Browse: Download, Holst (composer)

Little's stellar playing [is] brimming with gorgeous and glitz-free tone, plus a lovely range of light and shade...Little's spacious and serene way with The Lark Ascending is both beautiful,... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2014, More…

This latest instalment of Chandos’s survey of Holst’s orchestral works is far more than a predictable beachcomber’s delight. The quality of the performances is a feast in itself, the BBC Philharmonic... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018 More…

A varied collection that offers more than just vocal bonbons…Connolly and Middleton execute the complex phrasing [of A Charm of Lullabies] with a sense of ensemble for which they are revered. — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, More…

its character and its superb sound, both detailed and well-balanced, are as impressive and involving as ever...the music [is] not only well within the players' grasp but played with polish and... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2010, More…

…a magisterial performance, closely attentive to detail, in which the continental influences are highlighted as never before… The climax of 'Uranus' is a thriller: a massive build-up, with the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, More…

The programme is a potpourri, and one from which emanates the refined scent of the collegiate choir, à la King's or Trinity. The tuning is impeccable, the blend unimpeachable. Director Nigel... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, More…

[Tenebrae's] account of Parry's Songs of Farewell abounds in subtleties of phrasing and telling distinctions of dynamic, yet flows beautifully, the textual narrative unfolding with a rare continuity... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, More…

The only other recording of these ballets [The Golden Goose, The Morning of the Year] apart from ones of Imogen Holst's collations - is Hilary Davan Wetton's for Hyperion (1995), coupled with... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, More…