This discography lists all commercial recordings, and those held in archives and private collections, of Dr Eric Fenby as either conductor, accompanist, speaker or composer. Recordings made by others of his arrangements or completions of the music of Delius are not, with one exception, included here. The sequencing of works is in accordance with Robert Threlfall's Catalogue of the Compositions of Frederick Delius, Delius Trust 1977.

 *    playing on Delius's own lbach three-quarter grand piano bequeathed to Eric Fenby by the composer
+     introduced by Eric Fenby
**   The Fenby Legacy recordings
P    Recording held in private collection
 

A. WORKS OF DELIUS

THE WALK TO THE PARADISE GARDEN (I/6)
LSO, Fenby
 Royal Festival Hall 11 July 1982 [P]

INTERMEZZO from FENNIMORE AND GERDA [I/8] RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall, London
DKPC9063 DKPCD9063 UKCD2076

SERENADE from HASSAN [I/9]
Lloyd Webber, Fenby (pno)
 BBC Radio 3 b/cast 30 July 1981 [P]

APPALACHIA[II/2]
London Symphony Chorus, LSO, Fenby
 Royal Festival Hall 11 July 1982 [P]

SONGS OF SUNSET [II/5] Sarah Walker, Thomas Allen, Ambrosian Singers, RPO, Fenby  rec.
29 December 1986 All Saints Church, Tooting  DKPC9063 DKPCD9063 UKCD2073

THE SONG OF THE HIGH HILLS [II/61 Ambrosian Singers, RPO, Fenby  rec. 5 & 6 April 1983 Walthamstow Assembly Hall  DKP9029 DKPC9029 DKPCD9029 UKCD2071

AN ARABESQUE [II/7] Thomas Allen, Ambrosian Singers, RPO, Fenby  rec. 29 December 1986 All Saints Church, Tooting  DKPC9063 DKPCD9063 UKCD2076

REQUIEM [II/8] Jonathan Summers, Felicity Lott, Goldsmiths' Choral Union, RPO, Fenby
Royal Festival Hall 25 January 1984 IN

SONGS OF FAREWELL [II/9] Ambrosian Singers, RPO, Fenby  rec. 10 & 11 February 1981 Watford Town Hall **  DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2077

IDYLL [II/10] Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen, RPO, Fenby  rec. 30 & 31 March 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **  DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2073

SEVEN DANISH SONGS [III/4]
 1. Silken Shoes 2. Irmelin Rose 3. Summer Nights
 4. In the Seraglio Garden 5. Wine Roses
 6. Red Roses 7. Let Springtime Come
[1) Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Fenby (pno)*
 rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
 UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
[2,4] Felicity Lott, Eric Fenby (pno)*
 rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
 UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
[5] Sarah Walker, RPO, Fenby  DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075
[7] Sarah Walker, Eric Fenby (pno)*  rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
[7] Felicity Lott, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075

CYNARA [III/5]
Thomas Allen, RPO, Fenby
rec. 30 March 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2077

A LATE LARK [III/6]
Anthony Rolfe-Johnson, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 April 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2072

TWO AQUARELLES [IV/5]
RPO, Fenby
rec. [No 1131 March & [No 2] 2 April 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2077
Scottish Baroque Ensemble, Fenby
Edinburgh Festival, Queen's Hall 29 August 1982 Radio Forth b/cast [P]

SONGS FROM THE NORWEGIAN [V/9]
 1. Cradle Song 2. The Homeward Journey 3. Twilight Fancies
 4. Sweet Venevil 5. Minstrel 6. Love Concealed
 7. The Birds' Story
[3] Sarah Walker, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
[3] Sarah Walker, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075
[4] Felicity Lott, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
[7] Felicity Lott, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075

DEUX MELODIES [V/16]
 1. Il  pleure dans mon coeur 2. Le ciel est, par-dessus le toit
 [1] Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Fenby (pno)*
 rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 LTKCD2075
[1] Anthony Rolfe Johnson, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075
[2] Felicity Lott, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
[2] Felicity Lott, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075

TWO SONGS FROM THE DANISH [V/2 I]
1. The Violet  2. Autumn (Whither?)
[I] Felicity Lott, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075
[21 Sarah Walker, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 UKCD2075

LA LUNE BLANCHE [V/26]
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
UKCD2041 DKP9022 LTKCD2075
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075

CHANSON D'AUTOMNE [V/27]
Sarah Walker, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
DKP9022 UKCD2041 UKCD2075

I-BRASIL [V/28)
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
DKP9022 LJKCD2041 LJKCD2075
Anthony Rolfe Johnson, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075

 FOUR OLD ENGLISH LYRICS [V/30]
 1. It was a lover and his lass 2. So white, so soft
 3. Spring, the sweet spring 4. To Daffodils
[21 Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
DKP9022 LJKCD2041 UKCD2075 [4] Sarah Walker, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
DKP9022 LJKCD2041 LJKCD2075 [4, orch. Fenby] Sarah Walker, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 December 1983 Barking Assembly Hall
DKPCD9029 DKP9029 DKPC9029 UKCD2075

AVANT QUE TU NE T'EN AILLES [V/31] Felicity Lott, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 28 & 29 September 1982 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
DKP9022 UKCD2041 UKCD2075

AIR AND DANCE [VI/21] [arr. Fenby] Elena Duran (flute), Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Fenby
rec. I September 1978 Guildhall, Southampton ASD3688 TCASD3688 Scottish Baroque Ensemble, Fenby
Edinburgh Festival, Queen's Hall 29 August 1982 Radio Forth b/cast [P]

A DANCE RHAPSODY NO 2 [VI/22] RPO, Fenby
rec. 29 December 1986 All Saints Church, Tooting
DKPC9063 DKPCD9063 UKCD2071

A SONG OF SUMMER [VI/26] BBC Concert Orch, Fenby +
rec. Golders Green Hippodrome 17 Oct. 1978 BBC b/cast 24 Nov. 1978. BBC Sound Archives T38611;  National Sound Archive T2581BW RPO, Fenby
rec. 10 & 11 February 1981 Watford Town Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2072

IRMELIN PRELUDE [VI/27]
RPO, Fenby
rec. 31 March 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2072

FANTASTIC DANCE [VI/28]
BBC Concert Orch, Fenby +
rec. Golders Green Hippodrome 17 Oct. 1978 BBC b/cast 24 Nov. 1978.  BBC Sound Archives T38611; National Sound Archive T2581BW
RPO, Fenby
rec. 31 March 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2071

CAPRICE AND ELEGY [VII/8]
Beatrice Harrison, Orchestra, Fenby
rec. 25 November 1930 Small Queen's Hall, London
Julian Lloyd Webber, BBC Concert Orch, Fenby +    HMVB3721 SH224 SBT1014
rec. Golders Green Hippodrome 17 Oct. 1978 BBC b/cast 24 Nov. 1978.  BBC Sound Archives T38611; National Sound Archive T2581BW
Julian Lloyd Webber, RPO, Fenby
rec. 2 April 1981 Barking Assembly Hall **
DKP9008/9 RT9008-9 DKP(CD)9008/9 UKCD2077
Julian Lloyd Webber, Fenby (pno)
 BBC Radio 3 b/cast 30 July 1981 IN

VIOLIN SONATA NO 1 [VIII/6]
Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)*
rec. 20 & 21 March 1972 St Giles Church, Cripplegate, London  RHS310 UNS258 UKCD2074
Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)+
St John's, Smith Square, London 3 June 1972 Westminster Festival
BBC Radio 3 b/cast 28 January 1973  BBC Sound Archives T35660
Yehudi Menuhin, Eric Fenby (pno)
 rec. 10- 11 October 1978 EMI Studio No I Abbey Road ASD3864

CELLO SONATA [VIII/7]
Julian Lloyd Webber, Eric Fenby (pno)*
 rec. 12 January 1981 Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel
 DKP9021 UKCD2074
Julian Lloyd Webber, Eric Fenby (pno)
 BBC Radio 3 b/cast 30 July 1981 IN

SONATA FOR STRING ORCHESTRA (QUARTET arr. Fenby) [VIII/8] Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Fenby  rec. 1-2 September 1978 Guildhall, Southampton ASD3688 TCASD3688 -

LATE SWALLOWS only BBC Concert Orch, Fenby + rec. Golders Green Hippodrome 17 Oct. 1978 BBC b/cast 24 Nov. 1978.  BBC Sound Archives T3861 1; National Sound Archive T2581BW

VIOLIN SONATA NO 2 [VIII/9]
Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)*
 rec. 20 & 21 March 1972 St Giles Church, Cripplegate, London
 RHS310 LTNS258 UKCD2074
Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)+
 St John's, Smith Square, London 3 June 1972 Westminster Festival
 BBC Radio 3 b/cast 28 January 1973 BBC Sound Archives T35660
Yehudi Menuhin, Eric Fenby (pno)
 rec. 10- 11 October 1978 EMI Studio No I Abbey Road  ASD3864

VIOLIN SONATA NO 3 [VIII/10]
Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)*
 rec. 20 & 21 March 1972 St Giles Church, Cripplegate, London
 RHS310 UNS258 UKCD2074
Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)+
 St John's, Smith Square, London 3 June 1972 Westminster Festival
 BBC Radio 3 b/cast 28 January 1973 BBC Sound Archives T35660
Davyd Booth, Eric Fenby (pno)
 Samuel P Mandell Theater, Drexell Univ., Philadelphia 27 Jan. 1974 [P]
Yehudi Menuhin, Eric Fenby (pno)
 27 May 1977 Malvern Festival BBC Radio 3 b/cast 3 January 1978 [P]
Yehudi Menuhin, Eric Fenby (pno)
 rec. 10- 11 October 1978 EMI Studio No I Abbey Road  ASD3864

DANCE FOR HARPSICHORD [IX/6] [arr. Fenby] Elena Duran (flute), Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Fenby  rec. I September 1978 Guildhall, Southampton ASD3688 TCASD3688

FIVE PIANO PIECES [IX/7]
 1. Mazurka 2. Waltz for a little girl 3. Waltz
 4. Lullaby for a modern baby 5. Toccata
[4, arr. violin & piano] Ralph Holmes, Eric Fenby (pno)
St John's, Smith Square, London 3 June 1972 Westminster Festival
BBC Radio 3 b/cast 28 January 1973  BBC Sound Archives T35660
arr. Fenby for Orchestra as FIVE LITTLE PIECES Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Fenby  rec. 2 September 1978 Guildhall, Southampton ASD3688 TCASD3688 BBC Concert 0, Fenby +  rec, Golders Green Hippodrome 17 Oct. 1978 BBC b/cast 24 Nov. 1978.  BBC Sound Archives T3861 1; National Sound Archive T2581BW

Cover of "Fenby Conducts Delius" LP (EMI ASD3688)
 

B. WORKS OF OTHERS

GRAINGER Shallow Brown David Wilson-Johnson, Scottish Baroque Ensemble, Fenby  Edinburgh Festival, Queen's Hall 29 August 1982 Radio Forth b/cast [P]
 

C. FENBY AS COMPOSER

BBC Midland Light Orchestra, Stanford Robinson
 BBC b/cast date uncertain [P]

BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, Terence Lovett
 BBCTP 30 September 1965; National Sound Archive M534R

BBC Concert Orchestra, Ashley Lawrence
BBC b/cast 2 February 1974  [P]

[Files at the BBC Written Archives Centre, Caversham, list 19 broadcast performances between 14.1.45 and 2.4.66, with other records indicating at least three further performances of an earlier date]

FENBY Jamaica Inn
Title music and opening sequence (3') and end-title music (0'15") for Alfred
Hitchcock's 1939 film.  Video

orch. Fenby DELIUS Margot La Rouge (sung in French) Lois McDonall, Kenneth Woollam, Malcolm Donnelly, Ludmilla Andrew, Richard Jackson, Dennis Wicks, Anne Collins, Margaret Field, Phyllis Cannan, David Wilson-Johnson, Alan Watt, BBC Concert 0, Norman Del Mar  f p. rec. 9 December 1981 Golders Green Hippodrome  f b/cast BBC Radio 3 21 February 1982  REGL458 NB9134 Z6546 CD3004X

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