Tracklist

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1Requiem: I. Our Days Are as One Day (Solemnly)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem: I. ‘Our days here are as one day...’ –
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Requiem
Frederick Delius8:41
2Requiem: II. Hallelujah/La Il Allah (With Vigour and Fervour)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem: II. ‘Hallelujah...’ –
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Requiem
Frederick Delius5:29
3Requiem: III. My Beloved Whom I Cherished (Moderato)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem: III. ‘My beloved whom I cherished was like a flower.’ –
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Requiem
Frederick Delius4:01
4Requiem: IV. I Honour the Man Who Can Love Life (With Energy)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem: IV. ‘I honour the man who can love life...’ –
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Requiem
Frederick Delius4:16
5Requiem: V. The Snow Lingers Yet on the Mountains (Very Slow)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
recording of:
Requiem: V. ‘The snow lingers yet on the mountains...’
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Requiem
Frederick Delius8:20
6Idyll: Prelude (Moderato)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
recording of:
Prelude and Idyll: Prelude
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Prelude and Idyll
Frederick Delius3:24
7Idyll: Once I Passed Through a Populous City (Andante moderato)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Prelude and Idyll: Idyll "Once I Passed Through a Populous City"
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Prelude and Idyll
Frederick Delius2:59
8Idyll: Day by Day, Night by Night (Lento, con espressione)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Prelude and Idyll: Idyll "Once I Passed Through a Populous City"
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Prelude and Idyll
Frederick Delius3:52
9Idyll: I Am She Who Adored Herself
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Prelude and Idyll: Idyll "Once I Passed Through a Populous City"
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Prelude and Idyll
Frederick Delius4:57
10Idyll: This Is Thy Hour (Più mosso)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Prelude and Idyll: Idyll "Once I Passed Through a Populous City"
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Prelude and Idyll
Frederick Delius4:09
11Idyll: Sweet Are the Blooming Cheeks (Lento, più tranquillo)
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Meredith Davies (conductor)
partial recording of:
Prelude and Idyll: Idyll "Once I Passed Through a Populous City"
lyricist:
Walt Whitman (19th c. American poet, essayist, and journalist)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Prelude and Idyll
Frederick Delius2:23
12A Song Before Sunrise
baritone vocals:
John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
soprano vocals:
Heather Harper (soprano)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
A Song Before Sunrise, RT VI/24
premiered in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (on 1923-09-19)
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer) (in 1918)
dedicated to:
Peter Warlock (British composer)
part of:
Delius Catalogue of Works (DCW) (number: DCW 40) and Works of Frederick Delius by RT number (number: RT VI/24)
Frederick Delius6:18
13Songs of Farewell: I. How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings! (Quieto, molto tranquillo)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
Songs of Farewell: I. How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings!
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Songs of Farewell
Frederick Delius3:52
14Songs of Farewell: II. I Stand as on Some Mighty Eagle's Beak (Lento molto)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
Songs of Farewell: II. I Stand as on Some Mighty Eagle's Beak
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Songs of Farewell
Frederick Delius4:42
15Songs of Farewell: III. Passage to You! (Andante tranquillo)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
Songs of Farewell: III. Passage to You!
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Songs of Farewell
Frederick Delius4:39
16Songs of Farewell: IV. Joy, Shipmate, Joy! (Maestoso)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
Songs of Farewell: IV. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Songs of Farewell
Frederick Delius1:46
17Songs of Farewell: V. Now Finale to the Shore (Moderato con moto)
choir vocals:
Royal Choral Society (The Royal Choral Society)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
recording of:
Songs of Farewell: V. Now Finale to the Shore
composer:
Frederick Delius (English composer)
part of:
Songs of Farewell
Frederick Delius4:27