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Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey
Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands • Motets • Partsongs
Compil. UK 1995 on Conifer Classics label
Classical (Romantic, Modern)
Disc 1: Total Playing Time — 50:18 Recording made with the sponsorship of Josiah Cox Limited and J. Sydney Ault Ltd. ℗ 1987 Original sound recording made and owned by Conifer Records Limited Disc 2: Total Playing Time — 54:21 Recorded under the auspices of The Delius Trust. ℗ 1988 Original sound recording made and owned by Conifer Records Limited The City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus is the Chorus of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Music Director Sir Simon Rattle. Recorded on 19-20 July 1986 in Birmingham Town Hall (Elgar, Holst) and 19-21 June 1987 in St. Paul's Church, Birmingham (Delius, Grainger) Special thanks to Malcolm Walker of The Delius Society for assistance in devising programmes. This compilation ℗ 1995 Conifer Records Limited © 1995 Conifer Records Limited CDs come packaged in plastic brilliant box jewel case with 36 page booklet including texts and notes in English.
Musicians
 | Sir Edward Elgar vc, vn, 1857-1934 GB album by |
 | Gustav Holst str, 1874-1934 GB album by |
 | Frederick Delius , 1862-1934 GB album by |
 | Percy Grainger p, 1882-1961 AU album by |
 | City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus , chorus, album by |
 | Simon Halsey , *1958 GB conductor, album by |
 | David Tall , liner notes, delius, grainger |
 | Michael Kennedy , 1926-2014 GB liner notes, elgar |
 | Lowinger Maddison , GB liner notes, holst: two motets |
 | Colin Matthews , *1946 GB liner notes, holst |
 | Richard Markham p, GB piano, piano, piano 4 hands |
 | Alex Hilger , typography, typesetting |
 | Caroline Alice Elgar , text by, the words imitated from bavarian volkslieder and schnadahüpfler by |
 | Thomas Lovell Beddoes , 1803-1849 GB text by |
 | Henry Vaughan , 1621-1695 GB text by |
| Digby Mackworth Dolben , text by |
 | Francis Thompson , 1859-1907 GB text by |
 | Thomas Heywood , *1570 GB text by |
 | Robert Herrick , 1591-1674 GB text by |
 | Anonymous bvoc, acg, text by, anon. 16th cent. |
 | Christina Rossetti , 1830-1894 GB text by |
 | Alfred Lord Tennyson , 1809-1892 GB text by |
 | Charles Daniels voc, *1960 GB tenor vocals |
 | Traditional , text by, folk song from lincolnshire, text by, english playing song, text by, english dance-folk-song |
 | Rudyard Kipling , 1865-1936 GB text by, from the second jungle book, text by, words from barrack room ballads, text by, words from plain tales from the hills |
| Patrick Wheatley , baritone vocals |
 | Peter King org, har, GB harmonium |
 | David Nettle p, piano, piano 4 hands |
| Peter Lilley , flute |
Producers
| Lucy Kemp-Welch cover, cover illustration: following the plough |
| Frank Watkins design, cover design |
| Antony Howell engineer, recording engineer |
| John Kehoe executive-producer |
| Morten Winding producer, recording producer |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scenes From The Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 | Sir Edward Elgar | ||
| 2 | The Dance | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 3:42 | |
| 3 | False Love | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 4:55 | |
| 4 | Lullaby | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 3:38 | |
| 5 | Aspiration | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 3:32 | |
| 6 | On The Alm | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 2:44 | |
| 7 | The Marksmen | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 5:34 | |
| 8 | Dirge And Hymeneal | Gustav Holst | 5:57 | |
| 9 | Two Motets, Op. 43 | Gustav Holst | ||
| 10 | The Evening Watch | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 4:45 | |
| 11 | Sing Me The Men | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 5:24 | |
| 12 | Five Partsongs, Op. 12 | Gustav Holst | ||
| 13 | Dream Tryst | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 3:23 | |
| 14 | Ye Little Birds | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 1:51 | |
| 15 | Her Eyes The Glow-worm Lend Thee | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 0:46 | |
| 16 | Now Is The Month Of Maying | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 1:31 | |
| 17 | Come To Me | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 4:48 | |
| 18 | Midsummer Song | Frederick Delius | 1:48 | |
| 19 | On Craig Ddu | Frederick Delius | 3:50 | |
| 20 | Two Unaccompanied Partsongs | Frederick Delius | ||
| 21 | No. 1 | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 2:04 | |
| 22 | No. 2 | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 2:12 | |
| 23 | The Splendour Falls | Frederick Delius | 3:24 | |
| 24 | Three Early Partsongs | Frederick Delius | ||
| 25 | Frühlingsanbruch | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 1:29 | |
| 26 | Sonnenscheinlied | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 0:53 | |
| 27 | Durch Den Wald | Sir Edward Elgar • Gustav Holst • Frederick Delius • Percy Grainger / City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Simon Halsey | 3:00 | |
| 28 | Brigg Fair | Percy Grainger | 2:19 | |
| 29 | Morning Song In The Jungle | Percy Grainger | 4:38 | |
| 30 | Danny Deever | Percy Grainger | 3:10 | |
| 31 | The Peora Hunt | Percy Grainger | 0:49 | |
| 32 | Skye Boat Song | Percy Grainger | 4:20 | |
| 33 | Shallow Brown | Percy Grainger | 6:17 | |
| 34 | Irish Tune From County Derry | Percy Grainger | 3:23 | |
| 35 | Australian Up-Country Song | Percy Grainger | 2:04 | |
| 36 | Six Dukes Went A'Fishin' | Percy Grainger | 3:43 | |
| 37 | There Was A Pig | Percy Grainger | 2:07 | |
| 38 | The Lost Lady Found | Percy Grainger | 2:49 |
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