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Notes and Editorial Reviews
Mackerras’s Delius from Wales is arguably the most fascinating of our age. Rich in variety, it is always distinctively sung and shaped, memorably fresh, freely animated, and at times unexpectedly vital, with climactic moments powerfully and often brassily realized. The lean strings contribute to these impressions, as does Decca’s relatively dry recording (‘forward facing’ horns in the best traditions of the house). So, a closer than usual look into the Delian mysteries, but a proper investigation, not an inspection.
-- John Steane, Gramophone [10/1999]
Mackerras’s Delius from Wales is arguably the most fascinating of our age. Rich in variety, it is always distinctively sung and shaped, memorably fresh, freely animated, and at times unexpectedly vital, with climactic moments powerfully and often brassily realized. The lean strings contribute to these impressions, as does Decca’s relatively dry recording (‘forward facing’ horns in the best traditions of the house). So, a closer than usual look into the Delian mysteries, but a proper investigation, not an inspection.
-- John Steane, Gramophone [10/1999]
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Works on This Recording
1.
Appalachia - American Rhapsody by Frederick Delius
Performer:
Daniel Washington (Baritone)
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra,
Welsh National Opera Chorus
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1896; Paris, France
Date of Recording: c1995
2.
Aquarelles (2) by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932; France
Date of Recording: 05/1991
Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
Length: 4 Minutes 35 Secs.
3.
Irmelin: Prelude by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1890-1892; Paris, France
Date of Recording: 12/1990
Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
Length: 5 Minutes 3 Secs.
4.
Dance Rhapsody no 2 by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1916; France
Date of Recording: 05/1991
Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
Length: 7 Minutes 58 Secs.
5.
Dance Rhapsody no 1 by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; France
Date of Recording: 05/1991
Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
Length: 13 Minutes 6 Secs.
6.
Romance for Cello and Piano by Frederick Delius
Performer:
Julian Lloyd Webber (Cello),
Bengt Forsberg (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1896; Paris, France
Date of Recording: c1998
7.
Over the Hills and Far Away by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1895-1897; Paris, France
Date of Recording: c1995
8.
Florida Suite by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1887/1889; Florida, USA
Date of Recording: 08/1990
Venue: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, Wales
Length: 37 Minutes 55 Secs.
9.
North Country Sketches by Frederick Delius
Conductor:
Sir Charles Mackerras
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Welsh National Opera Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913-1914; France
Date of Recording: c1990
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