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A Village Romeo and Juliet RT I/6 (1907)

Libretto: Charles Francis Keary, Jelka Rosen-Delius, Frederick Delius
Meredith Davies, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The John Alldis Choir, Benjamin Luxon (Bass-baritone), Noel Mangin (Bass-baritone), Corin Manley (Voice), Robert Tear (Tenor), Wendy Eathorne (Soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Bass-baritone), Stephen Varcoe (Bass-baritone), Bryn Evans (Bass-baritone), Felicity Palmer (Soprano), Mavis Beattie (Soprano), Doreen Price (Soprano), Elaine Barry (Soprano), Pauline Stevens (Alto), Martyn Hill (Tenor), John Huw Davies (Bass-baritone), Sarah Walker (Alto), Paul Taylor (Tenor), Franklyn Whiteley (Bass), Robert Bateman (Bass-baritone), John Noble (Bass-baritone), Ian Partridge (Tenor), Eric Fenby (Speaker)
1971, London, Kingsway Hall
Remastered
46 Tracks, 2:17:03

  • Scene 1

    • 1. (Allegro ma non troppo, con vigore) – Straight on, my plough, straight on! (Orchestra, Manz)
      03:22
    • 2. 'Tis such a shame to let good land lie waste (Marti, Manz)
      01:55
    • 3. Come, Vrenchen, come! (Sali, Vrenchen)
      01:52
    • 4. The children are nearby (Marti, Manz)
      01:44
    • 5. How strange the song of the wind (Vrenchen, The Dark Fiddler, Sali, Marti, Manz)
      02:42
    • 6. Listen, my children, you need have no fear! (The Dark Fiddler)
      01:44
    • 7. (Sehr langsam) – We two will be the only bidders for that land (Marti, Manz)
      03:31

  • Scene 2

    • 1. (Lento) (Orchestra)
      02:54
    • 2. Vrenchen! ... Sali! (Sali, Vrenchen)
      03:25
    • 3. If only we two always stand together (Sali, Vrenchen)
      04:30

  • Scene 3

    • 1. (Poco meno) (Orchestra)
      02:03
    • 2. (Tranquillo) – Sali! ... Vrenchen! (Orchestra, Vrenchen, Sali)
      02:24
    • 3. You here? I'm not surprised (The Dark Fiddler)
      03:13
    • 4. O Sali, I'm afraid! (Vrenchen, Sali)
      03:28
    • 5. (Molto lento) – Shameless hussy! (Orchestra, Marti, Sali, Vrenchen)
      02:47

  • Scene 4

    • 1. (Lento molto) (Orchestra)
      03:08
    • 2. Ah, the darkness has come (Vrenchen, Sali)
      03:01
    • 3. O Sali, I should have died (Vrenchen, Sali)
      03:43
    • 4. What will you do? Where will you go? (Sali, Vrenchen)
      05:18
    • 5. The Dream of Sali and Vrenchen (Orchestra, Chorus)
      06:26
    • 6. (Lento) (Orchestra)
      01:24
    • 7. Ah, 'twas all a dream! (Vrenchen, Sali, Peasants)
      03:39

  • Scene 5

    • 1. (Con moto) (Orchestra, Fairground Women & Men, Chorus, Peasants)
      02:36
    • 2. Oh, Sali, look at those lovely, lovely things! (Vrenchen, Sali, Fairground Women & Men, Peasants)
      01:54
    • 3. Well well! What do I see? (First Woman & Man, Vrenchen, Sali, Second Man & Woman, Peasants, Fairground Women & Men, Chorus)
      02:32
    • 4. Come, my Vrenchen! (Sali, Vrenchen, Chorus)
      01:52
    • The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Orchestra)
      09:02

  • Scene 6

    • 1. Dance and song, all day long! (Vagabonds)
      01:09
    • 2. (Lento) (Orchestra)
      01:23
    • 3. So I must tell you (The Dark Fiddler)
      03:40
    • 4. The twilight closes round the garden (Sali, Vrenchen, The Dark Fiddler)
      01:58
    • 5. (Moderato) – Vagabonds and comrades! (Orchestra, Vagabonds, Vrenchen, Sali, The Dark Fiddler)
      02:38
    • 6. Come with us, live in freedom! (Vagabonds, Vrenchen, The Dark Fiddler, Sali)
      02:40
    • 7. Halleo! halleo! (First & Second Bargees, Vrenchen, Sali)
      02:28
    • 8. Passing strangers, drifting by (Sali, Vrenchen)
      02:17
    • 9. See, the silver moonlight kisses the woods (Sali, Vrenchen)
      01:55
    • 10. See, our marriage bed awaits us! (Sali, Vagabonds, Vrenchen, First & Third Bargees)
      03:24

  • Frederick Delius: An Illustrated Talk by Eric Fenby

    • 1. 'It is strange that as the years go by...' – Florida Suite (III)/Beecham –
      03:29
    • 2. 'Though Delius had by this time...' – A Mass of Life/Groves –
      02:29
    • 3. 'I never hear that music...' – Paris/Groves –
      02:54
    • 4. 'The peak of this complicated type of writing...' – Florida Suite (III)/Beecham –
      02:01
    • 5. 'I must confess...' – Appalachia/Barbirolli –
      02:45
    • 6. 'Surely one can feel there...' – In a Summer Garden/Barbirolli –
      02:23
    • 7. 'It has been said that Delius is a mood...' – Cello Concerto/du Pré, Sargent –
      02:32
    • 8. 'Delius was certainly the least professional...[demonstrates dictation process at piano]' – Cynara/Shirley –Quirk, Groves –
      05:49
    • 9. 'When Delius died in 1934...' - An Arabesque/Shirley-Quirk, Groves
      03:00