Delius - A Mass of Life; Requiem (Richard Hickox) (2002)
Delius - A Mass of Life; Requiem (Richard Hickox) (2002)
Classical | Eac. Flac, Img+Cue, Log | Covers | 549 MB
Label: Chandos Records| Catalog N.: CHAN 9515(2) | TT: 129:27
Classical | Eac. Flac, Img+Cue, Log | Covers | 549 MB
Label: Chandos Records| Catalog N.: CHAN 9515(2) | TT: 129:27
This is a major contribution to the Delius discography. It is a magnificent achievement and a deeply moving experience. The major work, A Mass of Life, dating from 1904-5, is a masterpiece. It is not a conventional Mass, but a celebration of life. It is based on more lyrical, less preaching sections of Nietzsche’s Also sprach Zarathustra. The Requiem rejects religion more overtly in favour of living life to the hilt, a pagan philosophy that condemned the work to oblivion for some forty years and overshadowed its considerable merits. Hickox’s readings contain many memorable highlights, including the sublime closing section of the Requiem celebrating the arrival of spring and nature’s promise of perpetual renewal; and, in the Mass, the gloriously uplifting opening choruses in both parts; the orchestra’s evocation of wide perspectives and distant mountain vistas at the beginning of part two; and the magical, affirmatory ‘Midnight Hour’ closing section. Peter Coleman-Wright, the main soloist in both works, is impressively commanding and expressive, and the other soloists shine, especially Rebecca Evans in her long legato lines in the Requiem, while the choirs excel themselves in the wordless choruses at the heart of the Mass. An album to cherish. (Ian Lace)
Cast:
Jean Rigby, contralto
Joan Rodgers, soprano
Nigel Robson, tenor
Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone
Rebecca Evans, soprano
Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
Waynflete Singers
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox, conductor
Tracklist:
CD1
01-05. Requiem
06-10. A Mass of Life (First Part)
CD2
01-07. A Mass of Life (Second Part)
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