词条 | A Song of the High Hills |
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I have tried to express the joy and rapture felt in the High Mountains and to depict the lonely melancholy of the highest altitudes of the wide expanses. The vocal parts typify Man in Nature. Sir Thomas Beecham described this as one of Delius's major works ('on an heroic scale, and the inspiration is on an exalted level throughout'[2]) and a transitional work, in which Delius moved away from the human sensibilities described in such works as Sea Drift towards a 'certain austerity of manner', attaining 'a magical sequence of sounds and echoes, both vocal and instrumental, all culminating in a great outburst of tone that seems to flood the entire landscape.'[3] '...we have hitherto unfamiliar elements of austerity and impersonality, as if the composer had grown tired of interpreting the joys and sorrows of human beings and had turned to the contemplation of nature only.'[4] Beecham recorded the work on 22 November 1946 with Freda Hart (soprano) and Leslie Jones (tenor), the Luton Choral Society and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a form which reached publication on 78 and 33 rpm records.[5]Notes1. ^Elkin 1944, 65: Elkin 1946, 148. 2. ^Beecham 1975, 168. 3. ^Beecham 1975 (cited above), 168. 4. ^Beecham 1975 (cited above), 221. 5. ^Beecham 1975 (cited above), M. Walker's discography supplement (p. 237). 78rpm: HMV DB 6470-72, or autocoupling DB 9131-33. 33rpm: HMV ALP 1889. Sources
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