I came here via a Nick Drake doco..amazing how some music and authors and poets and dreamers are just meant to be part of your life, you find them, they find you and makes you, well, YOU. X bless my little sotton cocks…this is beautiful and now part of my my.x
There are great writers, there are great artists, there are great poets and great musicians and composers. In this magnificent piece Delius manages to combine all of these skills with his skill of composition. Truly a masterpiece.
I’m recouping and lying by an open window with a warm breeze on my face and dappled sunlight dancing on the wall. All is well as Delius harmonizes, soothes, heals and uplifts. There’s hope at the end of every phrase. Mystical, magical, masterful musician.
So well put! As a composer, I can tell you that nothing is more gratifying than to see such uplifting and poetic responses to one's work. Too bad Delius is no longer here to read such as yours.
Without a doubt Delius is my favorite composer. His work goes beyond geographic boundaries like England or France but belongs to the world of sublime beauty of nature, the stars, the heavens, universe, every rising sun & bird that sings praise ! FOREVER GLORIOUS! THANK YOU!
Beautiful comment Dr. Hughes, and I feel the same as you about Delius. Nice to hear all the great comments here amongst all of us in reverence to the eternal reverie of our souls that Delius's music expresses so eloquently.
Lucky to come across this today. Fitting my mood perfectly...wow, what an absolute blessing this composer must be to so many today -- he'll never know what joy he gives.
Delius is wonderful. I have never understood why he is so unappreciated today. Go into HMV and you won't find a single of his works amongst scores of CDs by other classic composers.
Yes, I so completely agree with you, but for a man who neither believed in Heaven or Heaven's God, his music has a Heavenly quality like no other, except possibly Debussy.
"The Walk to the Paradise Garden" is inspired by the beautiful novel "A Village Romeo and Juliet" by the great swiss prosaist Gottfried Keller (Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe)...
In fact, Delius wrote a whole opera entitled "A Village Romeo and Juliet" based on this novel and "The Walk to the Paradise Garden" is only a part (the most famous part) of it.
Comment est-il possible que Délius soit si inconnu et si peu joué? Il est un compositeur majeur, et il est le premier à préfiguré les grandes musiques de film qui viendront dans les années 50. Sa musique est onirique, fluide mais terriblement travaillée. Il ne faut pas s'y tromper. Incontestablement c'est très beau.
@@andyfield7397 I wouldn't say so - Ravel has some standard repertoire pieces: Tsigane, piano concertos, the overworked Bolero, Daphnis & Chloe... My French choice for 'overlooked' would be Milhaud.
This Delius recording is magnificent. Wordsworth has a deft hand, the flow and balance of the music is perfect, and its impact is absolutely sublime. I had to track down a used copy of this CD after hearing this. Why, oh why, is it out-of-print?!? Well, better to have been in print and lost, than never to have been in print at all. . .
YOU AND ME BOTH ................ YOU MEAN TO TELL ME CAUSE SOMEONE TOOK THE TIME TO UPLOAD THIS, THAT IT PUT MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS, THAT WOULD OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THERE, NOVEL IDEA, AMAZING RECORD EXECUTIVES TOOK ABOUT 10 YEARS OF YOU TUBE TO START TO GRASP THIS CONCEPT, AND HAVE JUST BARELY STARTED TO ALLOW RECORDINGS ON HERE OF ALBUMS INSTEAD OF BLOCKING THEM, THEY ARE PRETTY THICK, SLOW LEARNERS, ACTUALLY JUST GREEDY, THEY THOUGHT IF THEIR STUFF WAS ON HERE IT WOULD BE STEALING THEIR MONEY.........
I once heard Andrew Davis make a comparison of Delius and Messiaen. Obviously these are very different composers from very different backgrounds and times. But one similarity struck him (and me after his comments): how they manage to bring "time" to a hold. I can well understand why so many people are confused about Delius: for most of the time it is going nowhere. But once you embrace that a whole new world opens up for you. Delius is fascinating. Original. I couldn't be without his music.
Delius always goes somewhere, but in these pieces at natures pace. He captures moments in time that are brief, fleeting and unobserved by other composers. He didn't compose a symphony as he was unconcerned with absolute music. The experience of loss, intransience, love, nature and sex all feature in his music. He takes you on a journey like no other.
His music is shapeless and mystical. It doesn't really have melodies that you can hum and remember after your first listen. Very comforting but at the same time it has this bewitching jazzy darkness that gives it abit of an edge. He was influenced by african american music after all.
As far as I know, Delius was an atheist. But if you mean "the Lord" poetically, in a more imaginative and abstract way, that's OK for him and for me too. . .
WILL DEFINITELY BE CHECKING OUT THE COLLINS ARCHIVE AFTER THAT !!! THAT WAS MAGNIFICENT !!! THANKS FOR THE UPLOAD !!! CAN'T WAIT TO GET SOME OF YOUR STUFF !!! BARRY REALLY UNCOVERED SOME INTERESTING NEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PARADISE GARDEN THAT I NEVER HEARD BEFORE !!! (THE GREATEST SLOW ORCHESTRAL PIECE EVER WRITTEN !!!) YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR WEBSITE IN THE DESCRIPTION, WHEN I GET CD's I LIKE TO GET THE REAL CD, NOT THE DOWNLOAD FROM I-TUNES......
@@MattDillonX what a stupid note ! Anton Bruckner was catholic... and if someone would say : "If he was jewish he would never have been able to compose such a free, open-minded and beautiful music" , what would you say ?
I assume you're referring to "The Walk to the Paradise Garden". It's part of the opera now: it forms an interlude between scenes 5 and 6. Is there evidence that it was added at some point before or after the dirst performance? I cannot find any but am willing to be convinced.