I couldn’t let this Delius anniversary year pass without a selection of his recordings from 78s. These range from acoustics conducted by Eugene Goossens III through some early electricals with Geoffrey Toye up to post-war records by John Barbirolli. There’s one filler side from Barbirolli which is not by Delius. There’s also the early electrical set of the Cello Sonata played by its dedicatee, Beatrice Harrison.
And for a bonus, another English composer, Dame Ethel Smyth, conducts the overture to her opera “The Wreckers.”
Delius – Brigg Fair
Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Royal Albert Hall Orchestra, Eugene Goossens
Delius – Brigg Fair – RAHO, Goossens
Delius – On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring – RAHO, Goossens
(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice D 799-800
Matrices Cc 4017-I, 4018-I, 4019-II, 4081-I (3-0974, 3-0975, 3-0976, 3-0977)
Recorded 31st December 1923 and 15th January 1924, Hayes
Brigg Fair is complete, but the Cuckoo is slightly abridged, losing 23 bars in total (from 2 before fig 5 to 4 after fig 6, and from 4 after fig 9 to 3 before fig 11.)
Delius – Sonata for Cello and Piano
Beatrice Harrison, cello
Harold Craxton, piano
Delius – Cello Sonata – Harrison, Craxton
(mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice D 1103-4
Matrices Cc 8199-II, 8200-I, 8201-II, 8202-II (08251, 08252, 08270, 08253)
Recorded 29th March 1926, Hayes
Delius – Brigg Fair
London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Toye
Delius – Brigg Fair – LSO, Toye
(mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice D 1442-3
Matrices CR 1649-I, 1650-I, 1651-I, 1652-I (5-0824, 5-0773, 5-0774, 5-0775)
Recorded 19th February 1928, Kingsway Hall, London
Delius – In a Summer Garden
London Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Toye
Delius – A Song Before Sunrise
New Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli
Delius – In a Summer Garden – LSO, Toye
Delius – A Song Before Sunrise – NSO, Barbirolli
(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice D 1696-7
Matrices CR 1655-I, 1656-IA, 1657-IA, Cc 16663-II (5-0776, 5-0777, 6-0808, 6-0793)
Recorded 19th February 1928 (Toye) and 7th June 1929 (Barbirolli), Kingsway Hall, London
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden
New Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Toye
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden – NSO, Toye
(mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice D 1738
Matrices Cc 16763-II, 16764-II (32-755, 32-756)
Recorded 13th September 1929, Embassy Theatre, London
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden – Hallé, Barbirolli
(mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice C 3484
Matrices 2ER 817-I, 818-I
Recorded 16th February 1945, Manchester
This record is rather well-worn, and suffers some distortion in forte passages, particularly in the first half
Delius – Deux Aquarelles
Mozart – Overture “The Marriage of Figaro”
Hallé Orchestra, John Barbirolli
Delius – Deux Aquarelles – Hallé, Barbirolli
Mozart – Marriage of Figaro Overture – Hallé, Barbirolli
(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
His Master’s Voice C 3864
Matrices 2EA 12961-2, 13654-1
Recorded 1st May 1948, 3rd May 1949, London?
PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE:
Delius – The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Goossens
Delius – Walk to the Paradise Garden – Cincinnati SO, Goossens
(mp3 files – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
RCA Victor 11-9493
Matrices D6-RC-5139/40
Recorded 14th February 1946, Cincinnati
Smyth – The Wreckers – Overture
British Symphony Orchestra, Dame Ethel Smyth
Smyth – The Wreckers – overture – BSO, Smyth
(mp3 file – click to play, or right click the link, then select “Save as”)
Columbia DX 287
Matrices WAX 5567, 5568 (13625, 13624)
Recorded 1st May 1930, Westminster Central Hall, London
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