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13 minutes in... it sounds to me like 'light Bruckner' if there can be such a thing. 

Not exactly memorable, but I'll play it through, and probably give it another go later.

15min 45 sec - this is an appealing section.

Handel:  I had a vinyl box set of the Concerti Grossi, Op 3 and Op 6, (ASMF, not period instruments) and I would have to say I got more joy and pleasure out of that box than almost anything else I've owned. 

I'm not particularly a lover of Baroque music, but those concertos ought to appeal to almost anyone, I would have thought.

I always think of the theme to Parry's Orchestral Variations as being "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum".

(on a nautical theme)

I'm from Bradford, so I feel I have to go in and bat for our native composer... but there could be a more incongruous composer/birthplace combination then Delius and Bradford?

I tend to prefer the shorter 'popular' pieces such as 'First Cuckoo in Spring', 'Summer Night on the River', 'Walk to the Paradise Garden' etc.  Apparently the Paradise Garden was a pub, so I'm all in favour of that.

When I do hear his bigger pieces, I'm always surprised at just how big they are.  And a tough prospect so sit through, I have to say.

Delius Variations on an Old Slave Song - Appalachia.  That is a big and ambitious set of variations.

Poor old Delius must rank as unsung these days.  Though there is singing in Appalachia!