Concertos, Holst (composer)
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Elgar & Walton: Cello Concertos
RecommendedSteven Isserlis (cello)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Paavo Järvi
This mesmerising meditation couldn't be in better hands —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th February 2016
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Special offer. Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad; Holst: Egdon Heath, St. Paul's Suite
RecommendedAndrew Manze (violin), Cormac Henry, Helena Mackie, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
The playing and recording are superlative and this moving collection can be recommended without reservation. —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 31st October 2025
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 4
Guy Johnston (cello)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
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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Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, Orchestral Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2014, Editor's Choice
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Elgar: Cello Concerto
Sheku Kanneh-Mason (cello), Ben Davies (cello), Hannah Roberts (cello), Josephine Knight (cello), Caroline Dearnley (cello), Ashok Klouda (cello), Toby Hughes (double bass), The Heath Quartet, Gary Pomeroy (viola), Oliver Heath (violin), Sara Wolstenholme (violin), Chris Murray (cello), Plinio Fernandes...
He takes the view that a noble reticence suits Elgar’s emotional world just as well as the huge intensity of Jacqueline du Pré, whose early recording he cites as an inspiration. Often this approach... —
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Diapason d’Or, March 2020, Nouveauté
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Special offer. 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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British Music Collection - Gustav Holst
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Thomas Hemsley (baritone), Osian Ellis (harp)
Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, St Paul Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Imogen Holst, Christopher Hogwood, Adrian...
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Richard Hickox conducts Holst
Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Nicholas Ward (violin), Duke Dobing (flute) & Christopher Hooker (oboe), Stephen Tees (viola)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
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Special offer. Holst: Beni Mora
Tim Hugh (cello)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones
All are played with finesse and character by the RSNO....Invocation eloquently played here by the cellist, Tim Hugh.....In short another Naxos winner —
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Holst: St. Paul's Suite, Brook Green Suite, Double Concerto & other orchestral works
Andrew Watkinson, Nicholas Ward (violins), Stephen Tees (viola), Duke Dobing (flute), Christopher Hooker (oboe)
City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox
