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Delius: Florida Suite

~ Frederick Delius (Composer), Vernon Handley (Conductor), Ulster Orchestra (Orchestra), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
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  • Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Vernon Handley
  • Composer: Frederick Delius
  • Audio CD (24 Jul 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Collect
  • ASIN: B00004W3JG
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 53,724 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Florida Suite: I. Daybreak - Dance11:15Album Only
Listen  2. Florida Suite: II. By the River 6:42£0.59
Listen  3. Florida Suite: III. Sunset - Near the Plantation10:39Album Only
Listen  4. Florida Suite: IV. At Night 9:01Album Only
Listen  5. North Country Sketches: No. 1. Autumn 8:24Album Only
Listen  6. North Country Sketches: No. 2. Winter Landscape 4:04£0.59
Listen  7. North Country Sketches: No. 3. Dance 7:24£0.59
Listen  8. North Country Sketches: No. 4. The March of the Spring 8:55Album Only
Listen  9. 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: 2 Pieces for Small Orchestra: No. 1. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring 6:14£0.59
Listen10. Air and Dance 5:02£0.59

On this CD:
  1. Florida
    Composed by Frederick Delius
    Performed by Ulster Orchestra
    Conducted by Vernon Handley

  2. North Country Sketches
    Composed by Frederick Delius
    Performed by Ulster Orchestra
    Conducted by Vernon Handley

  3. On hearing the first cuckoo in Spring
    Composed by Frederick Delius
    Conducted by Vernon Handley

  4. Air and Dance
    Composed by Frederick Delius
    Conducted by Vernon Handley

Product Description

BBC Music Magazine

The shadow of Grieg lies heavily across Delius's early music, even the Florida Suite, with its ostensibly American inspiration. What Delius hadn't mastered at this stage was the knowledge of when to stop, and some of the movements, with their four-square harmonic shifts, outstay their welcome. But in two of the sections, 'Sunset' and 'At Night', he begins to feel his way forward to his mature style, and it's here that Handley is at his most affectionate. North Country Sketches is a more mature work, surer in its chromatic harmonies, and with a definite sense of direction, helped here by Handley's instinct for the inner pulse of the music - there's no hint of that aimless meandering with which Delius is so often charged. The inimitable Beecham may bring that extra bit of sophistication to these works, but his recorded sound is now dated, whereas the Chandos recording allows Delius's palette of colours to shine through.

Performance ****
Sound *****

© BBC Music Magazine 2001

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Music, 18 Aug 2008
By Mr. R. D. M. Kirby "Dick Kirby" (Suffolk, UK) - See all my reviews
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Wonderful music

For anybody wanting an introduction to the music of Delius, this is it; the CD includes his Florida Suite and North Country Sketches which are beautifully played by the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Vernon Handley.

Superb value for money and highly recommended.
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