Delius: Cello Concerto, Songs of Farewell & A Song Before Sunrise Jacqueline du Pré, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Malcolm Sargent

• Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934): Songs of Farewell:
• 1 Delius: Songs of Farewell: No. 1, How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings! 03:52
• 2 Delius: Songs of Farewell: No. 2, I Stand as on Some Mighty Eagle’s Beak 04:42
• 3 Delius: Songs of Farewell: No. 3, Passage to You! 04:38
• 4 Delius: Songs of Farewell: No. 4, Joy, Shipmates, Joy! 01:45
• 5 Delius: Songs of Farewell: No. 5, Now Finale to the Shore 04:30
• A Song Before Sunrise:
• 6 Delius: A Song Before Sunrise 06:16
• Cello Concerto:
• 7 Delius: Cello Concerto: I. Lento – 01:01
• 8 Delius: Cello Concerto: II. Con moto tranquillo – 06:18
• 9 Delius: Cello Concerto: III. Lento – 07:36
• 10 Delius: Cello Concerto: IV. Con moto tranquillo – 01:59
• 11 Delius: Cello Concerto: V. Allegramente 07:44
• Total Runtime 50:21

Info for Delius: Cello Concerto, Songs of Farewell & A Song Before Sunrise

The first orchestral recording of Jacqueline du Pré (from 1965) was also the premiere on record of Frederick Delius’ ethereal cello concerto. A memorable performance still regarded as the summit of the discography. It is coupled with the tone poem A Song Before Sunrise (a true orchestral splendor), and Songs of Farewell, a cycle of compositions for double chorus after Walt Whitman’s famous Leaves of Grass.

Jacqueline de Pré, cello
Royal Choral Society
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Malcolm Sargent, conductor

Digitally remastered

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