CDA66329 - Disc 1 Track 4 - Six Choruses, H186 Op 52

Six Choruses, H186 Op 52

First line:

Set free Thy people, set free Thy servants

composer

Gustav Holst (1874-1934)

1931/2

Recordings

Holst: The Evening Watch & other choral works
Holst Singers, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

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CDH55170 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

No 1: Good Friday Alone to sacrifice Thou goest Lord

author of text
Peter Abelard (1079-1142)
translator of text
Helen Jane Waddell (1889-1965)

Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Track 3 on CDH55170 [4'09] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English

No 2: Intercession Set free Thy people, set free Thy servants

author of text
Sedulius Scottus (?-?)
translator of text
Helen Jane Waddell (1889-1965)

Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Track 4 on CDH55170 [3'16] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English

No 3: How mighty are the Sabbaths

author of text
Peter Abelard (1079-1142)
translator of text
Helen Jane Waddell (1889-1965)

Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Track 5 on CDH55170 [5'36] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English

No 4: A Love Song Noblest, I pray Thee

author of text
Anonymous
Benedictbeuren Manuscript
translator of text
Helen Jane Waddell (1889-1965)

Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Track 6 on CDH55170 [2'05] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English

No 5: Drinking Song To you, consummate drinkers, though little be your drought

author of text
Anonymous
Benedictbeuren Manuscript
translator of text
Helen Jane Waddell (1889-1965)

Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Track 7 on CDH55170 [2'05] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English

No 6: Before Sleep The toil of day is ebbing, the quiet comes again

author of text
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-after 405)
translator of text
Helen Jane Waddell (1889-1965)

Holst Singers, Holst Orchestra, Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

Track 8 on CDH55170 [2'50] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)
English English

Six Choruses, H186 Op 52

The Six Choruses for male voices and string orchestra, H186 (Op 53), were composed between 1931 and 1932 and represent both Holst’s last major creative utterance, and his final work to be awarded an opus number. The words are by Helen Waddell, from her book Medieval Latin Lyrics. Written just after the Choral Fantasia and Hammersmith, these pieces extend still further the refinement of detail and economy of expression which characterize all of Holst’s later music. His tendency in these works towards de-personalization and an adoption of a cerebral style has tended to alienate audiences who are inclined to react against their apparent emotional frigidity. However, observed as one might study, say, an intricate watch mechanism, these pieces reveal an unexpected and unique beauty all of their own.

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Details for CDA66329 track 4

Intercession

Artists

Holst Singers

Holst Orchestra

Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor)

ISRC

GB-AJY-89-32904

Duration

3'16

Recording date

2 October 1988

Recording venue

St Paul's School for Girls, London, United Kingdom

Recording producer

Martin Compton

Recording engineer

Tony Faulkner

Hyperion usage

Holst: The Evening Watch & other choral works (CDA66329)
Disc 1 Track 4
Release date: September 1989
Deletion date: February 2004
Superseded by CDH55170
Holst: The Evening Watch & other choral works (CDH55170)
Disc 1 Track 4
Release date: February 2004
Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Hyperion Records