Holst
Holst: Fide et Literis (EM Records)
Much-recorded favourites mixed with CD premieres make this an intriguing, delightful album [KT]
Corvus Consort: Welcome Joy (Chandos)
A joyful celebration of women’s voices and women composers [PT]
A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)
This disc will delight you if you should find it under the tree on Christmas morning [JQ]
News of Great Joy: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford (Resonus)
An enjoyable, thoughtfully prepared Christmas album [JQ]
A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)
A well-planned and beautifully executed programme sure to summon some Christmas cheer [NB]
Holst at 150. A Brass Celebration (World of Brass)
This CD illustrates how well Holst’s music works for the brass band medium [KT]
Music for Stage and Screen (Albion Records)
A valuable contribution to the recorded legacy of British music [JF]
Romance and Reverie: Holst and his contemporaries (Albion Records)
Well played but unevenly programmed [NB]
HOLST 150 (SOMM Recordings)
A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Gustav Holst [JQ]
A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)
Rare repertoire and a few old favourites for good measure [JF]
Romance and Reverie: Holst and His Contemporaries (Albion Records)
An enticing selection of rarities and imaginative arrangements [JF]
HOLST 150 (SOMM Recordings)
Another fine anthology of historic live performances to mark an important anniversary [NB]
Gods, Ghosts and Monsters (Divine Art)
If you are going to rejig these songs, it needs to be for some purpose [JW]
Peace I leave with you – Music for the Evening Hour (Coro Magdalen)
A discerningly chosen programme given accomplished performances [JQ]
Vaughan Williams – A Birthday Garland (SOMM Recordings)
A fine representative collection; no more rustic accents, please [JW]
La Belle Dame (EM Records)
Largely early and apprentice works from British composers; sift with care [JW]
Vaughan Williams: A Birthday Garland (SOMM Recordings)
Lovers of English song should not hesitate: acquire this disc and gatecrash Uncle Ralph’s musical party [JQ]
Parallels (Divine Art)
This impressive recital ‘parallels’ old and new favourites [JF]
Advent Carols from St. John’s (Nimbus)
(Déjà Review) Evocative and beautifully sung [CT]
Parry: Ode on the Nativity (Lyrita)
(Déjà Review) The reappearance on CD of these performances is a cause for great celebration [JQ]
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor) (ICA Classics)
A previously unissued live Sinfonia antartica heads this 40th anniversary Boult release [JW]
Holst: The Planets (RCA)
A typically virtuosic recording from a great American partnership [RMo]
Holst: Choral Works (SOMM Recordings)
A mixed bag, but indispensable to the Holst completist [SB]
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