Delius: English Masterworks
Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano) & Johan Reuter (baritone), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano)
Aarhus Cathedral Choir & Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Choir, Bo Holten
some expressive orchestral playing shows up well in the recorded balance, and the hushed ending is beautiful. The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra also distinguishes itself in the North Country Sketches....
Delius: English Masterworks
Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano) & Johan Reuter (baritone), Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano)
Aarhus Cathedral Choir & Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Choir, Bo Holten
Purchase product
some expressive orchestral playing shows up well in the recorded balance, and the hushed ending is beautiful. The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra also distinguishes itself in the North Country Sketches....
About
To celebrate the 15th anniversary of the birth of Delius, Danacord are proud to issue the next volume in the critically acclaimed Masterworks series. Previous two volumes were awarded Editor’s Choice.
Contents and tracklist
- Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano), Johan Reuter (baritone)
- Aarhus Cathedral Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Choir, Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
- Bo Holten
- Recorded: 10-14 October, 20, 21 December 2011
- Recording Venue: Symfonisk Sal, Aarhus, Denmark
Songs of Sunset: No. 2. Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad (Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone)
Track length4:30
Songs of Sunset: No. 6. See how the trees and osiers lithe (Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone, Chorus)
Track length3:19
- Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano)
- Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
- Bo Holten
- Recorded: 10-14 October, 20, 21 December 2011
- Recording Venue: Symfonisk Sal, Aarhus, Denmark
- Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
- Bo Holten
- Recorded: 10-14 October, 20, 21 December 2011
- Recording Venue: Symfonisk Sal, Aarhus, Denmark
- Henriette Bonde-Hansen (soprano)
- Aarhus Symphony Orchestra
- Bo Holten
- Recorded: 10-14 October, 20, 21 December 2011
- Recording Venue: Symfonisk Sal, Aarhus, Denmark
Awards and reviews
August 2012
some expressive orchestral playing shows up well in the recorded balance, and the hushed ending is beautiful. The Aarhus Symphony Orchestra also distinguishes itself in the North Country Sketches. Henriette Bonde-Hansen gives a lovely account of three early Shelley songs, in orchestrations by Holten
25th August 2012
The reason for buying this CD is Songs of Sunset, one of Delius’s finest works ...The music is suffused with melancholy, nostalgia and autumn stillness, but it’s the dreamy sensuousness of the idiom that comes across most strongly in this superb performance, ridding the piece of prim-and-proper Englishness.
August 2012
this new recording offers so many riches. This and the fact that Danish, Bo Holten continues to impress with his commitment to Delius means that I must offer this disc ‘Recording of the Month’ status.
