Credits:

Holst, Gustav (1874-1934)

Description:

A collection of choral works by Holst, one of the most important British composers of the 20th century. This album collects all of his religious choral works known today, and is performed by the Royal Hospital Chelsea Chapel Choir, a well-known ensemble. Holst is best known for his suite "The Planets," but he also wrote a great deal of religious music, and left behind a wide variety of works, from originals to arrangements. The "Nunc Dimittis" for the Church of England's "Evening Prayer" and the rich "Two Psalms and Four Festive Choruses" show the inspiration that Holst must have drawn from the Bible, 16th century music, and the works of J.S. Bach and other composers. The other is an unaccompanied work in eight voices. Other works with a sensual sound include "Ave Maria," sung by an eight-part unaccompanied female chorus.The program also includes track 6 "Not Unto Us, O Lord" premiered in 2020, "I Vow to Thee, My Country" adapted from the famous melody of "Jupiter," and four works arranged by Ian Farrington for the British Holst Society, giving a sense of the choral tradition that has been handed down through the ages in the United Kingdom. This is a disc in which you can feel the tradition of choral works that has been handed down from generation to generation in the United Kingdom. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Nunc Dimittis
2.Gird on Thy Sword (Chilswell)
3.Two Psalms~Psalm 86. To My Humble Supplication
4.Two Psalms~Psalm 148. Lord, Who Hast Made Us for Thine Own
5.4 Hymns for Songs of Praise, H. 161~In This World, the Isle of Dreams (Brook End)
6.Not Unto Us, O Lord
7.Our Blest Redeemer (Essex)
8.Short Festival Te Deum
9.From Glory to Glory Advancing (Sheen)
10.Man Born to Toil
11.Eternal Father
12.By Weary Stages the Old World Ages (Hill Crest)
13.Christ Hath a Garden (Leighton)
14.Ave Maria for female voices
15.I Vow to Thee, My Country (Thaxted)
16.Four Festival Choruses~A Festival Chime
17.Four Festival Choruses~All People that on Earth Do Dwell
18.Four Festival Choruses~Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence
19.Four Festival Choruses~Turn Back, O Man