HOLST Symphony. Indra - Symphonic Poem
Falletta’s first recording as Ulster Orchestra boss
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Composer or Director: Gustav Holst
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Naxos
Magazine Review Date: 08/2012
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 65
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: 8 572914
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Walt Whitman Overture |
Gustav Holst, Composer
Gustav Holst, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Ulster Orchestra |
Symphony, `The Cotswolds' |
Gustav Holst, Composer
Gustav Holst, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Ulster Orchestra |
(A) Winter Idyll |
Gustav Holst, Composer
Gustav Holst, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Ulster Orchestra |
Japanese Suite |
Gustav Holst, Composer
Gustav Holst, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Ulster Orchestra |
Indra |
Gustav Holst, Composer
Gustav Holst, Composer JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Ulster Orchestra |
Author: Jeremy Dibble
Nevertheless, it is good to hear these works played with such panache by the Ulster Orchestra under their new principal conductor, JoAnn Falletta, who gives the Cotswolds Symphony a more vigorous outing than does Douglas Bostock with the Munich SO. The slightly later symphonic poem Indra, Op 13 (1903), though still stylistically inchoate, reveals a major step forwards in terms of the exotic material used to reflect the subject of the Indian legend. Even more exotic, however, is the much more characteristic Japanese Suite, Op 33 (1916), a fascinating precursor to The Planets. Infused with techniques and sounds that arose from sounds he drew from hearing Stravinsky for the first time, the work is beautifully performed here, most notably the delicate, crystalline sounds of celesta, harp, woodwind and horn.
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