Tag: Gustav Holst
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Dances for Orchestra
A collection of favourite orchestral dances by Malcolm Arnold, Edward Elgar, Gustav Holst and more! Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Sir Adrian Boult and other world renowned orchestras.
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Bridge & Holst: Music for Strings
Musical Concepts returns to international availability Nicholas Braithwaite’s recording of music for string orchestra by Frank Bridge and Gustav Holst, characterful music that is eminently characterful, easily listenable, and deserves a far wider listening audience. Produced by Michael Fine and originally released on Koch Classics, this recording sports outstanding artistry in great sound.
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Holst: Hymn of Jesus, Egdon Heath, Perfect Fool (Ballet), Welsh & English Folk Songs and This I Have Done for My True Love
“(Hymn) a fine and vital performance that vividly conveys the exultant and the mystical nature … Egdon Heath is unforgettable: often frightening and desolate, here and there calm and serene, but never sun-lit. Holst did indeed find in Hardy’s description a map of his soul … I cannot imagine a better performance than this one”…
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The Golden Age of English Sacred Music
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The Golden Age of English Church Music
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Our Christmas Sequence
“Few ‘standard carols’ but a disc to widen your choice of beautiful Christmas music including the magical ‘Christmas Sequence’, ‘Fantasy on Carols’ ‘Sussex Mummers’ Carol’, ‘Sleepers Awake’ ‘Sleighride’ ‘A Maid peerless’ ‘New Year Carol’ ‘Bethlehem Down’ ‘Christmas Day’ etc (18 tracks)
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25 Thunderous Classics
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Christmas at King’s College
The number of boy choristers was fixed at 16 by King Henry in 1453 and it is 16 still. While originally there were six lay clerks, there are now 12 choral scholars, who are undergraduates of the college studying for degrees. (The Director) therefore loses about a third of his most experienced singers every year,…
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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Royal Music from Westminster Abbey
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HOLST: Cotswolds Symphony, Walt Whitman Overture, and others
“Jolly Cotswolds Symphony… shows the Holstian flair for colourful orchestration and has folksy influence….Scherzo an attractive dance rhythm…..and finale a striking tune in 6/4…in the Perfect Fool we hear the composer at his most inspired …and like the whole programme, it is most vividly played and recorded… remarkable how well this fine Munich orchestra takes…
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The English Anthem Anthology, Volume II (1886-1988)
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Favourite Hymns from Westminster Abbey
This recording by the Westminster Abbey Choir, conducted by Martin Neary, was made in 1997, the year of the 50th anniversary of the wedding in Westminster Abbey of HM The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, and two hymns from their Golden Wedding Service are included – May the Grace of Christ our Saviour, to Studland…
