WEB FLAC (tracks) – 290 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps – 181 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:17:01Classical | Label: Chandos RecordsFive years after the highly-praised release of Volume 3, Sir Andrew Davis returns to his exploration of Holst’s orchestral works with the brilliant BBC Philharmonic, a series initiated almost ten years ago by the late Richard Hickox, then taken over by another expert in British repertoire.

This selection of orchestral works by Holst provides a remarkable overview of his career, ranging from such early works as A Winder Idyll – composed in 1897 when he was still studying at the Royal College of Music – to the Scherzo of a symphony on which he was working towards the end of his life.

None of the music recorded here was published in his lifetime, and the Scherzo – rarely heard though it is – is the only work to have entered the repertoire.

‘A Moorside Suite’, originally written for brass band, is featured here in the composer’s rarely heard arrangement for strings.

Tracklist:01. A Winter Idyll, H. 3102. Symphony in F Major, Op. 8 “Cotswolds”: I. Allegro con brio03. Symphony in F Major, Op. 8 “Cotswolds”: II. Elegy. Molto adagio (In Memoriam William Morris)04. Symphony in F Major, Op. 8 “Cotswolds”: III. Scherzo. Presto-Allegretto05. Symphony in F Major, Op. 8 “Cotswolds”: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato06. Invocation, Op. 19 No. 207. A Moorside Suite, H. 173 (Version for String Orchestra): I. Scherzo. Allegro08. A Moorside Suite, H. 173 (Version for String Orchestra): II. Nocturne. Adagio09. A Moorside Suite, H. 173 (Version for String Orchestra): III. March. Allegro10. Indra, Op. 1311. Scherzo, H. 192