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Gustav Holst [sound recording].
Published
London : Decca, p2001.
Physical Description
2 sound discs : digital, stereo. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Texts of Op. 26 tr. from the Sanskrit by the composer; libretto to Savitri by the composer; texts of Op. 44 from poems by Robert Bridges; text of Op. 43 by Henry Vaughan; text of Op. 37 tr. by the composer from the Apocryphal Gospel of St. John.
Compact discs.
Originally issued on various Decca analog discs between 1962 & 1977; the Fugal concerto concerto & St. Paul's suite originally issued on compact disc in 1993.
Program notes by Kenneth Chalmers inserted in container.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2002
Performers
Various performers.
Contents
Choral hymns from the Rig Veda, op. 26, no. 3 (12:16) (Purcell Singers (soprano and alto), Ossian Ellis, harp, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst, conductor).
Savitri, op. 25 : chamber opera in one act (30:43) (Janet Baker, mezzo-soprano, Robert Tear, tenor, Thomas Hemsley, bass, Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst, conductor).
Seven partsongs, op. 44 (20:05) (Susan Longfield, soprano, Purcell Singers sopranos & altos, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst, conductor).
The evening watch, op. 43 (4:26) (Purcell Singers, Imogen Holst, conductor).
A fugal concerto, op. 40, no. 2 (7:26) (Julia Bogorad, flute, Kathryn Greenbank, oboe, St. Paul's Chamber Orchestra, Christopher Hogwood, conductor).
St. Paul's suite, op. 29, no. 2 (12:33) [version for orchestra] (St. Paul's Chamber Orchestra, Hogwood).
The perfect fool : ballet music, op. 39 (10:43) (London Philharmonic, Sir Adrian Boult, conductor).
Egdon Heath, op. 47 (12:49) (London Philharmonic, Boult).
The hymn of Jesus, op. 37 (21:49) (BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony, Boult).
A Moorside suite, H 173 (14:26) (Grimethorpe Colliery Band, Elgar Howarth, conductor).
Issue number
470 191-2 (470 192-2--470 193-2) Decca
470 192-2 Argo
470 193-2 Argo
ZK 98 Argo
ZRG 5495 Argo
440 376-2 London
SXL 6820 Decca
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