Orchestral, Symphonies, Holst (composer)
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This latest instalment of Chandos’s survey of Holst’s orchestral works is far more than a predictable beachcomber’s delight. The quality of the performances is a feast in itself, the BBC Philharmonic... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Nouveauté
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JoAnn Falletta on Naxos conducts from original manuscripts, including for the first time several bars cut by Matthews. Holst fans will want to buy this disc for that reason alone...[Indra] exudes... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 16th July 2012
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Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 3
Susan Gritton (soprano), with BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
the chief asset...is soprano Susan Gritton's unaffected engagement with Holst's bright-eyed and full-hearted response to Whitman. Andrew Davis conducts a warm and idiomatic account. —
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Special offer. Holst: The Planets
Works By Vaughan Williams, Walton and Butterworth
Alan Harverson (soloist), Margaret Marshall (soloist), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
the pick of the present generous collection comprising his thrillingly powerful traversal with the BBC SO from the 1973 Proms of Holst’s The Planets. With Boult at the helm of the orchestra... —
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Holst: A Winter Idyll & other orchestral works
Alexander Baillie (cello), Lorraine McAslan (violin)
London Symphony Orchestra, David Atherton
Holstians will need no urging to acquire this interesting, well-played and well-recorded disc. —
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Haitink's first recording with the LPO proves to be one of the highlights of the set, an account of Dvorák's Cello Concerto with Maurice Gendron rich in poetry and ardour. —
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31 CDs
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The Composers Conduct - Holst / Vaughan Williams
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams
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Building A Library, May 2022, Also Recommended
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Gustav Holst: Beni Mora & Choral Symphony
Heather Harper (soprano), BBC Chorus and Choral Society, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
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Panis angelicus
Favourite Motets from Westminster Cathedral
Westminster Cathedral Choir, Iain Simcock (organ)
James O'Donnell
A beautiful disc of sacred motets from one of this country’s finest choirs —
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CD
$9.50
