Tag: Gustav Holst
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Music for Royal Occasions
Glorious Royal music, much of it recorded in Westminster Abbey, which includes fanfares, popular hymns & National Anthem, Over an hour of glorious Royal music, much of it recorded in London`s `Royal Church` of Westminster Abbey. Classic tracks include fanfares, popular hymns, and anthems, a National Anthem, and specially commissioned, now famous, ceremonial music.
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Love came down at Christmas
A wonderful Christmas recording from St Paul’s Cathedral. Malcolm Archers own carol gives its title to this inspiring new collection from the wonderful acoustic of this world famous Cathedral. Included also is his arrangement of “Silent Night” as well as six superb and now standard arrangements from Sir David Willcocks, alongside the beautiful setting of…
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Immortal Fire: Music for Female Saints
This is already being hailed as a superb-sounding debut record from the Girl Choristers & Lay Clerks using the well-known acoustic qualities of this great Cathedral. The strong theme is “music for Female Saints” & those heralded here include St Ursula, St Cecilia & St Margaret of Scotland, the latter featured in a newly commissioned…
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Anthems from Cambridge
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Musical Concepts Classical Sampler
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Holst: The Planets, St. Paul’s Suite, Brook Green Suite
Vernon “Todd” Handley (b. 1930), a student of Boult, conducts the present recording of The Planets and Saint Paul’s Suite. Over the past 40 years Handley has made countless award-winning recordings for major labels, mainly of British music including the complete symphonies of Bax, Arnold, Vaughan Williams, Simpson and Stanford. The Brook Green Suite is…
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An English Choral Tradition
All of the composers on this recording were inspired by The Three Choirs Festival, the longest running Musical Festival in the World.
