1919-1994 GB, Hampstead
Composer / Conductor of Classical
A.k.a. Norman Rene Del Mar
Norman René Del Mar CBE (31 July 1919 – 6 February 1994) was a British conductor, horn player, and biographer. As a conductor, he specialized in the music of late romantic composers; including Edward Elgar, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Strauss. He left a great legacy of recordings of British music, in particular Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius, and Benjamin Britten. He notably conducted the premiere recording of Britten's children's opera Noye's Fludde.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Little Symphony / String Quartet no. 2 / Piano Trio | Alexander Goehr, Orion Trio, The Allegri String Quartet, The London Symphony Orchestra / Norman Del Mar | 2008 | Compil. |
Divertimentos, Sinfoniettas | Sir Michael Tippett, Benjamin Britten, Malcolm Arnold, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Rawsthorne / English Chamber Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, The London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite | 2007 | Compil. |
Symphony No. 6 / Irish Landscape / Overture To Adventure / Rogue's Comedy Overture / Overture: Work in Progress | Arnold Bax, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 2007 | Album |
Violin Concerto - Lonely Waters - Whythorne's Shadow - Cello Concerto | Ernest John Moeran, Lydia Mordkovitch, Raphael Wallfisch, Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Vernon Handley, Norman Del Mar | 2004 | Album |
Gurrelieder / Suite For String Orchestra | Arnold Schoenberg, János Ferencsik, Radiokoret, Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester & DR Danish Radio Concert Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 2000 | Compil. |
Vaughan Williams, Elgar, Bliss | BBC Symphony Orchestra | 1999 | Album |
Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto / Lonely Waters / Whythorne's Shadow | Ernest John Moeran - Lydia Mordkovitch, Ulster Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar | 1998 | Album |
The Delius Collection - Volume 2 | Frederick Delius / Philip Fowke, Ralph Holmes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Eric Fenby, Vernon Handley | 1995 | Album |
Irish Symphony / From The Bavarian Highlands | Charles Villiers Stanford, Sir Edward Elgar, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar | 1994 | Album |
Flos Campi / Suite For Viola & Orchestra | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Riddle, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Choir, Norman Del Mar & George Hurst | 1992 | Album |
Symphony Nos. 6 & 8 • Soliloquy | Edmund Rubbra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Rohan de Saram, The London Symphony Orchestra, Vernon Handley | 1992 | Compil. |
Symphonies 3 & 4 • A Tribute | Edmund Rubbra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1990 | Album |
Noye's Fludde / The Golden Vanity | Benjamin Britten, Norman Del Mar, English Chamber Orchestra, Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Russell Burgess | 1989 | Album |
Elgar From The Bavarian Highlands, Vaughan Williams In Windsor Forest, Toward The Unknown Region | Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra | 1988 | Album |
Cello Concerto - Concert Overture 'In The South' 'Elegy For Strings' | Sir Edward Elgar / Robert Cohen / The London Philharmonic Orchestra / Norman Del Mar | 1987 | Album |
Cello Concerto / Sinfonietta | Ernest John Moeran, Raphael Wallfisch, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar | 1986 | Album |
Miniatures | Frederick Delius - Bournemouth Sinfonietta Conducted By Norman Del Mar | 1986 | Album |
Miniatures | Sir Edward Elgar, Leon Goossens (Oboe), Bournemouth Sinfonietta Conducted By Norman Del Mar | 1985 | Album |
The Magic Fountain And Margot La Rouge (The World Premiere Recordings) | Frederick Delius | 1985 | Album |
Symphony No. 5 In C Minor | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1985 | Album |
Trumpet Concerto / Horn Concerto / Oboe Concerto / Clarinet Concerto | Malcolm Arnold, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar | 1985 | Album |
Violin Concerto / Dialectic / Six Short Pieces | Alan Bush - Manoug Parikian | 1985 | Album |
Toward The Unknown Region | Ralph Vaughan Williams - City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra And City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Norman Del Mar | 1983 | Album |
Songs Of The Sea / Songs Of The Fleet | Charles Villiers Stanford, Benjamin Luxon, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1983 | Album |
'Irish' Symphony | Charles Villiers Stanford, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta | 1982 | Album |
A Somerset Rhapsody • Brook Green Suite, The Wasps Overure And Aristophanic Suite | Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Norman Del Mar, Bournemouth Sinfonietta | 1981 | Album |
Violin Concerto In Praise Of Krishna | David Blake, Iona Brown, Philharmonia Orchestra, Norman Del Mar, Teresa Cahill, Northern Sinfonia | 1981 | Album |
Der Rosenkavalier | Richard Strauss, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1980 | Album |
Bridge, Bantock & Butterworth | Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Frank Bridge, Granville Bantock, George Butterworth, Norman Del Mar | 1979 | Album |
Serenade For Strings / Theme & Variations - Suite No. 3 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1979 | Album |
Symphony No.5 In E Minor, Op.64 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1979 | Album |
Also Sprach Zarathustra | Richard Strauss, The London Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Norman Del Mar | 1978 | Album |
Flos Campi / Suite For Viola And Orchestra | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Riddle, Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar | 1977 | Album |
Enigma Variations / Pomp And Circumstance Marches - Complete | Sir Edward Elgar / Norman Del Mar / The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra | 1976 | Album |
Clarinet Concerto / Aubade Op.28 For Horn And Orchestra / Concerto For Horn And Orchestra | Thea Musgrave / Humphrey Searle / Don Banks, Gervase de Peyer, Barry Tuckwell, The London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Norman Del Mar | 1975 | Album |
Symphony No 1, Op 16; Concerto For Two Pianos, Op 30 | Lennox Berkeley - Garth Beckett & Boyd McDonald, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1975 | Album |
Fricke/Banks Concertos For Violin & Orchestra | Norman Del Mar, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yfrah Neaman, Peter Racine Fricker, Don Banks | 1974 | Album |
1812 Overture Op. 49 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, New Philharmonia Orchestra Cond. By Norman Del Mar | 1974 | Album |
Alexander Goehr: Violin Concerto, Op. 13 / Iain Hamilton: Violin Concerto, Op. 15 | Alexander Goehr, Iain Hamilton, Manoug Parikian, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1972 | Album |
Sinfonia / Sonata For Strings And Two Horns | Nicholas Maw - English Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Norman Del Mar | 1971 | Album |
Changes | Gordon Crosse - Jennifer Vyvyan, The London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Norman Del Mar | 1970 | Album |
Quincunx / Scenes And Arias | Elisabeth Lutyens, Nicholas Maw | 1969 | Album |
English Music For Strings | Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norman Del Mar | 1968 | Album |
Symphony No. 2 / Variants For Orchestra | Alun Hoddinott - Norman Del Mar, The London Symphony Orchestra | 1968 | Album |
Symphony No 3 / Concerto For Orchestra | Alan Rawsthorne / Roberto Gerhard | 1968 | Album |
Symphony No 6 | Arnold Bax, New Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted By Norman Del Mar | 1967 | Album |
Concerto For Orchestra / Little Symphony, Op.15 | Sir Michael Tippett, Alexander Goehr, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Norman Del Mar | 1965 | Album |
Concerto For Orchestra / Little Symphony, Op.15 | Sir Michael Tippett, Alexander Goehr, The London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Norman Del Mar | 1965 | Album |
Noye's Fludde | Benjamin Britten, English Chamber Orchestra Conductor Norman Del Mar | 1961 | Album |
Toward The Unknown Region; Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis; Five Variants Of "Dives And Lazarus;" Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 in E Minor | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Norman Del Mar, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus | Compil. | |
Pictures At An Exhibition / Serenade For Strings | Modest Mussorgsky Orch. Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, The London Philharmonic Orchestra, John Pritchard, Norman Del Mar | Album | |
The Surprise Symphony | Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Morley College Symphony Orchestra, Lawrence Leonard, Norman Del Mar, Lionel Salter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wilhelm Furtwängler, Berliner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe | Album |