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BEECHAM CHORAL SOCIETY
20th Century Classics: Delius
2 Compact Disc
13 Jun 2011
Ordercode: 0946532
Composer: Frederick Delius
Other participants: John Cameron * Maureen Forrester * var. Orchestras * Sir Thomas Beecham
Audio sample & Tracklisting
| Disc 1 | |
| 01 | Over the Hills and Far Away (ed. Beecham) (1960 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 02 | Sleigh ride (Winter night) (2001 Digital Remaster) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 03 | Introduction (Slow. Pastoral): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 04 | I. Theme (with easy movement): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 05 | Variation 1: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 06 | Variation 2: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 07 | Variation 3: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 08 | Variation 4: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 09 | Variation 5: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 10 | Variation 6: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 11 | II. Interlude (Slow and very quietly): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 12 | III. Variation 7 (Rather quicker but not hurried): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 13 | Variation 8: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 14 | Variation 9 (With easy movement): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 15 | Variation 10: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 16 | Variation 11 (Slow. With solemnity): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 17 | Variation 12 (Maestoso): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 18 | Transition: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 19 | IV. Variation 13 (Gaily): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 20 | Variation 14: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 21 | Variation 15: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 22 | Variation 16: Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 23 | Transition (Rather quicker): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 24 | Variation 17 (Rather slower. Very broadly): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 25 | Coda (Very quietly): Brigg Fair - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 26 | I. Daybreak - Dance from Florida Suite RTVI/1 (2001 Digital Remaster) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 27 | II. By the River (Andantino): Florida Suite (rev. & ed. Beecham) (1960 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 28 | III. Sunset (Moderato) - Danza (Allegretto): Florida Suite (rev. & ed. Beecham) (1960 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 29 | IV. At Night (Andante moderato): Florida Suite (rev. & ed. Beecham) (1960 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 30 | Marche-caprice (1987 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| Disc 2 | |
| 01 | A Dance Rhapsody No. 2 (2001 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 02 | Summer Evening (2001 Digital Remaster) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 03 | On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring (2001 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 04 | Summer Night on the River (2001 Digital Remaster) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 05 | A Song before sunrise (2001 Digital Remaster) - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Thomas Beecham |
| 06 | Intermezzo from Fennimore and Gerda (2001 Digital Remaster) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 07 | Irmelin Prelude (2001 Digital Remaster) - Sir Thomas Beecham/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| 08 | A song of the setting sun! (Quietly): Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 09 | Cease smiling, dear! (With easy movement).: Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 10 | Pale amber sunlight falls (Slow).: Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 11 | Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart! (Con tristezza. Not too slow).: Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 12 | By the sad waters of separation (With quiet movement).: Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 13 | See how the trees and the osiers lithe (Freshly).: Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 14 | I was not sorrowful (Very quietly but not too slow): Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |
| 15 | They are not long, the weeping and the laughter (Quietly).: Songs of Sunset - Maureen Forrester/John Cameron/Beecham Choral Soci |