tracks

Sea Drift for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra
Songs of Farewell for Double Chorus and Orchestra
I. Double Chorus: 'How sweet the silent backward tracings!'
II. Chorus: 'I stand as on the mighty eagle's beak'
III. Chorus: 'Passage to you! O secret of the earth and sky!'
IV. Double Chorus: 'Joy, shipmate, joy!'
V. Chorus: 'Now finale to the shore'
Songs of Sunset for Mezzo-soprano, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra
Chorus: 'A song of the setting sun!'
Soli: 'Cease smiling, Dear! A little while be sad'
Chorus: 'Pale amber sunlight falls'
Mezzo-soprano: 'Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart!'
Baritone: 'By the sad waters of separation'
Chorus: 'See how the trees and the osiers lithe'
Baritone: 'I was not sorrowful, I could not weep'
Soli, Chorus: 'They are not long, the weeping and the laughter'

notes

Recorded in association with The Delius Trust
Recorded in the Wessex Hall, Poole Arts Centre 27/28 Feb 1993

credits

Baritone Vocals – Bryn Terfel (tracks: 1,7-14)
Choir – Southern Voices (tracks: 2-6), The Waynflete Singers (tracks: 2-6)
Chorus – Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Chorus Master – Neville Creed
Composed By – Frederick Delius
Conductor – Richard Hickox
Engineer – Ralph Couzens, Richard Smoker
Mezzo-soprano Vocals – Sally Burgess (tracks: 7-14)
Orchestra – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Producer – Brian Couzens

companies

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Chandos Records Ltd
Copyright (c) – Chandos Records Ltd

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