Holst

BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4
WALTON Viola Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
HOLST A Fugal Concerto
COPLAND El Salón México
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad, Rhapsody
BUSONI Comedy Overture*

Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 40:41 (CDs: 2hr 34:04)

William Primrose, viola
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

*Bonus track supplied with downloads only

HOLST The Planets
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on Christmas Carols (Orchestral version)

Live broadcast recordings, 1943/44
Total duration:  71:28

NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski

HOLST
The Planets Suite
Beni Mora
The Perfect Fool

Stereo studio recordings, 1957 & 1961
Total duration: 75:03

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Women's Chorus
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

HOLST The Planets

Recorded 1922-3
Total duration: 43:36

London Symphony Orchestra
with Women's Chorus
conducted by Gustav Holst

HOLST The Planets
Recorded in 1954
Duration 47:12
London Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

ARNOLD Eight English Dances
BAX Tintagel
ELGAR Three Bavarian Dances; Chansons de Nuit & Matin
HOLST The Perfect Fool, Ballet Suites
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad; The Banks of Green Willow
WALTON Siesta

Recorded 1954
Total duration: 79:43

London Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

HOLST The Planets
Recorded in 1945
Duration 46:45

BBC Symphony Orchestra,
Conductor: Sir Adrian Boult

SCRIABIN The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54
STRAVINSKY The Firebird (1910) - excerpts
STRAVINSKY Song of the Nightingale - excerpts
PROKOFIEV The Love for Three Oranges - excerpts
PROKOFIEV Le pas d’acier - excerpts
HOLST The Planets - excerpts
HOLST The Perfect Fool - Ballet Music
BAX Mater ora Filium
RESPIGHI The Fountains of Rome
RAVEL La valse

Recorded 1920–1932
Total duration: 2hr 1:42

London Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Orchestra
Leeds Festival Choir
Albert Coates, conductor