Holst - Humbert Wolfe Songs, Part Songs, Hymn of Jesus, etc | Australian Eloquence ELQ4802327

Holst - Humbert Wolfe Songs, Part Songs, Hymn of Jesus, etc

Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4802327

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 21st February 2011

Contents

About

An inspired arrangement between Decca and Imogen Holst led to a series of pioneering recordings of her father’s music. They appeared on Argo and are now released as part of the Eloquence series.

The collection opens with the Pears/Britten recording of a substantial English song cycle never before published on CD, the twelve Humbert Wolfe settings, beautifully sung and mercurially played.

Contents:
- Twelve Songs, Op.48 (Words by Humbert Wolfe)
Sir Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)

- Ave Maria, Op.9b
- Three Welsh Folk Songs
- The Song of the Blacksmith
- Two Part-Songs
- Two Carols
The Purcell Singers / Imogen Holst

- The Hymn of Jesus, Op.37
BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult

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