Thank you, Chris; the review has been changed accordingly. I have to say that I did wonder when I read that.
Gregor Tassie, in his review of "Boult A Vaughan Williams Extravaganza", states that "unusually, he [Boult] never recorded anything by Delius or played any of his music."
Boult's Lyrita recording of Delius's Marche-Caprice is readily available.
Philip Stuart's very detailed Boult discography (downloadable free from CRQ) also shows that, in 1946, Boult conducted A Song of the High Hills and Dance Rhapsody no. 2 and, moreover, recordings of these performances survive though they have never been commercially issued.
These very few pieces in a vast repertoire seem to show that Boult was about as keen on Delius as Beecham was on Elgar, but did conduct his music from time to time (as Beecham did Elgar)
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