Holst: St. Paul's Suite

Holst: St. Paul's Suite

Holst: St. Paul's Suite
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Composer: Gustav Holst
Conductor: Richard Hickox
Orchestra: London Sinfonia
Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-07-26
Music Label: Chandos
Soundtracks:
  1. Double Concerto For Two Violins And Small Orchestra Op. 49: I. Scherzo
  2. Double Concerto For Two Violins And Small Orchestra Op. 49: II. Lament
  3. Double Concerto For Two Violins And Small Orchestra Op. 49: III. Variations On A Ground
  4. Two Songs Without Words Op.22: 1. Country Song
  5. Two Songs Without Words: 2. Marching Song
  6. Lyric Movement For Viola And Small Orchestra
  7. Brook Green Suite: IPrelude
  8. Brook Green Suite: II Air
  9. Brook Green Suite: III Dance
  10. A Fugal Concerto For Flute, Oboe And String Orchestra Op. 40 No. 2: I Moderato
  11. A Fugal Concerto For Flute, Oboe And String Orchestra Op. 40 No. 2: II Adagio
  12. A Fugal Concerto For Flute, Oboe And String Orchestra Op. 40 No. 2: III Allegro
  13. St. Paul's Suite Op.29 No.2: I Jig
  14. St. Paul's Suite Op.29 No.2: II Ostinato
  15. St. Paul's Suite Op.29 No.2: III Intermezzo
  16. St. Paul's Suite Op.29 No.2: IV Finale (The Dargason)

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Music Review: The Holst Problem
Rating: 5 Stars

I once posted a question at a classical music forum which first stated what we all know. Most celebrated composers began their careers as virtuoso pianists: Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Liszt, Saint-Saëns, Rachmaninoff, et al. But, I asked, Which composers did not play the piano? The two I named were Berlioz and Holst, both sadly neglected today. Gustav Holst could play the piano, but his right hand was crippled by neuritis, and he could barely hold a pen to write music with. (In his youth, Holst worked as a professional trombone player, which is why he wrote so well for brass.)

Some of the reason for Holst's neglect today is, I think, that after the success in the UK of "The Planets" (which remained almost unknown in the USA until about 1970) with its big, oafish melodies, Holst was haunted by it, as Ravel was haunted by his "Bolero," and so Holst tried to demonstrate that he was a genuine "serious" composer, and he embraced the neoclassical style that Stravinsky and Hindemith (among others) had adopted. The result was that his later work is exceptionally dry, cold, and almost sterile. Perhaps because of his interest in Hindu mysticism and astrology, he also kept the ethereal mood of "Neptune." Most movements are very brief.

I have a tape of an interview with Holst's daughter Imogen (1907-1984) in which she states that, a few years before his death, her father attended a performance of Schubert's Quintet in C, and from it, he realized that he missed warmth in his music. Perhaps there would've been a welcome change in his work had he lived, but instead he left a legacy of late works which we respect, but it's difficult to rouse any enthusiasm over.

Happily, this album includes both mature works by Holst and some of his early, jolly music. If you play a stringed instrument, you likely have played both the "St. Paul's Suite" and the "Brook Green Suite" (both of which include folk melodies) many, many times.

Like everything done by the late Richard Hickox, the performance is superb, and like everything on the Chandos label, the sound is immaculate.
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