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Artwork for The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – Olivia Robinson, Christopher Bowen, Andrew Rupp, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato –

Olivia Robinson, Christopher Bowen, Andrew Rupp, BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis

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  1. Recorded at All Saints Church, also Mass in B minor BWV 232: IV. Gloria: Gloria in excelsis (attacca) (Monteverdi Choir), Mass in B minor BWV 232: XVIII. Credo: Et resurrexit (Monteverdi Choir) and Mass in B minor BWV 232: XVII. Credo: Crucifixus (Monteverdi Choir)

  2. Released on Chandos, also From the Gospel of St. John (Сергей Лейферкус), Ballet Suite no. 1: I. Lyric Waltz (from Suite no. 1 for Jazz Orchestra) (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) and Ballet Suite no. 1: VI. Galop (from 'The Limpid Stream') (Royal Scottish National Orchestra)

  3. Written by Frederick Delius, also Two Pieces for Small Orchestra: I. On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (Royal Scottish National Orchestra), La Calinda from ‘Koanga’ (Academy of St Martin in the Fields) and Cello Concerto, RT vii/7: Lento (Jacqueline du Pré)

  4. Engineered by Ralph Couzens, also Ballet Suite no. 1: I. Lyric Waltz (from Suite no. 1 for Jazz Orchestra) (Royal Scottish National Orchestra), Ballet Suite no. 1: VI. Galop (from 'The Limpid Stream') (Royal Scottish National Orchestra) and Dubinushka, op. 62 (London Symphony Orchestra)

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Written by
Frederick Delius
Produced by
Brian Pidgeon
Performed by
Andrew Rupp, BBC Symphony Chorus, Christopher Bowen and Olivia Robinson
Engineered by
Jonathan Cooper and Ralph Couzens
Part of
Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills
Recorded at
All Saints Church
Released on
Chandos

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  1. 1MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by Andrew Rupp

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by Andrew Rupp

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  2. 2MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by BBC Symphony Chorus

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by BBC Symphony Chorus

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  3. 3MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by Christopher Bowen

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by Christopher Bowen

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  4. 4MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by Olivia Robinson

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was performed by Olivia Robinson

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  5. 5MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was produced by Brian Pidgeon

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was produced by Brian Pidgeon

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  6. 6MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was written by Frederick Delius

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was written by Frederick Delius

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  7. 7MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – is part of the release Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – is part of the release Appalachia / The Song of the High Hills

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  8. 8MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was recorded at All Saints Church

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was recorded at All Saints Church

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  9. 9MusicBrainz Chandos is the label of the song The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato –

    Chandos is the label of the song The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato –

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  10. 10MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was engineered by Jonathan Cooper

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was engineered by Jonathan Cooper

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  11. 11MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was engineered by Ralph Couzens

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was engineered by Ralph Couzens

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  12. 12MusicBrainz The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was released on 2011-04

    The Song of the High Hills: Very slow (The wide far distance – The great solitude) – Slow and solemnly – Very quietly – Slow and very legato – was released on 2011-04

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