FREDERICK DELIUS (1862-1934)

1

Sea Drift†

25:55

for baritone, chorus and orchestra

Songs of Farewell

18:02

for double chorus and orchestra

2

I

Double Chorus: 'How sweet the silent backward tracings!'

4:28

3

II

Chorus: 'I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak'

4:37

4

III

Chorus: 'Passage to you! O secret of the earth and sky!'

3:30

5

IV

Double Chorus: 'Joy, shipmate, joy!'

1:30

6

V

Chorus: 'Now finalè to the shore'

3:48

Songs of Sunset*†

32:52

for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra

7

Chorus: 'A song of the setting sun!'

3:24

8

Soli: 'Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad'

4:46

9

Chorus: 'Pale amber sunlight falls'

4:26

10

Mezzo-soprano: 'Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart!'

3:42

11

Baritone: 'By the sad waters of separation'

4:48

12

Chorus: 'See how the trees and the osiers lithe'

3:34

13

Baritone: 'I was not sorrowful, I could not weep'

4:45

14

Soli, Chorus: 'They are not long, the weeping and the laughter'

3:27

Sally Burgess mezzo-soprano*

Bryn Terfel baritone†

Members of the

Richard Hickox

27-28 February 1993