Showing posts with label Holst. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holst. Show all posts
Apr 2, 2026

Holst: The Planets; Bax: Tintagel (Streaming Review)

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by Ryan Ross Antonio Pappano, conductor; London Symphony Orchestra. LSO Live 0904 The London Symphony Orchestra's commitment to British ...
Jan 14, 2026

Butterworth & Holst Orchestral Works (CD Review)

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by Ryan Ross George Butterworth:  A Shropshire Lad ;  The Banks of the Green Willow ;  Two English Idylls . Holst:  Egdon Heath, Op. 47 ;  T...
Apr 12, 2023

Recent Releases No. 49 (CD Reviews)

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by Karl Nehring Franck and Vierne: First and Last . Franck:  Grande Pi èce Symphonique, op. 17 ; Vierne:  Symphonie No. 6, op. 59 . Christop...
Apr 17, 2022

This Sceptered Isle (CD review)

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Music of Wood, Holst, Vaughan Williams, and Elgar. David Bernard, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony and Wind Ensemble. Recursive Classics RC59462...
Nov 3, 2019

Holst: The Planets (SACD review)

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Also, The Perfect Fool. Michael Stern, Kansas City Symphony. Reference Recordings RR-146SACD. It is always a pleasure to welcome a new Ref...
Feb 20, 2019

Strauss, R.: Thus Spake Zarathustra (CD review)

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Also Holst: The Planets. Andrew Litton, Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Delos DE 3225 (2-disc set). This double album is titled "Dallas Sp...
Feb 19, 2014

Britten & Holst: Orchestral Works (CD review)

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Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra. EMI 7243 5 62616 2. Fritz Reiner, Bruno Walter, Leonard Bernstein, Thomas Beecham, and Leopold...
May 30, 2013

Holst: The Planets (SACD review)

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Walter Susskind, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Mobile Fidelity UDSACD 4005. Mobile Fidelity began life as a producer of half-speed re...
Jan 1, 2013

Holst: The Planets (XRCD24/K2 review)

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Andre Previn, London Symphony Orchestra. Hi-Q Records HIQXRCD3. When EMI first released Andre Previn's recording of The Planets on ...
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Jul 3, 2012

Holst: The Planets (UltraHD CD review)

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Andre Previn, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. LIM UHD 058. Between 1914 and 1916, the years of “The Great War,” English composer Gustav Ho...
Feb 7, 2012

Holst: The Planets (CD review)

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Sir Adrian Boult, Vienna Academy Chorus, Vienna State Opera Orchestra. HDTT HDCD 130. English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) began writ...
Dec 10, 2010

Holst: The Hymn of Jesus (HDCD review)

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Also, The Perfect Fool, ballet music; Egdon Heath. Sir Adrian Boult, BBC Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra. HDTT ...
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Aug 27, 2010

Holst: The Planets (CD review)

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Also, A Somerset Rhapsody; The Perfect Fool; Suite No. 2 for Military Band; St. Paul's Suite; Egdon Heath; Hymns from the Rig Veda; A Ch...
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Jan 12, 2010

Holst: The Planets (CD review)

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Also, Asteroids.  Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestras.  EMI Classics 0946 3 69690 2 (2-disc set). Gimmicks, gimmicks, gimmick...
Sep 30, 2009

Holst: The Planets; Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (CD Review)

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Paavo Jarvi, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Telarc CD-80743. A lot of Holst's music seems raucous to me, but his masterpiece, The Pl...
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