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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...

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

BBC Music Magazine
Some sparkling playing here, especially Pineapple Poll under its arranger Charles Mackerras
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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