SACD, Holst (composer)
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New. Holst: the Planets – Deborah Cheetham Fraillon: Earth
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jaime Martin, Deborah Cheetham Fraillon (soprano)
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Special offer. Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 4
Guy Johnston (cello)
BBC Philharmonic, Sir Andrew Davis
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... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2018, Orchestral Choice
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Diapason d’Or, January 2019, Nouveauté
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Special offer. Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 1
Joyful Company of Singers & BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Richard Hickox
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... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2009, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Holst: The Planets & Elgar: Enigma Variations
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
In Enigma, Andrew Litton is close-focused in detail compared to the familiar sweep of Boult’s recording, with very precise yet lively orchestral playing – notably in the swirling strings in... — More…
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The 12 superb sopranos and altos of the Corvus Consort sing the complex, close-knit textures of these works with delicacy and pinpoint accuracy. Louise Thomson’s immaculate, virtuosic harp playing... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2024, Recording of the Month
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The organ has a really gutsy, symphonic core... Jan Kraybill... plays with considerable verve and a feeling both for colour and for the grand gesture. — More…
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Special offer. Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 2
BBC Philharmonic & Manchester Chamber Choir, Sir Andrew Davis
Davis's new performance takes off with 'Saturn': this may not match the sense of weariness Boult conveys, but its inexorable progress is highly effective, and the bells for once sound as if... — More…
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Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 3
Susan Gritton (soprano), with BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
the chief asset...is soprano Susan Gritton's unaffected engagement with Holst's bright-eyed and full-hearted response to Whitman. Andrew Davis conducts a warm and idiomatic account. — More…
