Norman Del Mar
Biography
Norman René Del Mar CBE (31 July 1919 – 6 February 1994) was an English conductor, horn player, and biographer. As a conductor, he specialised in the music of late romantic composers; including Edward Elgar, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Strauss. He left a great legacy of recordings of British music, in particular Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius, and Benjamin Britten. He notably conducted the premiere recording of Britten's children's opera Noye's Fludde.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
451 releases · 81 albums · active 1956–2025
- Performance · 484
- Other credits · 65
- Mastering · 1
Studios: Kingsway Hall · St. Bartholomew's Church, Orford · Royal Festival Hall · Christchurch Priory
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Frederick Delius
- Elgar
- Vaughan Williams
- Holst
- Paul Hindemith
- Gerard Hoffnung
- Dennis Brain