Songs of Sunset

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These are choral works from Delius's mature period and tend to dwell on the more fleeting aspects of life. Sea Drift (1904) is for baritone and orchestra and is set to the Walt Whitman poem of the same name. Songs of Farewell (1929-30) were written in Delius's last years when he was blind and crippled; however, there aren't any elements of pity to be found in these beautiful songs for double chorus and orchestra. More characteristic of Delius's true flowering are the Songs of Sunset (1906-7), also based on the poems of Walt Whitman. Both the recording and the performances are stellar. --Paul Cook

Delius: Sea Drift/Songs of Farewell/Songs of Sunset, Music, Frederick Delius, Richard Hickox, Bryn Terfel, Sally Burgess, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Choral, Choral Music, Classical, Classical Composers

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Choral Music of Frederick Delius

Delius: Sea Drift/Songs of Farewell/Songs of Sunset
Frederick Delius , Richard Hickox , Bryn Terfel , Sally Burgess , and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
Terfel, Bryn | ( T ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Classical | Styles | Music
General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000000AT3
Release Date: 1994-03-15

Tracks:

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'

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These are choral works from Delius's mature period and tend to dwell on the more fleeting aspects of life. Sea Drift (1904) is for baritone and orchestra and is set to the Walt Whitman poem of the same name. Songs of Farewell (1929-30) were written in Delius's last years when he was blind and crippled; however, there aren't any elements of pity to be found in these beautiful songs for double chorus and orchestra. More characteristic of Delius's true flowering are the Songs of Sunset (1906-7), also based on the poems of Walt Whitman. Both the recording and the performances are stellar. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

Choral Music of Frederick Delius.......2006-07-16

There is a rather unkind Tee shirt often sold at music festival in the summer, a shirt with the statement 'Dull, Duller, Delius'. Yes, Frederick Delius did compose some rather ponderous music, but the three works here represented (among a throng of others including his opera 'A Village Romeo and Juliet') go a long way in testing that criticism.

'Sea Drift for baritone, chorus & orchestra is one of the unique works for soloist and massed forces. The settings of poems by Walt Whitman are bathed in Delius' water music and majestic manner of addressing the voice with orchestra and chorus. Byrn Terfel is the baritone of choice for this work and he is magnificent. Richard Hickox conducts the Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus is a deeply moving performance. Terfel not only is in glorious vocal estate but also enunciates the texts clearly for maximum communication.

Included are two other choral 'Songs of Farewell, for double chorus & orchestra', here performed by Bournemouth Sinfonietta and Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Southern Voices with Waynflete Singers, with Sally Burgess.

'Songs of Sunset, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra', with Sally Burgess and Bryn Terfel is once again based on Walt Whitman's poetry and while it is not as dramatic a work as 'Sea Drift' it is beautifully performed. In all this is a clearly fine recording. Grady Harp, July 06

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