Gustav Holst - The Collector's Edition - Box Set 6CDs

Label : EMI
Format : Flac (image + cue)
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1 :

The Planets – Suite, Op. 32/H125

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

The Perfect Fool, Op. 39/H150
Egdon Heath, Op. 47/H172 (Homage to Hardy)

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

CD 2 :

A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 No. 2/H87
Brook Green Suite, H190

Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman del Mar

A Fugal Concerto, Op. 40 No. 2/H152

Jonathan Snowden (flute), David Theodore (oboe)
English Chamber Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin

Beni Mora (Oriental Suite), Op. 29 No. 1/H114

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

St. Paul’s Suite, Op. 29 No. 2/H118

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent

Hymns from the Rig Veda – 2nd Group, Op. 26 No. 2/H98

London Symphony Chorus, women’s voices

Ode to Death, Op. 38/H144 (Whitman)

London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Groves

CD 3 :

Psalm 86, H117 No. 1
A Choral Fantasia, Op. 51/H177

Dame Janet Baker (mezzo), Ian Partridge (tenor), Ralph Downes (organ)
The Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, Imogen Holst

First Suite in E flat, Op. 28 No. 1/H105
Second Suite in F, Op. 28 No. 2/H106

Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Imogen Holst

A Moorside Suite, H173

BMC Oxford Band, Imogen Holst

Hammersmith, Op. 52/ H178

Central Band of the Royal Air Force, Wing Commander J.L. Wallace

CD 4 :

Hymn to Manas
The Homecoming, H120 (Hardy)

Baccholian Singers of London

A Dirge for Two Veterans, H121 (Whitman)

Baccholian Singers of London

Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Ian Humphris

Six Choral Folk-Songs (arr.) [H136]
Six Choruses, Op. 53/H186 (Medieval Latin, trans. Waddell)

Baccholian Singers of London, English Chamber Orchestra, Ian Humphris

Eight Canons, H187 (Medieval Latin, trans. Waddell)

Baccholian Singers of London

Bring us in good ale. Op. 34 No. 4/H131 (anon)

The King’s Singers

Vedic Hymns – 1st Group, Op. 24/H90 - Varuna

Frederick Harvey (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)

Turn back O Man (C. Bax)

Choir of Chichester Cathedral, John Birch
Richard Seal (organ)

Lullay my liking. Op. 34 No. 2/H129 (anon)

London Boy Singers, Jonathan Steele

Christmas Song: Personent Hodie (Piae Cantiones)

Bach Choir/Jacques Orchestra, David Willcocks

Hymn: In the bleak mid-winter (English Hymnal, 1906)

Edwin Bates (organ)
Rodney Christian Fellowship Festival Choir, Rodney Smith Bishton

CD 5 :

The Hymn of Jesus, Op. 37/H140 (Apocryphal Acts of St. John, trans. Holst)
Short Festival Te Deum, H145

Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles
Groves

Choral Symphony, Op. 41/H155 (Keats)

Felicity Palmer (soprano)
London Philharmonic Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

CD 6 :

The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50/H176 24.24 Chamber Opera in one act

Louis (a farmer) - Michael Rippon (baritone)
Alison (his wife) - Norma Burrowes (soprano)
Father Philippe - Michael Langdon (bass)
Pierre (a wandering scholar) - Robert Tear (tenor)
English Opera Group/English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford

At the Boar’s Head, Op. 42/H156 51.00 A musical interlude in one act.

Prince Hal - Philip Langridge (tenor)
Falstaff - John Tomlinson (bass)
Hostess (Mistress Quickly) - Elise Ross (soprano)
Doll Tearsheet - Felicity Palmer (mezzo)
Pistol - David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
Peto - Peter Hall (tenor)
Bardolph - Richard Suart (baritone)
Poins - Michael George (bass)
Men’s voices of the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Atherton