The Walk to the Paradise Garden, an extended entr'acte from Delius's opera A Village Romeo and Juliet, was composed during rehearsals for the opera's 1907 Berlin premiere to cover a scene change.
Composer Biography
Frederick Delius spent over two years in America, managing a citrus plantation in Florida and teaching violin and piano in Virginia, where the singing of 'Negro workers' influenced his art.
Performer Biography
The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, formed in 1891, received its 'Royal' title in recognition of its importance to Scotland's musical life.
Composer Biography
Fantastic Dance was the last piece Frederick Delius ever wrote, dictated to his amanuensis, Eric Fenby, during the final years of the blind and paralyzed composer's life.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The ten orchestral works on this album span Frederick Delius's entire creative life and illustrate his love for England, America, Norway, and France, which greatly inspired him.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Delius's On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring displays a 'pantheistic identification with nature' that is central to his artistic vision.
Composition History
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring, one of Delius's most famous works, develops a Norwegian folk-song that he learned through Percy Grainger, a fellow composer and pianist.
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