Another re-release from Hickox's classic recordings finds US knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of Holst's lighter orchestral pieces, worked colorfully with a slightly French flair. Song of the Night for solo violin shows the composer in a confident and imaginative Romantic frame of mind. Finally, the comic chamber opera the Wandering Scholar was one of Holst's latest works, stripped down to only the barest necessities. Hickox's lively performance was hailed as inspiring "full-blooded music-making" throughout.
3 Scene de Nuit - Bradley Creswick/Northern Sinfonia
4 Carnival - Bradley Creswick/Northern Sinfonia
5 A Song of the Night, Op. 19, No. 1 - Lesley Hatfield/Northern Sinfonia
6 Louis: 'When Boughs Are Green in April'
7 Alison: 'When Rainbows Follow Flying Showers'
8 Philippe: 'Piggy, Piggy, Piggy!'
9 Alison: 'Someone Is Coming!'
10 Pierre: 'Before That I Was Twenty'
11 Phillipe: 'Learned? Comely?'
12 Alison: 'Heigho, a Pretty Knave!'
13 Louis: 'He'll Lie All Day in the Sun'
14 Pierre: 'As I Was Walking Here To-Day'
Another re-release from Hickox's classic recordings finds US knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of Holst's lighter orchestral pieces, worked colorfully with a slightly French flair. Song of the Night for solo violin shows the composer in a confident and imaginative Romantic frame of mind. Finally, the comic chamber opera the Wandering Scholar was one of Holst's latest works, stripped down to only the barest necessities. Hickox's lively performance was hailed as inspiring "full-blooded music-making" throughout.
