Delius, F. | Sea Drift/Songs Of F | CD

Frederick Delius was a composer whose music is often associated with lyrical orchestral writing and an evocative sense of atmosphere. His vocal and instrumental works place expressive melody and carefully shaded harmony at their centre.

Delius: Sea Drift/Songs of Farewell/Songs of Sunset is presented in this CD edition on Chandos. The 14-track programme opens with Sea Drift, includes Cease Smiling, Dear! A Little While Be Sad, and closes with They Are Not Long, the Weeping and the Laughter.

Track List

Disc 1

1. Sea Drift
2. How Sweet the Silent Backward Tracings!
3. I Stand As On Some Mighty Eagle's Beak
4. Passage to You! O Secret of the Earth and Sky!
5. Joy, Shipmate, Joy!
6. Now Finale to the Shore
7. A Song of the Setting Sun!
8. Cease Smiling, Dear! A Little While Be Sad
9. Pale Amber Sunlight Falls
10. Exceeding Sorrow Consumeth My Sad Heart!
11. By the Sad Waters of Separation
12. See How the Trees and the Osiers Lethe
13. I Was Not Sorrowful, I Could Not Weep
14. They Are Not Long, the Weeping and the Laughter