by Frederick Delius, Herbert Howells, Patrick Hadley, Sir Charles Groves, Britten Quartet, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger · EMI Classics · CD · EAN 5099909540521
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«Delius: A Mass of Life · Songs of Sunset · String Quartet — Howells · Hadley» is a five-CD box set from EMI Classics devoted to works by Frederick Delius, Herbert Howells and Patrick Hadley.
It includes «A Mass of Life», «Songs of Sunset», «An Arabesque» and Delius's string quartet, alongside works by Howells such as «Hymnus Paradisi», the quartet «In Gloucestershire» and the concerto for string orchestra. The Hadley repertoire comprises «My Beloved Spake», «I Sing of a Maiden» and the cantata «The Hills». Performers include the Britten Quartet and conductors Sir Charles Groves, Sir David Willcocks and Sir Philip Ledger.
Released in 2011 as part of the «British Composers» series, it brings together recordings made between 1968 and 1995. «A Mass of Life» is performed in German, and the set also includes texts sung in English and Latin.
For listeners interested in British classical music, choral repertoire and chamber music.
