Holst - Hammersmith
classical > brass CD
RRP £20.30 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Performers
- Hugh:Rsno:Lloyd-Jones
- Label
- Naxos Classics
- Barcode
- 9786304997369
Product Description Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Somerset RhapsodyBeni MoraInvocation for Cello and OrchestraFugal OvertureEgdon HeathHammersmithLooking back over the twentieth centuryone might wonder how Gustav Holst came to be such a seminal figure in Britishmusic on the basis of so few familiar works. Today's casual concert-goer orrecord-buyer would be challenged to name three or four of his compositions. Infact he wrote several hundred in practically every genre. Singers will knowpart-songs and wind-players the military-band suites, but his modern reputationrests on The Planets, The Hymn of Jesus, and perhaps the ballet music toThe Perfect Fool. These few pieces not only underpin Holst's presentposition but were all written in the surprisingly short period when hereceived, or in his view endured, popular approval. The Planets wasfirst performed in 1918, The Hymn of Jesus in 1920 and The PerfectFool in 1922. Outside this period of public favour things were different:hitherto he was young, up and coming, needing to feed himself, find his ownvoice and make it heard; afterwards, being the personality he was, the price offorging ahead was to leave the public and the musical establishment behind.This caused Holst no heartache at all for there was little chance that criticalendorsement would ever compromise his artistic tenets.This recording neatly covers inchronological order these outer two periods (three pieces from each of them),revealing some clues as to why Holst was so centra
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- orchestral works
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