Offer,Holst: Orchestral Works Volume 3
Susan Gritton (soprano), with BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis
the chief asset...is soprano Susan Gritton's unaffected engagement with Holst's bright-eyed and full-hearted response to Whitman. Andrew Davis conducts a warm and idiomatic account. — More…
Contents
Holst: The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18, H. 71
- Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Susan Gritton
- Recorded: 6, 7 April 2013
- Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK
Hark! Some wild trumpeter
Blow again, trumpeter - O, how the immortal phantoms crowd around me
Blow again, trumpeter - O trumpeter
Now trumpeter, for thy close
Holst: First Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155, Prelude
- Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus
- Recorded: 6, 7 April 2013
- Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK
Invocation to Pan "O Thou, whose mighty palace roof doth hang" (Chorus)
Holst: First Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155, I, Song and Bacchanal
- Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Caroline Harrison, Susan Gritton, BBC Symphony Chorus
- Recorded: 6, 7 April 2013
- Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK
Ia. Beneath my palm trees, by the river side (Soprano)
Ib. And as I sat, over the light blue hills (Soprano)
II - IV. Whence came ye, merry Damsels! whence came ye! (Chorus) - Within his car, aloft, young Bacchus stood (Soprano) - Whence came ye, jolly Satyrs (Chorus)
V & VI. Onward the tiger and the leopard pants (Soprano) - Bacchus, young Bacchus (Chorus)
Holst: First Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155, II, Ode on a Grecian Urn
- Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus
- Recorded: 6, 7 April 2013
- Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK
Thou still unravish'd bride of quietness (Chorus)
Heard melodies are sweet, but those undeard (Chorus)
Ah, happy boughs! that cannot shed (Chorus)
Who are these coming to the sacrifice? (Chorus)
O Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede (Chorus)
Holst: First Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155, III, Scherzo
- Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus
- Recorded: 6, 7 April 2013
- Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK
I. Fancy "Ever let the Fancy roam" (Chorus)
II. Folly's Song "When wedding fiddles are a-playing" (Chorus)
Holst: First Choral Symphony, Op. 41, H. 155, IV, Finale
- Sir Andrew Davis, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Susan Gritton, BBC Symphony Chorus
- Recorded: 6, 7 April 2013
- Recording Venue: Fairfield Halls, Croydon, UK
I & II. Spirit here that reignest! (Soprano) - God of the Golden bow (Chorus)
III & IV. Then, through thy Temple wide (Soprano) - Tis awful silence then again (Chorus)
V & VIa. Next thy Tasso's ardent numbers (Soprano) - But when Thou joinest with the Nine (Chorus)
VIb. Bards of Passion and of Mirth (Chorus)
VII. Spirit here that reignest! (Soprano) - Bards of Passion and of Mirth (Chorus)