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Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Enigma Variations / Sir Adrian Boult - London SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

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...

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Holst: Walt Whitman Overture, Ballet Suite / Braithwaite

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: Walt Whitman Overture, for orchestra, Op. 7, H. 42; Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; Suite for Military Band no 1 in E flat major, Op. 28 no 1; Suite no 2 ...
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is not a release for casual listeners but absolutely essential to those who want to understand genius in a realistic way... Quite simply, buy...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...

Boult conducts Holst - Fugal Overture, Scherzo, Beni Mora, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: Gustav Holst: A Fugal Overture, Op. 40 no 1/H 151; A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Beni Mora, oriental suite for orchestra, Op. 29/1, H. 107; Prelude and Scherzo, Op. 52/H 178 "Hammersmith"; S...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"Adrian Boult brought tremendous authority to any recording he made of 20th century British works, having known the composers and often having conducted the premiere...continue...

The Solti Collection - Holst: The Planets; Elgar

1 CD / Decca / 1991-05-14

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra