Hiroaki Takenouchi, Simon Callaghan - Delius: Orchestral Music Music for 2 Pianos, Vol. 1 (2014)

At the age of 24 Delius travelled to Germany where he entered the Leipsig Conservatoire. Germany was then a major musical centre with Nikisch and Mahler conducting at the Opera House and Brahms and Tchaikovsky conducting their own works at the Gewandhaus. It was at this point when he met Edvard Grieg who recognised Delius’s talent and who, in turn, was destined to be an important influence on Delius’s musical development. After Germany followed Paris where Delius embarked on a productive full-time career before moving to Grez-sur-Loing near Fontainebleau with his wife, painter Jelka Rosen where he lived for the rest of his life until he died in 1934. He was buried in Limpsfield, England in 1935, next to the grave of his close friend and supporter, Sir Thomas Beecham.