| Music by Frederick Delius (1862-1934):
NOTE: Delius was a master of orchestral color.
Because of the limitations of the MIDI format, playing these MIDI files
falls far short of capturing all the nuances of Delius' sound.
The listener should seek out available orchestral recordings to fully appreciate the
genius of Frederick Delius. Bill Thompson's purpose in recording these files was twofold: to have
Delius represented with MIDI files on the Web, and to hear approximations of unrecorded
Delius works. Therefore most of the following are early, rare or unpublished works,
as opposed to a "best of Delius" collection.
As you listen, try to imagine what they would sound like as played by a full orchestra.
Visit:
http://users3.ev1.net/~wbthomp/midi.html
for more Delius midi files! (copy and paste this link)
The stage works of Delius include the lyric drama Koanga, a love- story set on a Mississippi plantation,
where the heroine, the slave-girl Palmyra, rejects the advances of the overseer in favour of a prince of her own tribe,
Koanga. La Calinda, from this opera, is a well known orchestral excerpt. |