Sunday, October 7, 2012

ClassicsOnline.com: 'Appalachia is a set of variations on a slave song which Delius heard when teaching the violin in Virginia'; 'Sea Drift' also on CD

[Delius: Appalachia, Sea Drift; Leon Williams, Baritone; The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, James K. Bass; The Florida Orchestra; Naxos 8.572764 (2012)]

Today Klauss Heymann recommends just five CDs from all of the discs released by Naxos this month; one of them is the Delius CD featuring Leon Williams, Baritone:

ClassicsOnline.com
Klaus Heymann Recommends
Naxos Founder and Chairman Klaus Heymann shares his thoughts on a few key October titles from Naxos.

8.572764  Delius: Appalachia • Sea Drift

This release comes hard on the heels of our tremendously successful Delius Mass of Life. It is the Delius American Album.

Appalachia is a set of variations on a slave song which Delius heard when teaching the violin in Virginia. Sea Drift is a song of love and death based on the text of Walt Whitman. There is no other coupling of these two works and the performances by the Florida Orchestra under Stefan Sanderling are outstanding.

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