Holst - Hymns from the Rig Veda
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Label: Unicorn Kanchana
Cat No: DKPCD9046
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Contents
Works
HolstThe Bacchae: Hymn to Dionysus, op.31/2
Holst
Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda
Holst
Two Eastern Pictures
Artists
Osian EllisRoyal College of Music Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
David WillcocksWorks
HolstThe Bacchae: Hymn to Dionysus, op.31/2
Holst
Choral Hymns from The Rig Veda
Holst
Two Eastern Pictures
Artists
Osian EllisRoyal College of Music Chamber Choir
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
David WillcocksAbout
"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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