Utwory na płycie:

• Concerto for Violin- Cello and Orchestra - Quietly -
• Concerto for Violin- Cello and Orchestra - With moderate speed - Rather quicker - Rather quieter - Quicker - Quietly - Rather slower- molto tranquillo - Vigorously -
• Concerto for Violin- Cello and Orchestra - Slowly and Quietly - Molto tranquillo- rather quicker - Rather slower - [Cadenza ] Quicker - Rather slower -
• Concerto for Violin- Cello and Orchestra - Tempo I - Rather quicker- tranquillo - Quicker - Rather slower - Rather more lively -
• Concerto for Violin- Cello and Orchestra - Very quietly - Molto tranquillo- tempo I - Very quietly- slow
• Violin Concerto - With moderate tempo - Rather quicker - Rather slower - Broad - Slower and very quietly - Vigorously - Maestoso
• Violin Concerto - Slower -
• Violin Concerto - [Cadenza] -
• Violin Concerto - Tempo I - Very broad - With vigour - Rather quicker - Rather slower - With vigour -
• Violin Concerto - Allegretto - Più moderato - Rather quicker -
• Violin Concerto - Broadly
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Slow - Not quick- quietly -
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Meno mosso - Becoming slower -
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Slow - Quicker - Rather slower - Rather quicker - Very slow - Very quietly -
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Con moto tranquillo - Becoming slower and slower -
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - With animation - Becoming slower -
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Rather slower- very quietly - Tempo I - Rather slower -
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra - Quietly

Violin Concerto
Double Concerto
Cello Concerto

These three major concertos by Frederick Delius involving solos string instruments are here brought together on the same disc for the first time. The Violin Concerto, Double Concerto, and Cello Concerto are performed by exclusive Chandos artists strongly associated with British repertoire. Sir Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra have already released one Delius disc this year (CHSA 5088 – Appalachia and The Song of the High Hills), of which International Record Review (IRR) said: ‘I am absolutely certain that this is the greatest performance and recording of Delius’ Appalachia which has ever been put on disc... it would be hard if not impossible to imagine a more magnificent performance of this masterpiece... the playing is unfailingly beautiful and infused with sensitivity, brilliance of technique and vividness of colour’.

Tasmin Little, who won the Critics’ Choice Award at this year’s Classic BRIT Awards, is the soloist in the Violin Concerto. This is not a virtuosic showpiece in the ordinary sense; instead the solo part stays harmonically connected with the orchestra throughout; in fact, it seems to grow out of its textures. The work is composed in a single long span, divided into three clear sections in which different moods succeed one another, sometimes passionately spontaneous, sometimes dreamlike, sometimes fiery.

Paul Watkins is the soloist in the Cello Concerto, which Delius regarded as his personal favourite among his concertos. It was the last work that he was able to complete in his own hand before experiencing the onset of the devastating effects of syphilis: paralysis and blindness.

Tasmin Little and Paul Watkins join forces in the rarely performed and recorded Double Concerto, which represents Delius at his most inspired: the work is warmly evocative as well as strong and memorable. The soloists get to showcase their abilities in music that is both passionate and tranquil.