Frederick Delius: Appalachia; Sea Drift (Music CD) available on July 22 2018 from Base for 5.69
Delius: Appalachia; Sea Drift available on August 10 2017 from Amazon for 6.44
UPC bar code 747313276479 ξ1 registered July 22 2018
UPC bar code 747313276479 ξ2 registered May 17 2016
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Classical Audio
Manufacturered by Naxos
Product weight is 0.21 lbs.
Appalachia (a native American word for North America) is a set of variations based on a slave song about the tragedy of the cotton planters 'being sold down the river'. Delius heard the song when teaching the violin in Virginia, but the primary inspiration was his formative experience of the semi-tropical beauty of Florida's Solano Grove where he had managed an orange plantation. In Sea Drift Delius absorbed a further American influence in the nature mysticism of Walt Whitman. The symphonic poem, one of his greatest works, is a song of love and death in which the baritone soloist is both a participant in the drama and offers a commentary upon it.
Sensitive and solid performances by The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay and the Florida Orchestra support the warm, rich baritone voice of Leon Williams on this splendid new recording. "Appalachia" reflects Englishman Frederick Delius' deep appreciation of American roots music to which he was exposed while managing an orange plantation in Florida, and the lovely choral tone poem "Sea Drift" sounds much as its title might suggest. What a pleasure it is to hear these rar..
