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Holst - Double Concerto; St Paul's Suite; Brook Green Suite

~ Gustav Holst (Composer), Griffiths Howard (Conductor), Howard Griffiths (Conductor), Anna Pyne (Flute), Philip Harmer (Oboe), et al.
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  • Orchestra: English Sinfonia
  • Conductor: Griffiths Howard, Howard Griffiths
  • Composer: Gustav Holst
  • Audio CD (2 April 2007)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B000NOIWTY
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars A kaliedoscope of continuous invention, 13 Sep 2007
By Bernard Davis "Bernard Davis" (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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Never has there been a more unjust one hit wonder than Gustav Holst. For 90 years the Planets Suite has filled concert halls and provided orchestras and record companies with an easy money spinner. But there is so much more to this composer.

Here Naxos treats us to an hour's worth of his works for chamber and string orchestras, showing sides to his muse that are not even hinted at in the Planets. I first heard many of these pieces on a trusty old Lyrita LP where they were conducted by Gustav's daughter Imogen. She was no mean composer herself and sought to preserve her fathers music as he would have wished, but I have to say I prefer the way these compositions are treated here. In place of the dry unemotional style she demanded from the English Chamber Orchestra, the English Sinfonia under the baton of Howard Griffiths give these works more vibrant and romantic renditions. They also show themselves to be the better players.

The Brook Green and St Paul's Suites were written by Holst for the school orchestra at St Paul's Girls School where he taught. They are lively folk songs influenced works. The Brook Green Suite, with 3 movements clocking in at 6 minutes is a model of economy.

A Song of the Night for Violin and Orchestra and the Lyric Movement for Viola and Chamber Orchestra are both major works despite their short lengths. There romantic depths are revealed in this recording, as is their rich and powerful orchestration despite the small forces used. Here is a composer that really does make every note tell.

A Fugal Concerto is a pocket sized delight. The first movement is a light footed dance through the countryside that would make the perfect theme tune for a between the wars period drama serial. The slow movement then delves back to the baroque, weaving a wistful air before dance and air intertwine in the final movement.

Finally there is the Concerto for Two Violins and Orchestra in which all the threads of Holst's post Planets composing intertwine. It is full of beautiful moments, delicate, then vibrant, then searching, then - - - . It is a kaleidoscope of continuous invention.

So - another richly rewarding release from Naxos.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Wait for weight, 23 Dec 2007
By Jon Chambers (Birmingham, England) - See all my reviews
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Apart from The Planets, not much of Holst's output has achieved any real acclaim. It is to the great credit of Naxos, therefore, that they have tried to bring some of the lesser-known works to public attention. Pieces written for St Paul's Girls' School, Hammersmith, for example, or the Suite in Eb that I vaguely remember our Birmingham Schools' Orchestra playing. (Didn't quite make it onto LP, this one.)

The opening work on this CD, Brook Green, is decidedly lightweight, in terms of its duration (6') and its character. Not surprising, really, given its dedication to the Girls' School Junior Orchestra. But despite the lightness of touch, there is always enough interest to reward the attentive listener. More substantial is the St Paul's Suite, with its folk-inspired melodies reminiscent of Warlock's medley, Capriol Suite. The Finale uses folk material in a different way - it has Green Sleeves running in counterpoint to Holst's original melody, the so-called Dargason.

Counterpoint was something of a favourite form for Holst, who deploys it to great effect in the impressive, neo-Baroque Fugal Concerto for flute and oboe. Similarly counterpointed is the Double Concerto for two violins, another distinguished composition, powerfully played. The closing bars of the finale, with drums beating an insistent and slightly menacing rhythm, recapture something of the originality and force of Mars from The Planets.

With the exception of the last two, weightier, works (although these are still small-scale), the bulk of this disc is made up of music that is probably best described as quiet and unassuming. The playing meanwhile, by the English Sinfonia under Howard Griffith, is always assured and committed. It isn't too difficult to see why The Planets has made a much bigger noise on the world's stage, where larger scale usually equates to greater impact. This is a CD with considerable charm, nonetheless, and is one that you will probably want to return to surprisingly often.
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