Holst, Gustav > Piano

Works for Violin and Piano by British composers: Holst, Walford Davies, Vaughan Williams / Rupert Marshall-Luck, violin; Matthew Rickard, piano

1 CD / EM Records / 2012-10-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor; Gustav Holst: Solos (6) for violin; Henry Walford Davies: Sonata for violin & piano, in E flat major
Performers: Marshall-Luck, Rupert; Rickard, Matthew

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike for the verve, commitment, and intelligence of his performances, Rupert Marshall-Luck appears as a soloist and recitalist at major...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth (04/13/2012-04/14/2012)....continue...

English Song - works by Morley, Rosseter, Dowland, Pilkington, Bridge, Butterworth, Ireland, Warlock, et al. / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Heritage Masters / 2012-05-04

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Come, Phyllis; Philip Rosseter: When Laura Smiles; What Then Is Love But Mourning; Sweet, Come Again; What is a Day?; John Dowland: Second ...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

Peter Pears' voice was undoubtedly one of the finest and most distinctive of the twentieth century and here he collaborates with Julian Bream and Benjamin...continue...

Holst: The Coming of Christ; Two Psalms; Nunc Dimittis / City of London Choir; Holst Orchestra

1 CD / EM Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Gustav Holst: Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us); Nunc Dimittis, for chorus, H. 127; Choral Folk Songs, H. 136; The Coming of Christ, incidental music, H. 170
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; End, Timothy; Fontanels-Simmons, Marta; Goddard, James; Hawes, Tim; Kilhams, Jonathan; Pearce, Richard; Twilley, Amon-Ra
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: City of London Choir

The Coming of Christ was commissioned in 1927 by the Dean of Canterbury Cathedral, George Bell, as a setting of a text by John Masefield,...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Girls' School, Brook Green, London (10/15/2011)....continue...

The Power of Love: An English Songbook / Alice Coote, Graham Johnson

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-02-14

Works: James Lyman Molloy: Love's Old Sweet Song; Maude Valérie White: So We'll Go No More A-roving, for voice & piano; The Spring Has Come, for voice & piano; The Devout Lover, for voice & piano; Edwa...
Performers: Coote, Alice; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

Alice Coote, one of the most distinctive mezzo-sopranos of today, makes her recital debut on Hyperion with pianist Graham Johnson, a stalwart of the label...continue...
Recording information: All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London (2010-12-15&2010-12-15&2010-)....continue...

The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music: Orf, Bach & Grieg

4 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Double Violin Concerto; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphon...
Performers: Collins, Finghin
Conductors: Parry, David

In '09 the esteemed London Philharmonic Orchestra entered Abbey Road studios to record a legendary session. Led by conductor David Parry, the LPO performed 50...continue...

Holst: The Planets / The composer's original two-piano version

1 CD / Netmark / 2011-10-11

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, for 2 pianos (original version of work), Op. 32, H. 125
Performers: Markham, Richard; Nettle, David

The composer's own original two-piano version, completed before orchestration! This European recording of the two-piano version of The Planets brings new light to the orchestral...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude's Church, Hampstead Garden Suburb (11/06/1984-11/08/1984)....continue...

My Own Country: An English song collection / Felicity Lott, soprano; Graham Johnson, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-09-27

Works: Hubert Parry: O Mistress Mine, for voice & piano (from English Lyrics, Set 2); My Heart Is Like a Singing Bird; Under the greenwood tree; Good Night; John Ireland: The trellis, for voice & piano (fr...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

My Own Country allows the highly respected Dame Felicity Lott to bring her delicacy and rich musical understanding to a collection of English songs inspired...continue...
Recording information: The Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex, UK (05/14/2003-05/16/2003)....continue...

Gustav Holst: The Planets, for piano 4 hands / York2 - Fiona and John York, pianos

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, for 2 pianos (original version of work), Op. 32, H. 125; York Bowen: Suite, for 1 piano, 4-hands, Op. 53; Suite no 2, Op. 71
Performers: York, Fiona; York, John
Conductors:
Ensemble: York2 (Piano Duo)

The generative threads of this music were spun at St. Paul's Girls' School on Brook Green in Hammersmith, West London, the elegant Edwardian buildings where...continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

An English Recital

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2010-02-09

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lake in the Mountains, for piano (from the film score "The 49th Parallel"); Hymn tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons, for piano in G major; Short Pieces (6) for pia...
Performers: McCabe, John [Composer, Piano]

Songs of Life / Mager, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-12-30

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the unknown region; On Wenlock Edge; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 100, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 100; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV ...
Performers: Apperson, Jim; Brown, Ellen; Friedeman, John; Mager, Eileen; Tharp, Lisa

Voices of Ascension - Nine Centuries of Choral Music / Keene, Hong, Cole, et al

4 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Sicut cervus; Jesu Rex admirabilis, hymn for 3 voices (from Complete Hymns); Exsultate Deo; Work(s); Alma Redemptoris mater; Sitivit anima mea; Surge illuminare Jeru...
Performers: Baker, Thom [Tenor Vocal]; Bride, Kathleen; Clark, Eileen; Cole, Vinson; Farrell, Neil; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Johnson, Jeffrey [Bass Vocal]; Kruczek, Mark; Montano, Alexandra; Peck, Susanne; Stephens, Pat...
Conductors: Keene, Dennis

"Sheer musical excellence a cohesive, gorgeously blended ensemble." -The New York Times "As for Dennis Keene, there isn't a better choral conductor around" The Washington...continue...

From the Heart

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-11-13

Works: David MacIntyre: Ave Maria, for chorus; Joseph Rheinberger: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Psalm 84), Op. 35; Ron Jeffers: Missa Brevis in tempore violentiae; Anonymous: Flos Regalis, for 4 voice...
Performers: Hominick, Eric; Reinhardt, Lorraine

The Very Best of Christmas

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-25

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; F...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Bloss, Michael; Bungard, Jonathan; Davidson, Angus; Evanson, John; Houssart, Robert; Johnston, Raymond; Kertesi, Ingrid; Langridge, Philip; Lewis, J. Reilly; Mukk, József;...
Conductors: Hunt, Donald; ; Mallon, Kevin; Edison, Noel; Scribner, Norman; Rossiter, Grace; Sackett, Andrew; Robinson, Christopher; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Oberfrank, Géza; Krcek, Jaroslav; Schuldt-Jensen,...
Ensemble: Aradia Baroque Ensemble; Capella Istropolitana; Elora Festival Singers; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group; Hungarian Radio Chamber Choir; Leipzig Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Sy...

"Naxos' double-disc compilation, The Very Best of Christmas, presents an agreeable and balanced assortment of holiday favorites, with vocal and choral numbers assigned to the...continue...

Holst: The Planets - Two-Piano Version / Bennett, Bradshaw

1 CD / Delos / 2007-06-07

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, for 2 pianos (original version of work), Op. 32, H. 125
Performers: Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bradshaw, Susan

Bedtime Serenades - Tranquil Classics for Perfect Sleep

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-01-30

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549; Maurice Ravel:...
Performers: Afanassiev, Valery; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Gelber, Bruno-Leonardo; Grimaud, Helene; Italiani, I Solisti; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Lifschitz, Constantin; Lucerne Festival Stri...
Conductors: Hansen, Jorgen Ernst; Groves, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Baumgartner, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Kubelik, Rafael; ; Kazandjiev, Vassil
Ensemble: Baroque Strings Zürich; Copenhagen Societas Musical Chamber Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; I Solisti Italiani; Lucerne Festival Strings; Philharmonia Orchestra; Prague Chamber Orchestr...

Personnel: Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Hélène Grimaud, Alain Planès (piano)....continue...

Libera - Angel Voices

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Tagatsugu Muramtsu: Far Away; Robert Prizeman: Locus iste; Ave Maria; Going Home; Salva me; Libera; Always With You; We are the lost; I am the day; Recordare; Jean Sibelius: Be still my soul; Gustav ...
Performers: Anderson, John [Classical]; Dodd, Chris; Geraghty, Steven; Pears, Fiona; Prizeman, Robert; Tilley, Ian
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert
Ensemble: Libera

Libera's 'Angel Voices' collection includes the best of past tracks combined with some new tracks-the deeply moving "Going Home," employing the melody of Dvorak's Largo...continue...

Holst: Orchestral Music / Pople, London Festival Orchestra

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; A Fugal Concerto, for flute, oboe & strin...
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Bolt, Rachel; Freyhan, Michael; Messiter, Malcolm
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) is universally loved for his popular orchestral suite 'The Planets', but much of his other estimable orchestral music is seldom...continue...

Explorations - 20th/21st Century Music/ Goldstone,Clemnow

1 CD / Divine Art / 2005-04-26

Works: Kenneth Leighton: Prelude, Hymn & Toccata, for 2 pianos, Op. 96; Anthony Hedges: Explorations (3), for piano, Op. 145; Piano Sonata, Op. 53; Aphorisms (5), for piano, Op. 113; Gustav Holst: Japanese ...
Performers: Clemmow, Caroline; Duo, Goldstone & Clemmow Piano; Goldstone, Anthony

English Song / Langridge, Lott, Keenleyside, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-03-22

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: A Soft Day, for voice & piano; A Sheaf of Songs from Leinster, for voice & piano, no 6, "Irish Skies" Op. 140/6; Liza Lehmann: Cherry Ripe (arr. of aria by Chas. Ed. Horn);...
Performers: Asti, Eugene; Bedford, Steuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hancock-Child, Nik; H...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Duke Quartet

England boasts a long and distinctive tradition of song, equaled to that of any region in the world. This anthology offers a recent survey ranging...continue...

English Song Series 6 - Holst: Vedic Hymns, Songs, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-11-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Songs (4) for soprano (or tenor) & violin, Op. 35, H. 132; Songs (6) for soprano & piano, Op. 16, H. 69; Hymns from the Rig Veda, for voice & piano, Op. 24, H. 90; Songs (12) for voice ...
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Fuller, Louisa; Gritton, Susan; Langridge, Philip; Maltman, Christopher

"Many of these songs show Holst's unique, strangely rarified imagination working at full power. Not only does he write with such lucid sensitivity for both...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Fiona York, John York

1 CD / Black Box Import / 2002-06-11

Works: Gustav Holst: Toccata, for piano, H. 153; Chrissemas Day in the Morning, for solo piano, Op. 46/1, H. 165; O! I hae seen the roses blaw, for solo piano; Folk Song Fragments (2) for piano, Op. 46/2, H...
Performers: York, John

Holst's celebrated masterwork is heard here for the first time in its four-hands, one-piano version. Six delightful solo piano miniatures complete the disc....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

Bernstein Century - Holst: Planets; Elgar: Military March

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-10-28

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Camerata Singers; New York Philharmonic

Leonard Bernstein - The Joy of Christmas

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-16

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Twelfth Night Song (traditional Russian); The Twelve Days of Christmas; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); La...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in this entertaining, sophisticated and merry collection. Tracks include "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "O Little To...continue...

Mysteries Beyond - Songs and Chants in Praise of Mary

1 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Alma Redemptoris mater; Anton Bruckner: Os justi meditabitur sapientiam, WAB 30; Ave Maria (II), motet for chorus in F major, WAB 6; Gabriel Fauré: Tantum erg...
Performers: Ascension, Voices of; Bride, Kathleen; Cole, Vinson; Kruczek, Mark; Stephens, Patrick [Piano]
Conductors: Keene, Dennis

This release was previously available under the title "Ave Maria".

Personnel: Kathy Etherington, Alessandra Visconti, Gale Limansky, Arlene Travis, Maureen Haley, Susanne Peck, Deborah Stephens...continue...

The Flowering of English Song / Frohnmayer, Skelton, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 1990-03-01

Works: Edward German: Restless River; Merrie England; Gustav Holst: Hymns (9) from the Rig Veda, Op. 24/H 90; Hymns (9) from the Rig Veda, Op 24/H 90; John Ireland: Earth's Call; Songs of a Great War; Ralph...
Performers: Frohnmayer, Ellen Phillips; Frohnmayer, Philip; Poullette, Valerie; Skelton, Logan