Holst: Suite De Ballet - A Song of the Night - the Wandering

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
July 31, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HOLST, GUSTAV
    • PERFORMER
      Hickox, Attrot, Archer, Opie, Maxwell, Hatfield, Northern Sinfonia
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 31, 2012
    • UPC
      095115172520
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 10725 X
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Danse rustique

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Bradley Creswick

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    2. II. Valse

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Bradley Creswick

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    3. III. Scene de nuit

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Bradley Creswick

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    4. IV. Carnival

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Bradley Creswick

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    5. A Song of the Night, Op. 19, No. 1

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Lesley Hatfield

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    6. When boughs are green in April (Louis, Alison) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Alan Opie, Ingrid Attrot

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    7. When rainbows follow flying showers (Alison) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    8. Piggy, piggy, piggy! (Father Philippe, Alison) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Donald Maxwell, Ingrid Attrot

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    9. Someone is coming! (Alison, Father Philippe, Pierre) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot, Neill Archer, Donald Maxwell

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    10. Before that I was twenty (Pierre, Father Philippe, Alison) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot, Neill Archer, Donald Maxwell

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    11. Learned? Comely? (Father Philippe, Pierre, Alison) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot, Neill Archer, Donald Maxwell

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    12. Heigho, a pretty knave! (Alison, Father Philippe) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot, Donald Maxwell

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    13. He'll lie all day in the sun (Louis, Pierre, Alison) -

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot, Neill Archer, Alan Opie

      Conductor: Richard Hickox

    14. As I was walking here to-day (Pierre, Louis, Alison)

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia

      Performer: Ingrid Attrot, Neill Archer, Alan Opie

      Conductor: Richard Hickox


Another re-release from Hickox’s classic recordings finds us knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of Holst’s lighter orchestral pieces, worked colorfully with a slightly French flair. Song of the Night for solo violin shows the composer in a confident and imaginative Romantic frame of mind. Finally, the comic chamber opera The Wandering Scholar was one of Holst’s latest works, stripped down to only the barest necessities. Hickox’s lively performance was hailed as inspiring “full-blooded music-making” throughout.