Release Date: 07 January 2015
Label: Chandos - Classics / Chandos
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 095115186824
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Delius
Description
This set of Delius's masterpieces conducted by Hickox was recorded in 1993 and won a Gramophone Award in the choral category the following year, also the Penguin Guide ranking it in the 1000 Greatest Classical Recordings, stating that 'in this second recording of Delius's masterpieces Hickox finds even more magic, again taking a spacious view - which keeps the flow of the music going magnetically'. Both Sea Drift (1903-04) and Songs of Sunset (1906-07) belong to the fertile decade following the turn of the century when Delius had assumed complete maturity and was producing a string of masterpieces. If in Sea Drift it is the emotions of bereavement in the wake of tragedy that are explored, in Songs of Sunset it is the brevity of life as epitomised by the work's original title, Songs of Twilight and Sadness.
Tracklisting
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Halle Choir; John Storgards
Jonathan Aasgaard; Sinfonia of London; John Wilson
Sara Dowling; Aquarelle Guitar Quartet
Dame Sarah Connolly; Joseph Middleton
James Ehnes; BBC Philharmonic; Juanjo Mena
Handley:Hickox
Finley:Lpo:Gardner
Danish Nso:Rozhdestvensky
