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Hymn to Dionysus : op. 31, no. 2 ; Choral hymns from the Rig Veda : op. 26 ; Two Eastern pictures / Gustav Holst.
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- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934.
- Standardized Title:
- Choral music. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Euripides--Musical settings.
- Euripides.
- Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with orchestra.
- Choruses, Sacred (Women's voices) with orchestra.
- Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
- Choruses, Sacred (Women's voices) with harp.
- Choruses, Sacred (Men's voices) with orchestra.
- Choruses, Secular (Women's voices) with harp.
- Musical settings.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- Choral hymns from the Rig Veda.
- Two Eastern pictures.
- 2 Eastern pictures.
- Eastern pictures.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Unicorn-Kanchana, [1985]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Choral hymns from the Rig Veda. Group 2. To Varuna ; To Agni ; Funeral chant. Group 1. Battle hymn ; To the unknown God. Group 3. Hymn to the dawn ; Hymn to the waters ; Hymn to Vena ; Hymn to the travellers. Group 4. Hymn to Soma ; Hymn to Manas.
- Participant:
- Royal College of Music Chamber Choir ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ; Osian Ellis, harp ; Sir David Willcocks, conductor.
- Notes:
- The 1st work and 2nd group of the 2nd work for women's chorus and orchestra; the 1st group of the 2nd work for chorus and orchestra; the 3rd group of the 2nd work and the 3rd work for women's chorus and harp; the 4th group of the 2nd work for men's chorus and orchestra.
- Sung in English.
- Words of the 1st work from Euripides, translated into English by Gilbert Murray; words of the 3rd from the Kalidasa. Words of the 2nd and 3rd works translated into English by the composer.
- Compact disc.
- Digital recording.
- Durations: 8:54; 37:02 (without pauses); 5:11 (without pauses).
- Program notes by Colin Mathews, notes on the performers, and texts (11 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Recorded Dec. 4-5, 1984, All Saints Church, Tooting, London.
- Contains:
- Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Hymn to Dionysus. 1985.
- Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Choral hymns from the Rig Veda. Selections. 1985.
- Holst, Gustav, 1874-1934. Eastern pictures. 1985.
- OCLC:
- 78130666
- Publisher Number:
- DKP (CD) 9046 Unicorn-Kanchana
- DKP 9046 Unicorn-Kanchana
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