Holst

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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]

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News of Great Joy: Christmas from St John’s College, Oxford (Resonus)

An enjoyable, thoughtfully prepared Christmas album [JQ]

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A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)

A well-planned and beautifully executed programme sure to summon some Christmas cheer [NB]

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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]

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Romance and Reverie: Holst and his contemporaries (Albion Records)

Well played but unevenly programmed [NB]

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HOLST 150 (SOMM Recordings)

A worthy 150th anniversary tribute to Gustav Holst [JQ]

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A Christmas Fantasia (Albion Records)

Rare repertoire and a few old favourites for good measure [JF]

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Romance and Reverie: Holst and His Contemporaries (Albion Records)

An enticing selection of rarities and imaginative arrangements [JF]

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HOLST 150 (SOMM Recordings)

Another fine anthology of historic live performances to mark an important anniversary [NB]

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Gods, Ghosts and Monsters (Divine Art)

If you are going to rejig these songs, it needs to be for some purpose [JW]

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Peace I leave with you – Music for the Evening Hour (Coro Magdalen)

A discerningly chosen programme given accomplished performances [JQ]

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Vaughan Williams – A Birthday Garland (SOMM Recordings)

A fine representative collection; no more rustic accents, please [JW]

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La Belle Dame (EM Records)

Largely early and apprentice works from British composers; sift with care [JW]

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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]

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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]

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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]

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Holst: The Planets (RCA)

A typically virtuosic recording from a great American partnership [RMo]

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Holst: The Planets (BR Klassik)

Harding’s relaxed run around Holst’s solar system [LD]

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Holst: Choral Works (SOMM Recordings)

A mixed bag, but indispensable to the Holst completist [SB]