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- Genre: Classical
- Style: Classical Vocal
- Label: Chandos
A work that brings a lump to the throat of Gramophone's editor-in-chief.
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One of those works that always brings a lump to my throat is Frederick Delius's setting of "Sea Drift" (from Walt Whitman's poem "Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking"). It's scored for solo baritone, chorus and orchestra and tells, touchingly, of a young boy watching two sea birds who have clearly bonded for life. Then, one day, the she-bird flies away never to return. The male waits for his mate singing his forlorn lament to the moon, the stars and the sea. Bryn Terfel's dark, rich baritone and his beautiful enunciation is a perfect complement to this powerful blend of words and music. The two choral works, "Songs of Farewell" and "Songs of Sunset" (where Terfel returns with mezzo Sally Burgess), are beautifully done — the Chandos recording and Richard Hickox's innate feeling for Delius's music meshing to powerful effect. And Delius's musical voice was one of the most original — you won't find more powerful advocacy in modern times.
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Sea Drift
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25:55 |
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| 02. | |
Songs of Farewell: No. 1. How sweet the silent backward tracings! (Double Chorus)
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4:28 |
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Songs of Farewell: No. 2. I stand as on some mighty eagle's beak (Chorus)
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4:37 |
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| 04. | |
Songs of Farewell: No. 3. Passage to you! O secret of the earth and sky! (Chorus)
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3:30 |
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Songs of Farewell: No. 4. Joy, shipmate, joy! (Double Chorus)
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1:30 |
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Songs of Farewell: No. 6. Now finale to the shore (Chorus)
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3:48 |
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Songs of Sunset: No. 1. A song of the setting sun! (Chorus)
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3:24 |
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| 08. | |
Songs of Sunset: No. 2. Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad (Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone)
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4:46 |
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| 09. | |
Songs of Sunset: No. 3. Pale amber sunlight fails (Chorus)
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4:26 |
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Songs of Sunset: No. 4. Exceeding sorrow consumeth my sad heart! (Mezzo-Soprano)
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3:42 |
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Songs of Sunset: No. 5. By the sad waters of separation (Baritone)
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4:48 |
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| 12. | |
Songs of Sunset: No. 6. See how the trees and osiers lithe (Chorus)
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3:34 |
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Songs of Sunset: No. 7. I was not sorrowful, I could not weep (Baritone)
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4:45 |
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Songs of Sunset: No. 8. They are not long, the weeping and the laughter (Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Chorus)
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3:27 |
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14 Total Tracks, 76:40 Total Length
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Credits
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Composers
Frederick Delius -
Other Details
- Choirs:
- Bournemouth Symphony Chorus //
- Waynflete Singers //
- Southern Voices
- Conductor:
- Richard Hickox
- Orchestra:
- Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
- Instruments:
- Baritone (Vocal) //
- Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)
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