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Holst: Choral Music / Wetton, Holst Singers, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2004-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: Psalm CXLVIII (Lord, Who hast made us); Choruses (6) for male chorus & strings (or organ or piano), Op. 53, H. 186; The Evening-watch, for chorus, Op. 43/1, H. 159; Partsongs (7) for so...
Performers: Birch, John; Collyer, Isobel; Logan, Joya; Mercer, Chris
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Holst Singers

Holst: Choral Symphony & Fantasia / Dawson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2002-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: A Choral Fantasia, for soprano, chorus, organ, strings, brass & percussion, Op. 51, H. 177; First Choral Symphony, Op. 41/H 155
Performers: Birch, John; Dawson, Lynne
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Guildford Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Holst was an accomplished choral composer, and these fine performances of the 'Choral Fantasia' and the First Choral Symphony confirm that. The vivid fragrance of...continue...

Britten: Choral Dances; Bliss, Holst / Wetton, Hill, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-10-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Choral Dances (6) from Gloriana, for chorus (or tenor, chorus & harpsichord), Op. 53; Gustav Holst: Choral Hymns (4 groups) from the Rig Veda, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 26, H. 97-...
Performers: Minty, Shirley; Owen, Thelma; Pearce, Judith
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Holst Orchestra; Holst Singers

"From 1885, comes this reissue of three less than obvious English choral works. Notable throughout are the gentleness and delicacy of Wetton's interpretations. Never tentative...continue...

Raff: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Hilary Wetton, Milton Keynes

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-08-01

Works: Joachim Raff: Symphony no 4 in G minor, Op. 167; Symphony no 3 ("Im Walde" or "In the Forest")
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Milton Keynes City Orchestra

"No. 3, 'Im Walde', in one of the 'great' romantic symphonies--every bit as lush and tuneful as the ones by Schumann and Mendelssohn, and this...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Five Tudor Portraits, Five Mystical Songs

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-06-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Tudor Portraits (5), choral suite for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Herford, Henry; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Wetton, Hilary Davan
Ensemble: Guildford Choral Society; Philharmonia Orchestra

'An incredible bargain. Altogether, this sumptuously remastered issue is definitely one of the highlights of the first batch of Helios reissues that promise to take...continue...