A fantastic album containing arrangements for Piano Solo of works by Frederick Delius. Several notable arrangers- including the close associate of Delius Phillip Heseltine- have faithfully arranged these Delius originals for Piano. Initially they appeared during Delius' lifetime and would all have been approved by him. These pieces demonstrate his magnificant mind for interesting melody beauty …
The Serenade for Strings dedicated to Frederick Delius on the occasion of his 60th Birthday was an acknowledgement of the debt Warlock owed to the older composer and the culmination of almost 12 years of friendship. This is a wonderful piece full of Warlock’s characteristic subtle harmonic changes and it has been effectively transcribed for Piano Duet by Fred Tomlinson of the Peter Warlock Soc…
Delius wrote the incidental music for Basil Dean’s 1923 production of James Elroy Flecker’s Hassan. This sequence incorporating Eric Fenby's 1931 version of Serenade from that production was arranged in 1991 for Cello and Piano by Christopher Palmer who the piece is published in memorial to.
Four pieces by the great composer carefully jarranged by Robert Threlfall for the solo Piano. The pieces are suitable for the accompalished concert Pianist and include movements from the Florida Suite.
This terrific English rhapsody for Orchestra from 1907 has been beautifully arranged for Two Pianos Four Hands by Philip Heseltine. Note that you will need two copies of this book if you want to perform this work.
