‎Delius: Orchestral Works by John Barbirolli

I. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (Slow)

Royal Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

6:08

Interlude between Scenes 5 and 6, The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Arr. Beecham)

Vernon Handley, London Philharmonic Orchestra

9:24

Dance. La Calinda (Arr. Fenby)

Philharmonia Orchestra, George Weldon

4:25

II. Sleigh Ride (Winter Night)

Royal Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

6:33

Irmelin, Prelude for Orchestra, RT VI/27

London Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

5:46

Introduction (Arr. Fenby)

Richard Hickox, Royal Northern Sinfonia

5:18

A Song before Sunrise, RT VI/24 (Freshly)

Royal Northern Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

5:57

Introduction (Slow - Pastoral)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

1:40

Theme (With easy movement)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:24

Variation I

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:23

Variation II

Hallé, John Barbirolli

0:24

Variation III

Hallé, John Barbirolli

0:25

Variation IV

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:26

Variation V

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:20

Variation VI

Hallé, John Barbirolli

0:38

Interlude I (Slow and very quietly)

Hallé, John Barbirolli

3:25

Variation VII (Rather quicker but not hurried)

Hallé, John Barbirolli

0:24

Variation VIII

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:30

Variation IX (With easy movement)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:29

Variation X

Hallé, John Barbirolli

1:04

Variation XI (Slow and with solemnity)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

1:15

Variation XII (Maestoso)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:54

Interlude II

John Barbirolli, Hallé

1:10

Variation XIII (Gaily)

Hallé, John Barbirolli

0:19

Variation XIV

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:18

Variation XV

Hallé, John Barbirolli

0:26

Variation XVI

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:21

Interlude III (Rather quicker)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

0:18

Variation XVII (Rather slower and very broadly)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

1:07

Coda (Very quietly)

John Barbirolli, Hallé

1:25

In a Summer Garden, RT VI/17 (Andante - Animato - Pi - tranquillo)

Hallé, Vernon Handley

14:14

I. Summer Evening

Richard Hickox, Royal Northern Sinfonia

6:35

II. Summer Night on the River (Very quietly)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley

6:27

A Song of Summer, RT VI/26

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

9:38

I. Autumn - The Wind Soughs in the Trees (Slow, with even-flowing movement)

Sir Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

7:25

II. Winter Landscape (Slow)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

4:10

III. Dance (Mazurka Tempo)

Sir Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

6:47

IV. The March of Spring - Woodlands, Meadows and Silent Moors (With a light, lively and throbbing movement - never dragging)

Sir Charles Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

8:26

Lebenstanz (Life's Dance), RT VI/15

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Groves

15:25

"Last night, ah, yesternight, betwixt her lips" (Andante moderato)

Sir Charles Groves, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Shirley-Quirk

9:35

I. Slow but not dragging

The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger

2:10

II. Gaily but not quick

Robert Tear, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger

2:04

Frederick Delius

Composer
John Barbirolli

Conductor
Sir Charles Groves

Conductor
Royal Northern Sinfonia

Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra
Richard Hickox

Conductor

Delius: Orchestral Works

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