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Alan Opie, Gustav Holst, Richard Hickox
Holst: The Wandering Scholar, etc.
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (14) - Disc #1
1. Suite de ballet In E Flat Major, Op. 10: I. Danse rustique
2. Suite de ballet In E Flat Major, Op. 10: II. Valse
3. Suite de ballet In E Flat Major, Op. 10: III. Scene de nuit
4. Suite de ballet In E Flat Major, Op. 10: IV. Carnival
5. A Song Of The Night, Op. 19 No. 1
6. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'When Boughs Are Green In April' -
7. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'When Rainbows Follow Flying Showers' -
8. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'Piggy, Piggy, Piggy!' -
9. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'Someone Is Coming!' -
10. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'Before That I Was Twenty' -
11. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'Learned? Comely?' -
12. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'Heigho, A Pretty Knave!' -
13. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'He'll Lie All Day In The Sun' -
14. The Wandering Scholar, Op. 50: 'As I Was Walking Here To-day'

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CD Details

All Artists: Alan Opie, Gustav Holst, Richard Hickox, Northern Sinfonia of England, Neill Archer
Title: Holst: The Wandering Scholar, etc.
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 6/22/1999
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Instruments, Strings, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 095115973424

Synopsis

Amazon.com

Chandos's ongoing Holst series hits another bright spot with this release of works that happen, on this disc, to span the composer's entire musical career. The Suite de Ballet (of 1899) is an unabashed array of "light music," typical of fin-de-siècle England. Its youthfulness nearly risks comparison to the music of Eric Coates and Gilbert and Sullivan, but this robust reading by Richard Hickox and the Northern Sinfonia allows the composer-to-come to peek through now and again, especially in the second movement, Valse. The main work here is the comic operetta The Wandering Scholar. It's based on a Clifford Bax (brother to Arnold) libretto and has the more familiar Holstian flourishes based on an original use of orchestral color and remnants of English folk melodies. Top job. --Paul Cook