• George Dyson
  • Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne (1936)

  • Novello & Co Ltd (World)
  • vc(va) + 2.2.2.2/2.0.0.0/timp/str
  • va + 2.2.2.2/2.0.0.0/timp/str
  • Cello/Viola
  • 26 min

Media

Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for cello and orchestra: Prelude
Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for cello and orchestra: Fantasy
Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne for cello and orchestra: Chaconne
Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne: I. Prelude (cello & piano)
Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne: II. Fantasy (cello & piano)
Prelude, Fantasy and Chaconne: III. Chaconne (cello & piano)

Reviews

There’s a dreamy stasis which is gripping in its quiet intensity and strongly Delian introspection. The solo line is both capricious and whimsically vibrant, whilst the Chaconne draws on nobler hues, rears up but ends with a certain degree of elliptical distance. 

Jonathan Woolf, Musicweb International
August 2020

Discography

Frederick Delius and George Dyson: Works for Cello

Frederick Delius and George Dyson: Works for Cello
  • Label
    Continuum
  • Catalogue Number
    CCD1025
  • Soloist
    Andrew Shulman, cello; Ian Brown, piano
  • Released
    2020

Song of the Birds

Song of the Birds
  • Label
    Sanctuary Classics White Line
  • Catalogue Number
    WHL 2153
  • Conductor
    Vernon Handley
  • Ensemble
    BBC Concert Orchestra
  • Soloist
    Raphael Wallfisch, cello
  • Released
    2004