Holst Singers :: This have I done for my true love

Helios CDH55171/Hyperion CDA66705
Released February 1994

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GUSTAV HOLST (1874-1934)
This have I done for my true love
Partsongs by Gustav Holst

THE HOLST SINGERS
STEPHEN LAYTON conductor
DAVID THEODORE oboe
ROBERT TRUMAN cello
SIONED WILLIAMS harp

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Tracks on this album

Ave Maria H49 (Op 9b) 1900 [4'33]
Of one that is so fair and bright H130 (Op 34 No 3) 1916 [1'40]
A Welcome Song No 1 of Two Carols H91 c1907 † [2'25]
Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born No 3 of Four Old English Carols H82 (Op 20b) 1907 [2'32]
Terly, terlow No 2 of Two Carols H91 1916 † [2'21]
Lullay my liking H129 (Op 34 No 2) 1916 [3'23]
Bring us in good ale H131 (Op 34 No 4) 1916 [1'09]
Diverus and Lazarus H137 c1917 [4'27]
This have I done for my true love H128 (Op 34 No 1) 1916 [5'29]

Songs from The Princess H80 (Op 20a) 1905 for female voices
Sweet and low [2'20]
The splendour falls [2'28]
Tears, idle tears [2'01]
O swallow, swallow [1'42]
Home they brought her warrior dead H81 [1'49]
Now sleeps the crimson petal [1'38]
O spiritual pilgrim H188 1933 [2'09]
Mae ’nghariad i’n Fenws No 9 of Twelve Welsh Folk Songs H183 1930/1 [1'58]

Two Eastern Pictures H112 1911 for female voices and harp
Spring [2'16]
Summer [2'42]
Light leaves whisper H20 1896 [1'51]
In youth is pleasure H76 c1907 [1'36]

Six Choral Folk Songs H136 (Op 36b) 1916
The Song of the Blacksmith [1'20]
I sow’d the seeds of love [2'24]
I love my love [5'01]
Matthew, Mark and Luke and John [2'09]
There was a tree [2'56]
Swansea Town [2'53]

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Reviews of this recording:


	The Holst Singers produce a warmth of tone and range of expression which brings out every ounce of beauty from the song. Gramophone, June 1994

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	Stephen Layton's 36-voice mixed choir gives one the sense of hearing the music directly from the horse's mouth. These folks aren't called The Holst Singers for nothing. Moore, D. Guide to records, Vol. 57, American Record Guide p80, November 1994

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	The Holst Singers ... capture the beautiful remote coolness of Holst's language. A gem of a disc. Soundscapes, July 1994

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	The music here is affecting and luminescent ...unmissable. Vox, June 1994

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	The Holst Singers under Stephen Layton cover themselves with distinction throughout the collection, singing with refinement, gusto and wide-ranging dynamic control. CD Review, March 1994

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	The Holst Singers are a pure young-toned group, surely as close on sound to that Holst had in mind when writing for his young amateurs. Classic CD, May 1994

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	The Holst Singers conducted by Stephen Layton, are very much, as their name implies, 'at home' with this music... most beautifully sung. Indeed a string of pearls. Methodist Recorder, March 1994

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	Especially enchanting is "The splendour falls," with high women's voices imitating the sound of distant bugle calls. Fanfare, March 1994

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	You will revel in this magnificent compilation. Braille Music Magazine, March 1994

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