Slow, Pastoral)
[04] I. Theme (With easy movement)
[05] Variation 1
[06] Variation 2
[07] Variation 3
[08] Variation 4
[09] Variation 5
[10] Variation 6
[11] II. Interlude (Slow and very quietly)
[12] III. Variation 7 (Rather quicker but not hurried)
[13] Variation 8
[14] Variation 9 (With easy movement)
[15] Variation 10
[16] Variation 11 (Slow, With solemnity)
[17] Variation 12 (Maestoso)
[18] Transition
[19] IV. Variation 13 (Gaily)
[20] Variation 14
[21] Variation 15
[22] Variation 16
[23] Transition (Rather quicker)
[24] Variation 17 (Rather slower, Very broadly)
[25] Coda (Very quietly)

[26] Florida Suite: I. Daybreak - Dance
[27] II. By the River
[28] III. Sunset - Near the Plantation
[29] IV. At Night

[30] Marche Caprice

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 2:
Frederick Delius

[01] Dance Rhapsody No.2

[02] Summer Evening

[03] Two Pieces for small orchestra: No.1 On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
[04] No.2 Summer Night on the River

[05] A Song before Sunrise

[06] Fennimore and Gerda - Intermezzo

[07] Irmelin Prelude

[08] Songs of Sunset (Ernest Dowson): A song of the setting sun!
[09] Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad
[10] Pale amber sunlight falls across the reddening October trees
[11] Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart!
[12] By the waters of separation
[13] See how the trees and the osiers lithe are green bedecked
[14] I was not sorrowful, I could not weep
[15] Tey are not long, The weeping and the laughter

John Cameron baritone · Maureen Forrester contralto [8-15]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 3:
Frederick Delius

[01] Dance Rhapsody No.1: I. Lento
[02] II. Comodo
[03] III. Vivo
[04] IV. Piu lento tranquillo
[05] V. Molto adagio

[06] Violin Concerto: I. With moderate tempo
[07] II. Slower
[08] III. Tempo I - Allegretto - Piu moderato

[09] The Song of the High Hills: I. With quiet easy movement - Tranquillo
[10] II. Very slow ('The wide, far distance' - 'The great solitude')
[11] III. In tempo
[12] IV.Very quietly - Tempo I

[13] On the Mountains (Paa vidderne)

Jean Pougnet violin [6-8]
Freda Hart soprano · Leslie Jones tenor [9-12]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 4:
Frederick Delius

[01] A Village Romeo and Juliet - Scene 1: September. A piece of land on a hill
[02] Scene 2: Six years later. Outside Marti's house
[03] Scene 3: The Wildland
[04] Scene 4: Interior of Marti's house (Part 1)
[05] The Dearm of Sali and Vreli (Part 2)

CD 5:
Frederick Delius

[01] A Village Romeo and Juliet - Scene 5: The Fair
[02] The Walk to the Paradise Garden
[03] Scene 6: The Paradise Garden

[04] Sea Drift: Once Paumanok
[05] Shine! Shine! Shine!
[06] Till of a Sudden
[07] Blow! Blow! Blow!
[08] Yes my Brother, I Know
[09] O Rising stars!
[10] O reckless despairing carols
[11] O past! O happy life!

Dennis Dowling baritone · Frederick Sharp baritone · Margaret Ritchie soprano · Rene Soames tenor et al. [CD4, CD5: 1-3]
Gordon Clinton baritone [4-11]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

CD 6:
Edward German
[01] Gypsy Suite: Valse melancolique (Lonely Life)
[02] Allegro di molto (The Dance)
[03] Menuetto (Love Duet)
[04] Tarantella (The Revel)

Granville Bantock
[05] Fifine at the Fair: Part 1
[06] Part 2

Arnold Bax
[07] The Garden of Fand

Lord Berners
[08] The Triumph of Nepptune: Schottische
[09] Hornpipe
[10] Polka
[11] Harlequinade
[12] Dance of the Fairy Princess
[13] Intermezzo (Sunday Morning)
[14] Apotheosis of Neptune

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [5-7]