Gustav Holst: Holst - The Collector's Edition / Various Artists (6 CD) (FLAC)

 

Gustav Holst: Holst - The Collector's Edition / Various Artists

CD 1

The Planets – Suite, Op. 32/H125 [48.33]

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult

The Perfect Fool, Op. 39/H150 [10.42]

Egdon Heath, Op. 47/H172 (Homage to Hardy) [14.45]

London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn

 

CD 2

A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 No. 2/H87 [9.41]

Brook Green Suite, H190 [6.25]

Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Norman del Mar

A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40 No. 2/H152 [8.33]

Jonathan Snowden (flute); David Theodore (oboe)

English Chamber Orchestra/Yehudi Menuhin

Beni Mora (Oriental Suite), Op. 29 No. 1/H114 [14.09]

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent

St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29 No. 2/H118 [12.39]

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Malcolm Sargent

Hymns from the Rig Veda – 2nd Group, Op. 26 No. 2/H98 [13.52]

London Symphony Chorus, women’s voices

Ode to Death, Op. 38/H144 (Whitman) [11.14]

London Symphony Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

 

CD 3

Psalm 86, H117 No. 1 [8.00]

Ian Partridge (tenor); Ralph Downes (organ)

A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51/H177 [17.14]

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo); Ralph Downes [organ]

The Purcell Singers

English Chamber Orchestra/Imogen Holst

First Suite in E flat, Op. 28 No. 1/H105 [9.57]

Second Suite in F, Op. 28 No. 2/H106 [11.36]

Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Imogen Holst

A Moorside Suite, H173 [13.55]

BMC (Oxford) Band/Imogen Holst

Hammersmith, Op. 52/ H178 [13.22]

Central Band of the Royal Air Force/Wing Commander J.L. Wallace

 

CD 4

Hymns from the Rig Veda – 4th Group, Op. 26 No. 4/H100

III. Hymn to Manas [3.47]

The Homecoming, H120 (Hardy) [6.02]

Baccholian Singers of London

A Dirge for Two Veterans, H121 (Whitman) [6.15]

Baccholian Singers of London

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble/Ian Humphris

Six Choral Folk-Songs (arr.) [H136]

Six Choruses, Op. 53/H186 (Medieval Latin, trans. Waddell)

Baccholian Singers of London

English Chamber Orchestra/Ian Humphris

Eight Canons, H187 (Medieval Latin, trans. Waddell)

3. The Fields of Sorrow [1.02]

4. David’s Lament for Jonathan [1.20]

6. Truth of all Truth [3.56]

Baccholian Singers of London

Bring us in good ale. Op. 34 No. 4/H131 (anon) [1.00]

The King’s Singers

Vedic Hymns – 1st Group, Op. 24/H90

II. Varuna [3.23]

Frederick Harvey (baritone); Gerald Moore (piano)

Three Festival Choruses, Op. 36a/H134

II. Turn back O Man (C. Bax) [4.19]

Choir of Chichester Cathedral/John Birch

Richard Seal (organ)

Lullay my liking. Op. 34 No. 2/H129 (anon) [3.43]

Arranged for boys’ voices by Imogen Holst

London Boy Singers/Jonathan Steele

Three Carols/H133

II. Christmas Song: Personent Hodie (Piae Cantiones) [2.40]

Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra/Sir David Willcocks

Hymn: In the bleak mid-winter (English Hymnal, 1906)

(based on poem by Christina Rossetti) [3.57]

Edwin Bates (organ)

Rodney Christian Fellowship Festival Choir/Rodney Smith Bishton

 

CD 5

The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37/H140 (Apocryphal Acts of St. John, trans. Holst) [22.04]

Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir; London Symphony Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

Short Festival Te Deum, H145 [4.38]

London Symphony Chorus

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Charles Groves

Choral Symphony, Op. 41/H155 (Keats) [49.55]

Felicity Palmer (soprano); London Philharmonic Choir

London Philharmonic Orchestra/Sir Adrian Boult

 

CD 6

The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50/H176 24.24 Chamber Opera in one act

Louis (a farmer) - Michael Rippon (baritone)

Alison (his wife) - Norma Burrowes (soprano)

Father Philippe - Michael Langdon (bass)

Pierre (a wandering scholar) - Robert Tear (tenor)

English Opera Group/English Chamber Orchestra/Steuart Bedford

At the Boar’s Head, Op. 42/H156 51.00 A musical interlude in one act.

Prince Hal - Philip Langridge (tenor)

Falstaff - John Tomlinson (bass)

Hostess (Mistress Quickly) - Elise Ross (soprano)

Doll Tearsheet - Felicity Palmer (mezzo)

Pistol - David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)

Peto - Peter Hall (tenor)

Bardolph - Richard Suart (baritone)

Poins - Michael George (bass)

Men’s voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/David Atherton

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