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Holst - Hymns from the Rig Veda | Unicorn Kanchana DKPCD9046

Holst - Hymns from the Rig Veda

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Label: Unicorn Kanchana

Cat No: DKPCD9046

Barcode: 0053068904629

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Contents

Works

Holst
The Bacchae: Hymn to Dionysus, op.31/2

Holst
Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda

Holst
Two Eastern Pictures

Artists

Osian Ellis
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

David Willcocks

Works

Holst
The Bacchae: Hymn to Dionysus, op.31/2

Holst
Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda

Holst
Two Eastern Pictures

Artists

Osian Ellis
Royal College of Music Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

David Willcocks

About

Rarities abound in this re-release of Holst’s choral music, expertly conducted by the late Sir David Willcocks.

"This is a skilfully assembled collection of choral music from Holst's so-called Sanskrit period, the years roughly between the beginning of the century and the outbreak of the Great War. Some of the Rig Veda Hymns are reasonably well known, but there are one or two real rarities here, and very welcome it is to have them revived. There cannot, for instance, have been many performances of the Hymn to Dionysus in recent times: it is a setting for women's chorus and orchestra of part of 'The Bacchae', in the now unfashionable translation by Gilbert Murray... the virtually complete collection of the four Rig Veda groups for women's voices is valuable. The extraordinary 'To Varuna' is another anticipation of the Choral Symphony, as is 'To the Unknown God'; 'To Agni' has, perhaps inevitably, some of the fire music of 'The Perfect Fool' in it... The Royal College of Music choir sing well... The recording is as lucid as Holst himself might have wished." - John Warrack, Gramophone, March 1986

"the warmth and thrust of the music are beautifully caught... The Hymn to Dionysus... a rarity... makes a welcome and substantial fill-up... Beautifully clean and atmospheric recording." - Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

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