Sir Charles Groves - Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Choral Symphony, The Wandering Scholar & At the Boat's Head (2009)
Artist: Sir Charles Groves
Title: Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Choral Symphony, The Wandering Scholar & At the Boat's Head
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:28:02
Total Size: 585 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Choral Symphony, The Wandering Scholar & At the Boat's Head
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Warner Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 02:28:02
Total Size: 585 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD 1 - 01:12:26
The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140 -
01. Prelude. "Vexilla regis prodeunt" - [05:15]
02. Hymn I. "Glory to Thee, Father!" - [02:33]
03. Hymn II. "Fain I Would Be Saved" - [02:09]
04. Hymn III. "Divine Grace Is Dancing" - [03:31]
05. Hymn IV. "Give Ye Heed unto My Dancing" - [08:46]Recording Venue: 7 & 8 March 1977, Kingsway Hall, London
London Symphony Chorus, St Paul’s Cathedral Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Charles Groves
First Choral Symphony, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 41, H. 155 -
06. I. Prelude. Invocation to Pan - [02:56]
07. II. Song and Bacchanal - [10:02]
08. III. Ode on a Grecian Urn - [12:57]
09. IV. Scherzo. Fancy & V. Folly's Song - [05:32]
10. VI. Finale - [18:45]Recording Venue: 5, 7 & 9 March 1974, Kingsway Hall, London
CD 2 - 01:15:46
The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176 (Libretto By – Clifford Bax) -
01. "When Boughs Are Green in April" (Louis, Alison) - [01:23]
02. "Ho There, Old Dog" (Louis, Alison) - [01:39]
03. "The Most Beautiful Piece" (Alison, Philippe) - [01:52]
04. "The Time, Then, Was Well Chosen" (Philippe, Alison) - [02:06]
05. "Someone Is Coming!" (Alison, Philippe, Pierre) - [01:38]
06. "Before That I Was Twenty" (Pierre, Philippe) - [03:32]
07. "So Learned a Clerk" (Alison, Philippe, Pierre) - [01:54]
08. "Heigho, a Pretty Knave!" (Alison, Philippe) - [03:23]
09. "He'll Lie All Day in the Sun" (Louis, Pierre, Alison) - [01:34]
10. "As I Was Walking" (Pierre, Louis, Alison) - [03:52]
11. "Monster! Villain!" (Louis, Pierre, Alison) - [01:43]
This is a collection on 2 CDs of four vocal or choral works by Gustav Holst that we rarely get a chance to hear, either live or on broadcasts. They comprise The Hymn of Jesus (London Philharmonic Orchestra under Sir Charles Groves), the Choral Symphony (sung and played by the London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra with Felicity Palmer as soprano soloist and conducted by Sir Adrian Boult; this was written for the Leeds Festival of 1925, a decade or so after The Planets was composed. The Hymn of Jesus is based on the Apocryphal Gospels and Holst was able to work from the original Greek texts.
The second CD has a chamber opera, The Wandering Scholar, that I had only heard of before but never heard, with Michael Rippon, Norma Burrows, Michael Langdon and Robert Tear as soloists, and the English Chamber Orchestra; and a cantata (or 'musical interlude' as Holst calls it) - At the Boar's Head - with another four fine soloists backed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. The cantata is based on a libretto taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV.
These are excellent performances on 2 CDs of over 70 min each so they represent good value as well as providing us with some rarely heard works alongside the more popular Hymn of Jesus.
The second CD has a chamber opera, The Wandering Scholar, that I had only heard of before but never heard, with Michael Rippon, Norma Burrows, Michael Langdon and Robert Tear as soloists, and the English Chamber Orchestra; and a cantata (or 'musical interlude' as Holst calls it) - At the Boar's Head - with another four fine soloists backed by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir. The cantata is based on a libretto taken from Shakespeare's Henry IV.
These are excellent performances on 2 CDs of over 70 min each so they represent good value as well as providing us with some rarely heard works alongside the more popular Hymn of Jesus.
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