Holst: Orchestral Works

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Punchy, in-your-face accounts, in turbo charged sound. — BBC Music Magazine, December 2016, 3 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 29th Jul 2016
Catalogue No: CHAN10911X
Label: Chandos
Series: Classics, The Hickox Legacy
Length: 58 minutes

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Holst: A Fugal Overture, Op. 40 No. 1, H. 151

Work length4:58

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: 21-22 February 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 No. 2, H. 87

Work length9:29

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: 21-22 February 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Holst: Scherzo, H. 192

Work length5:43

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: 21-22 February 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Holst: Egdon Heath, Op. 47, H. 172

Work length16:31

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: 21-22 February 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

Holst: Hammersmith - Prelude and Scherzo, H178, Op. 52

Work length16:09

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: 21-22 February 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

No. 1, Prelude

Track length10:17

No. 2, Scherzo

Track length5:52

Holst: Capriccio, H. 185 (Arr. I. Holst for Orchestra)

Work length5:53

London Symphony Orchestra
Richard Hickox
Recorded: 21-22 February 1994
Recording Venue: All Saints Church, Tooting, London, United Kingdom

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This 1994 Holst collection is another recording with the London Symphony Orchestra under its then Associate Guest Conductor, Richard Hickox.

Re-issued at ‘classic Chandos’ price, it is a must-have for any fan of or newcomer to Holst, offering both familiar and unfamiliar works. Gramophone complimenting Hickox’s ‘sweetly expressive, songful manner’ and adding that ‘Hickox and the LSO make a spirited showing... the Chandos engineering is typically sumptuous throughout.’

Richard Hickox returned to Holst in 2007, embarking on a new series, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He was recording what would have been the second volume of this survey when he was suddenly taken ill. Though that disc now will never be finished, the first instalment was released in January 2009 on SACD (CHSA5069) and seen as a recording triumph, presenting neglected works advocated by a legendary conductor.

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December 2016

Punchy, in-your-face accounts, in turbo charged sound.

Holst: Orchestral Works

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