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Composer:
Gustav Holst

Artist(s):
Peter Pears
Benjamin Britten

Conductor:
Adrian Boult

Background: An inspired arrangement between Decca and Imogen Holst, led to a series of pioneering recordings of her father Gustave Holst's music, which appeared on Argo and are now comprehensively released on CD as part of the Eloquence series. This collection opens with the Pears/Britten recording of a substantial English song cycle never before published on CD, the twelve Humbert Wolfe settings, beautifully sung and mercurially played. Wolfe, largely forgotten today, 'was a civil servant, essentially a Londoner, and a miniaturist with an individual brand of whimsy and, at his best, a real feeling for words' (Gramophone). Imogen Holst's original notes for the LPs - 'acutely perceptive, objective and candid' noted Gramophone's reviewer Lionel Salter - are here reprinted as are the full texts. Much of the music was practically unknown at the time of this recording (beautifully captured by legendary Decca engineer Kenneth Wilkinson in London's Kingsway Hall) and well overdue for publication. The collection is rounded off by Boult's celebrated 1961 recording of The Hymn of Jesus.

"most beautifully sung" - (Two Part-Songs) Gramophone.

"Britten's accompanying matches the unfailing understanding of the singing, and with its excellent quality this can be warmly recommended" - (Humbert Wolfe Songs) Gramophone.

"a tremendous piece of invention" - (The Evening Watch) Gramophone.

"this is a fine and vital performance that vividly conveys the exultant and the mystical nature of the Hymn" - (The Hymn of Jesus) Gramophone.

CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4802327
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.69
RELEASE DATE: 18-Feb-2011

COMPOSER: Gustav Holst
TRACKS: Peter Pears / Benjamin Britten - Twelve Songs opus 48. Purcell Singers / Imogen Holst - Ave Maria opus 9b. Three Welsh Folk Songs. The Song of the Blacksmith. Two Part-Songs. Two Carols. BBC Chorus / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult - The Hymn of Jesus opus 37.
ORCHESTRA: BBC Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult and Imogen Holst
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Purcell Singers  

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