Gustav Holst: Chamber Music

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An enjoyable jaunt through 30 years of rarely heard Holst chamber music, from the affable Quintet in A minor to the sinewy Terzetto for flute, oboe and clarinet. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Mar 2017
Catalogue No: B108098
Label: Farao
Length: 79 minutes

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Holst: Quintet in A minor, Op. 3

Work length17:43

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Ensemble Arabesques
Recorded: September 2016
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Hamburg, Germany

Quintet in A Minor, Op. 3: I. Allegro moderato

Track length6:05

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Quintet in A Minor, Op. 3: II. Scherzo: Allegro vivace

Track length2:56

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Quintet in A Minor, Op. 3: III. Adagio: Poco animato - Più mosso - Tempo I

Track length4:21

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Quintet in A Minor, Op. 3: IV. Allegro con brio

Track length4:21

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Holst: 3 Pieces (revised version of Op. 2)

Work length11:34

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Ensemble Arabesques
Recorded: September 2016
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Hamburg, Germany

3 Pieces (revised version of Op. 2): No. 1. March

Track length3:16

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3 Pieces (revised version of Op. 2): No. 2. Minuet

Track length4:38

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3 Pieces (revised version of Op. 2): No. 3. Scherzo

Track length3:40

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Holst: Terzetto

Work length10:04

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Ensemble Arabesques
Recorded: September 2016
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Hamburg, Germany

Terzetto: I. Allegretto

Track length6:19

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Terzetto: II. Un poco vivace

Track length3:45

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Holst: Wind Quintet in A flat, Op. 14

Work length14:51

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Ensemble Arabesques
Recorded: September 2016
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Hamburg, Germany

Wind Quintet in A-Flat Major, Op. 14: I. Allegro moderato

Track length3:57

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Wind Quintet in A-Flat Major, Op. 14: II. Adagio

Track length4:52

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Wind Quintet in A-Flat Major, Op. 14: III. Minuet (in Canon) - Trio

Track length2:15

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Wind Quintet in A-Flat Major, Op. 14: IV. Air and Variations

Track length3:47

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Holst: Sextet in E minor

Work length25:36

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Ensemble Arabesques
Recorded: September 2016
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle Hamburg, Germany

Sextet in E Minor: I. Moderato

Track length6:47

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Sextet in E Minor: II. Scherzo - Allegro vivace

Track length4:55

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Sextet in E Minor: III. Adagio

Track length6:23

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Sextet in E Minor: IV. Thema - Allegretto

Track length7:31

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Gustav Holst and chamber music

The English composer Gustav Holst is known to many music lovers for just one symphonic work: The Planets. This orchestral suite, first performed in its entirety in 1920, was certainly his greatest success during his lifetime, but it reflects only one small aspect of the composer and his intellectual world. Holst's chamber-music works, full of consummate grace and still written in the late-romantic vein, prove that his work deserves much greater attention.

The Sextet in E minor from 1900 for mixed strings and woodwinds, which is recorded here for the first time, fills a gap in the repertoire. It was not until the start of our century that Helge Bartholomäus unearthed this work, composed towards the end of Holst's student days, in the British Library archives and published it. The sextet has something of the lightness of a serenade, and in many passages sounds like a double trio for woodwinds and strings. A true find! 

Ensemble arabesques In 2011, the German-French cultural festival arabesques was launched in Hamburg. With more than 50 events each year, it is now the biggest festival of its type in northern Germany.

The Ensemble arabesques, which to begin with was active only during the festival, has now developed its own momentum and performs in Germany and abroad throughout the year. The ensemble is made up of musicians from the three major Hamburg orchestras – the Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg, the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra and the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra. In varying combinations, the artists focus mainly on unusual musical projects ranging from baroque to modern. Little-known composers or works that have fallen into oblivion form a central part of the ensemble's work. German radio station Deutschlandradio Kultur has supported and promoted this commitment from the outset.

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May 2017

An enjoyable jaunt through 30 years of rarely heard Holst chamber music, from the affable Quintet in A minor to the sinewy Terzetto for flute, oboe and clarinet.

July 2017

Everything here has an unmistakable assurance: a composer entirely confident in whatever voice he chose to speak. And that’s what comes across in these delightfully fresh and characterful performances from the Hamburg-based Ensemble Arabesques...it’s a joy, too, to hear works usually dismissed as juvenilia really played rather than patronised, and I found myself returning to this disc with increasing pleasure

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