Holst, Gustav > Opera/Operetta

Holst: The Wandering Scholar; Suite de ballet; A Song of the Night / Ingrid Attrot; Neill Archer, Alan Opie, Donald Maxwell, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; Northern Sinfonia

Another re-release from Hickox's classic recordings finds us knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of...continue...
Recording information: St. Nicholas' Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (05/15/1996-05/16/1996)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool; Bax: Tintagel

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Arnold Bax: Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1954); Walthamstow Town Hall (1954); Kingsway Hall, London (1955); Walthamstow Town Hall (1955)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Ballet Music) / William Boughton

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-06-05

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Music from the Machine Age: Bartok, Holst, Prokofiev, etc. / Goetzel

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20; Erwin Schulhoff: Ogelala; Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Maurice Ravel: La valse
Conductors: Goetzel, Sascha
Ensemble: ; Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra

After their acclaimed début recording for Onyx of Respighi, Schmitt and Hindemith, the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and their charismatic Viennese music director Sascha Goetzel...continue...
Recording information: Borusan Oto, Istinye, Istanbul, Turkey (06/11/2011-06/15/2011)....continue...

Holst: Cotswolds Symphony; Walt Whitman Overture; A Hampshire Suite / Bostock

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-03-13

Works: Gustav Holst: Symphony in F major ("The Cotswolds"), Op. 8, H. 47; Walt Whitman Overture, for orchestra, Op. 7, H. 42; Suite no 2 in F; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Scherzo, for orchestra, H. 192
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

The British Symphonic Collection

10 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-08-30

Works: Edward Elgar: The Crown of India, Op. 66; Une voix dans le désert, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 77; Polonia, Op. 76; Piano Concerto, Op. 90; Suite; Civic Fanfare, for orchestra (without violin...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Lund, Jan; Ostergaard, Mette Christina
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas

Hardly any other European country has been more noted for the output of symphonic music than Great Britain - this boxed set features the genre's...continue...

British Ballet Music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Pineapple Poll, ballet (compiled & arranged by C. Mackerras); Lord Berners: A Wedding Bouquet; Arthur Bliss: Checkmate; William Walton: Façade; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Irving, Robert; Handley, Vernon; Frémaux, Louis; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre

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Some sparkling playing here, especially Pineapple Poll under its arranger Charles Mackerras
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British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Holst: Symphony In F Major, A Hampshire Suite, The Perfect Fool Ballet Music

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-02-22

Works: Gustav Holst: Symphony in F major ("The Cotswolds"), Op. 8, H. 47; Walt Whitman Overture, for orchestra, Op. 7, H. 42; Suite no 2 in F; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Scherzo, for orchestra, H. 192
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas

20th Century Classics: Holst - Brook Green Suite

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Gustav Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Suite no 2 in F; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Banks, Eric; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Groves, Charles, Sir; Holst, Imogen

Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...

The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...

Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Choral Symphony, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Gustav Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140; First Choral Symphony, Op. 41/H 155; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176; At the Boar's Head,...
Performers: Burrowes, Norma; George, Michael; Hall, Peter; Johnson, David Wilson; Langdon, Michael; Langridge, Philip; Palmer, Felicity; Rippon, Michael; Ross, Elise; Suart, Richard; Tear, Robert; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Bedford, Steuart; Atherton, David
Ensemble: English Opera Group Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Here we present a number of pathbreaking recordings from the 1970s and 1981. The first CD presents The Hymn of Jesus under Sir Charles Groves...continue...

Holst: A Winter Idyll, Elegy, Indra, etc / Atherton

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, H 31; Elegy (In Memoriam William Morris), for orchestra, Op. 8, H. 47 (from unpublished "The Cotswolds" Sy; Indra, Op. 13/H 66; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; Si...
Performers: Baillie, Alexander; McAslan, Lorraine
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Distinguished British conductor David Atherton founded the London Sinfonietta in 1967, and most recently served as music director of the Hong kong Philharmonic. "A fascinating...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Lark Ascending; Britten: Sinfonietta; Holst: Savitri

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-21

Works: Gustav Holst: Sávitri, chamber opera, Op. 25, H. 96; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra, Op. 1
Performers: Bae, Ik-Hwan
Conductors: Cortese, Glen

Holst: The Planets / Leaper

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-08-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra

Holst's suite 'The Planets' has long been one of the most popular orchestral works ever written and is familiar to even the beginning classical listener....continue...

Planets:holst

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian

The British Music Collection - Holst: Savitri, Hymns, etc

2 CD / Decca Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns (4 groups) from the Rig Veda, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 26, H. 97-100; Sávitri, chamber opera, Op. 25, H. 96; Partsongs (7) for soprano, female chorus & strings, O...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bogorad, Julia; Ellis, Osian; Greenbank, Kathryn; Hemsley, Thomas; Longfield, Susan; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Holst, Imogen; Hogwood, Christopher; Boult, Adrian; Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble: BBC Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Grimethorpe Colliery Band; Purcell Singers; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Holst: St. Paul's Suite, Fugal Concerto, etc /Menuhin, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-08-05

Works: Gustav Holst: Choruses (6) for male chorus & strings (or organ or piano), Op. 53, H. 186; A Dirge for Two Veterans, for male chorus, brass & percussion, H. 121; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 n...
Performers: Snowden, Jonathan; Theodore, David
Conductors: Humphries, Ian; Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Baccholian Singers

Holst: Savitri / Hickox, Kwella, Palmer, Langridge, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2000-07-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Sávitri, chamber opera, Op. 25, H. 96; Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 48, H. 174
Performers: Kwella, Patrizia; Langridge, Philip; Palmer, Felicity; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia

Holst's chamber opera "Savitri" is based upon a story taken from a Sanskrit source. A woodcutter's wife cleverly outwits Death, who has come to take...continue...

Holst: The Wandering Scholar, etc / Hickox, Attrot, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Archer, Neill; Hatfield, Lesley; Maxwell, Donald [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

The neglected chamber opera "The Wandering Scholar" is a brief comedy with no overture or "big tunes." Holst used charming folk-rhythms and simple melodies to...continue...

Holst: Music for Two Pianos /Len Vorster, Robert Chamberlain

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1998-06-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, for 2 pianos (original version of work), Op. 32, H. 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39
Performers: Chamberlain, Robert; Vorster, Len

Spirits of Fire / Summit Brass

1 CD / Summit Records / 1998-04-21

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Samuel Barber: Mutations from Bach's "Christe, du Lamm Gottes"; Jan Koetsier: Symphony for Brass, Op 80; Henri Lazarof: Concertante for trumpet & brass ensembl...
Performers: Branch, Sonia; Mase, Raymond; Smith, J.B.; Wanser, William
Conductors: Dunkel, Paul Lustig
Ensemble: Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra

The Spirit of England II / William Boughton, et al

4 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; The Wand of Youth Suite no 2, Op. 1b; Hubert Parry: An English Suite, for string orchestra; Gerald ...
Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano]
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: English String Orchestra; English Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra