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CDA66705
Superseded by CDH55171

Recording details: October 1993
St Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Martin Compton
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: February 1994
Total duration: 71 minutes 13 seconds

'Fascinating... The Holst Singers cover themselves in distinction. A gem' (CDReview)

'A real joy to listen through without interruption' (Gramophone)

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)
This have I done for my true love
Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS
1
Ave Maria, H49 Op 9b  [4'41]
2
Of one that is so fair and bright, H130 Op 34 No 3  [1'45]
Two Carols, H91
3
No 1: A Welcome Song  [2'30]
Four Old English Carols, H82 Op 20b
4
No 3: Jesu, Thou the Virgin-born  [2'38]
Two Carols, H91
5
No 2: Terly, terlow  [2'28]
6
Lullay my liking, H129 Op 34 No 2  [3'28]
7
Bring us in good ale, H131 Op 34 No 4  [1'15]
8
Diverus and Lazarus, H137  [4'30]
9
This have I done for my true love, H128 Op 34 No 1 'Tomorrow shall be my dancing day'  [5'39]
Songs from The Princess, H80 Op 20a
10
No 1: Sweet and low  [2'23]
11
No 2: The splendour falls  [2'32]
12
No 3: Tears, idle tears  [2'05]
13
No 4: O swallow, swallow  [1'48]
Songs from The Princess, H81 Op 20a
14
: Home they brought her warrior dead  [1'52]
Songs from The Princess, H80 Op 20a
15
No 5: Now sleeps the crimson petal  [1'45]
16
O spiritual pilgrim, H188  [2'11]
Twelve Welsh Folk Songs, H183
17
No 9: Mae 'nghariad i'n Fenws  [2'04]
Two Eastern Pictures, H112
18
No 1: Spring  [2'06]
19
No 2: Summer  [2'47]
20
Light leaves whisper, H20  [1'55]
21
In youth is pleasure, H76  [1'42]
Six Choral Folksongs, H136 Op 36b/4
22
No 4: The Song of the Blacksmith  [1'26]
Six Choral Folksongs, H136 Op 36b/1
23
No 1: I sow'd the seeds of love  [2'26]
Six Choral Folksongs, H136 Op 36b/5
24
No 5: I love my love  [5'08]
Six Choral Folksongs, H136 Op 36b/3
25
No 3: Matthew, Mark and Luke and John  [2'13]
Six Choral Folksongs, H136 Op 36b/2
26
No 2: There was a tree  [3'02]
Six Choral Folksongs, H136 Op 36b/6
27
No 6: Swansea Town  [2'54]