Sea Drift / Songs of Farewell / Songs of Sunset
Album by Delius; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Sally Burgess, Bryn Terfel
Released 1993
Tracklist
- 1Sea DriftFrederick Delius26:04
- 2Songs of Farewell: I. Double Chorus “How sweet the silent backward tracings!”Frederick Delius4:30
- 3Songs of Farewell: II. Chorus “Stand as on some mighty eagle’s beak”Frederick Delius4:40
- 4Songs of Farewell: III. Chorus “Passage to you! O secret of the earth and sky!”Frederick Delius3:32
- 5Songs of Farewell: IV. Double Chorus “Joy, shipmate, joy!”Frederick Delius1:30
- 6Songs of Farewell: V. Chorus “Now finalè to the shore”Frederick Delius3:56
- 7Songs of Sunset: Chorus “A song of the setting sun!”Frederick Delius3:23
- 8Songs of Sunset: Soli “Cease smiling, Dear! a little while be sad” (Mezzo-soprano, Baritone)Frederick Delius4:45
- 9Songs of Sunset: Chorus “Pale amber sunlight falls”Frederick Delius4:25
- 10Songs of Sunset: Solo “Exceeding sorrow Consumeth my sad heart!” (Mezzo-soprano)Frederick Delius3:42
- 11Songs of Sunset: Solo “By the sad waters of separation” (Baritone)Frederick Delius4:48
- 12Songs of Sunset: Chorus “See how the trees and the oisers lithe”Frederick Delius3:34
- 13Songs of Sunset: Solo “I was not sorrowful, I could not weep” (Baritone)Frederick Delius4:44
- 14Songs of Sunset: Soli & Chorus “They are not long, the weeping and the laughter” (Mezzo-soprano, Baritone)Frederick Delius3:22
More by Delius, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Richard Hickox, Sally Burgess, Bryn Terfel
Release credits
- choir vocals [1-7, 9, 12, 14]
- performing orchestra
- baritone vocals [1, 8, 11, 13-14]
- conductor
- mezzo-soprano vocals [8, 10, 14]
- choir vocals [1-7, 9, 12, 14]
- choir vocals [1-7, 9, 12, 14]








