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Holst: The Wandering Scholar; Suite de ballet; A Song of the Night

CHAN 10725 X

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Playing time: 53'40"
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 44
© 1999, 2012 Chandos Records Ltd
Reviewer: Paul Sarcich
Review of Holst: The Wandering Scholar; Suite de ballet; A Song of the Night published on 13 September 2012

Listen: Holst: Before that I was twenty (The Wandering Scholar) (track 10, 0:00-0:59)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934):

Suite de ballet, Op 10 in E flat
1 Danse rustique
2 Valse
3 Scène de nuit
4 Carnival
Bradley Creswick, violin (Scène de nuit)
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor

5 A Song of the Night, Op 19 No 1
Lesley Hatfield, violin
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor

The Wandering Scholar, Op 50
6 Louis: When boughs are green in April -
7 Alison: When rainbows follow flying showers -
8 Philippe: Piggy, piggy, piggy!
9 Alison: Someone is coming! -
10 Pierre: Before that I was twenty -
11 Philippe: Learned? Comely? -
12 Alison: Heigho, a pretty knave! -
13 Louis: He'll lie all day in the sun -
14 Pierre: As I was walking here to-day
Ingrid Attrot, soprano - Alison
Neill Archer, tenor - Pierre
Alan Opie, baritone - Louis
Donald Maxwell, bass - Father Philippe
Northern Sinfonia
Richard Hickox, conductor

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