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Boult and Delius
Posted by Chris Howell on January 24, 2023, 6:37 am
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)
Re: Boult and Delius
Posted by Ralph Moore on January 24, 2023, 9:33 am, in reply to "Boult and Delius"
Thank you, Chris; the review has been changed accordingly. I have to say that I did wonder when I read that.
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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)
Re: Boult and Delius
Posted by Jonathan Woolf on January 24, 2023, 8:35 pm, in reply to "Re: Boult and Delius"
As for performing Delius, Boult conducted the premiere of the Violin Concerto in January 1919 with the work's dedicatee, Albert Sammons.
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Thank you, Chris; the review has been changed accordingly. I have to say that I did wonder when I read that.
Previous Message
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)