A Village Romeo and Juliet RT I/6 (1907)
Meredith Davies, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The John Alldis Choir, Benjamin Luxon (Bass-baritone), Noel Mangin (Bass-baritone), Corin Manley (Voice), Robert Tear (Tenor), Wendy Eathorne (Soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (Soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (Bass-baritone), Stephen Varcoe (Bass-baritone), Bryn Evans (Bass-baritone), Felicity Palmer (Soprano), Mavis Beattie (Soprano), Doreen Price (Soprano), Elaine Barry (Soprano), Pauline Stevens (Alto), Martyn Hill (Tenor), John Huw Davies (Bass-baritone), Sarah Walker (Alto), Paul Taylor (Tenor), Franklyn Whiteley (Bass), Robert Bateman (Bass-baritone), John Noble (Bass-baritone), Ian Partridge (Tenor), Eric Fenby (Speaker)
1971, London, Kingsway Hall
Scene 2
- 02:541. (Lento) (Orchestra)
- 03:252. Vrenchen! ... Sali! (Sali, Vrenchen)
- 04:303. If only we two always stand together (Sali, Vrenchen)
Scene 3
- 02:031. (Poco meno) (Orchestra)
- 02:242. (Tranquillo) – Sali! ... Vrenchen! (Orchestra, Vrenchen, Sali)
- 03:133. You here? I'm not surprised (The Dark Fiddler)
- 03:284. O Sali, I'm afraid! (Vrenchen, Sali)
- 02:475. (Molto lento) – Shameless hussy! (Orchestra, Marti, Sali, Vrenchen)
Scene 4
- 03:081. (Lento molto) (Orchestra)
- 03:012. Ah, the darkness has come (Vrenchen, Sali)
- 03:433. O Sali, I should have died (Vrenchen, Sali)
- 05:184. What will you do? Where will you go? (Sali, Vrenchen)
- 06:265. The Dream of Sali and Vrenchen (Orchestra, Chorus)
- 01:246. (Lento) (Orchestra)
- 03:397. Ah, 'twas all a dream! (Vrenchen, Sali, Peasants)
Scene 5
- 02:361. (Con moto) (Orchestra, Fairground Women & Men, Chorus, Peasants)
- 01:542. Oh, Sali, look at those lovely, lovely things! (Vrenchen, Sali, Fairground Women & Men, Peasants)
- 02:323. Well well! What do I see? (First Woman & Man, Vrenchen, Sali, Second Man & Woman, Peasants, Fairground Women & Men, Chorus)
- 01:524. Come, my Vrenchen! (Sali, Vrenchen, Chorus)
- 09:02The Walk to the Paradise Garden (Orchestra)
Scene 6
- 01:091. Dance and song, all day long! (Vagabonds)
- 01:232. (Lento) (Orchestra)
- 03:403. So I must tell you (The Dark Fiddler)
- 01:584. The twilight closes round the garden (Sali, Vrenchen, The Dark Fiddler)
- 02:385. (Moderato) – Vagabonds and comrades! (Orchestra, Vagabonds, Vrenchen, Sali, The Dark Fiddler)
- 02:406. Come with us, live in freedom! (Vagabonds, Vrenchen, The Dark Fiddler, Sali)
- 02:287. Halleo! halleo! (First & Second Bargees, Vrenchen, Sali)
- 02:178. Passing strangers, drifting by (Sali, Vrenchen)
- 01:559. See, the silver moonlight kisses the woods (Sali, Vrenchen)
- 03:2410. See, our marriage bed awaits us! (Sali, Vagabonds, Vrenchen, First & Third Bargees)
Frederick Delius: An Illustrated Talk by Eric Fenby
- 03:291. 'It is strange that as the years go by...' – Florida Suite (III)/Beecham –
- 02:292. 'Though Delius had by this time...' – A Mass of Life/Groves –
- 02:543. 'I never hear that music...' – Paris/Groves –
- 02:014. 'The peak of this complicated type of writing...' – Florida Suite (III)/Beecham –
- 02:455. 'I must confess...' – Appalachia/Barbirolli –
- 02:236. 'Surely one can feel there...' – In a Summer Garden/Barbirolli –
- 02:327. 'It has been said that Delius is a mood...' – Cello Concerto/du Pré, Sargent –
- 05:498. 'Delius was certainly the least professional...[demonstrates dictation process at piano]' – Cynara/Shirley –Quirk, Groves –
- 03:009. 'When Delius died in 1934...' - An Arabesque/Shirley-Quirk, Groves
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