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Track(s) taken from CDA66705

Six Choral Folksongs, H136

composer
1916; Op 36b
author of text
Nos 1, 2, 4 & 6: Hampshire folk songs collected by G B Gardiner; No 3: from Songs of the West by Sabine Baring-Gould, H F Sheppard and F W Bussell, ed Cecil J Sharp (1905); No 5: Cornish folk song collected by G B Gardiner

Holst Singers, Stephen Layton (conductor)
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: 17 minutes 9 seconds
 

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‘A real joy to listen through without interruption’ (Gramophone)

‘Fascinating … the Holst Singers cover themselves in distinction. A gem’ (CDReview)

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