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Holst: I Vow to Thee, My Country / Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
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Holst: I Vow to Thee, My Country / Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea

$20.99

Details

Composer
Gustav Holst
Artist
Joshua Ryan, Richard Horne
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Dec 02, 2022
Catalog #
SOMMCD 279
UPC
748871227927

About

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the release of I Vow to Thee, My Country, believed to be the first recording to feature all of Gustav Holst’s sacred choral music, by the Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea directed by William Vann, with organist Joshua Ryan and Richard Horne on tubular and bass bells. A prolific composer best known for his orchestral spectacular The Planets, Holst was an expressive and sincere composer and arranger of religious music despite his professed agnosticism. Included are his only setting of the Anglican Service for Evening Prayer, Nunc Dimittis, and his substantial Two Psalms and Four Festival Choruses, whose inspirations range from the Bible, Byzantine liturgy, 16th-century sources (not least Bach), and Welsh hymns. The 12 other featured songs see Holst setting an impressive array of centuries-spanning texts, and include the striking eight-part setting of Ave Maria for unaccompanied female voices, the ecstatic Not Unto Us, O Lord, premiered by the Royal Hospital Chelsea and William Vann in 2020, and the disc’s anthemic title song, its melody borrowed from The Planets’ ‘Jupiter’. I Vow to Thee, My Country is sponsored by The Holst Society, who also commissioned four new arrangements making their debut on album by Iain Farrington, and includes extensive, authoritative notes by Andrew Neill.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Nunc dimittis 03:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    Nunc dimittis
    Duration
    03:29
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  2. 2 Gird on Thy Sword 02:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Gird on Thy Sword
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  3. 3 Psalm 86, "To my humble supplication" 08:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Psalm 86, "To my humble supplication"
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  4. 4 Psalm 148, "Lord, Who hast made us for thine own" 06:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Psalm 148, "Lord, Who hast made us for thine own"
    Duration
    06:03
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  5. 5 4 Hymns for Songs of Praise: No. 2. In This World, the Isle of Dreams 02:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    4 Hymns for Songs of Praise: No. 2. In This World, the Isle of Dreams
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  6. 6 Not Unto Us, O Lord 06:11
    Track
    6
    Title
    Not Unto Us, O Lord
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  7. 7 Our Blest Redeemer 02:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    Our Blest Redeemer
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  8. 8 Short Festival Te Deum (arr. I. Farrington for choir and organ) 04:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Short Festival Te Deum (arr. I. Farrington for choir and organ)
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  9. 9 3 Hymns for The English Hymnal: No. 2. From Glory to Glory Advancing 01:38
    Track
    9
    Title
    3 Hymns for The English Hymnal: No. 2. From Glory to Glory Advancing
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  10. 10 Man Born to Toil 04:16
    Track
    10
    Title
    Man Born to Toil
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Richard Horne, Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  11. 11 Eternal Father 03:57
    Track
    11
    Title
    Eternal Father
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Richard Horne, Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  12. 12 By Weary Stages the Old World Ages 03:38
    Track
    12
    Title
    By Weary Stages the Old World Ages
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  13. 13 Christ Hath a Garden 02:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    Christ Hath a Garden
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  14. 14 Ave Maria, Op. 9b 04:35
    Track
    14
    Title
    Ave Maria, Op. 9b
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  15. 15 I Vow to Thee, My Country 02:22
    Track
    15
    Title
    I Vow to Thee, My Country
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  16. 16 3 Festival Choruses, Op. 36a: No. 3. A Festival Chime (arr. I. Farrington for choir, tubular bells and organ) 03:35
    Track
    16
    Title
    3 Festival Choruses, Op. 36a: No. 3. A Festival Chime (arr. I. Farrington for choir, tubular bells and organ)
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Richard Horne, Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  17. 17 All People That on Earth Do Dwell 06:33
    Track
    17
    Title
    All People That on Earth Do Dwell
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  18. 18 3 Festival Choruses, Op. 36a: No. 1. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (arr. I. Farrington for choir and organ) 03:47
    Track
    18
    Title
    3 Festival Choruses, Op. 36a: No. 1. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (arr. I. Farrington for choir and organ)
    Duration
    03:47
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann
  19. 19 3 Festival Choruses, Op. 36a: No. 2. Turn Back, O Man (arr. I. Farrington for choir and organ) 03:52
    Track
    19
    Title
    3 Festival Choruses, Op. 36a: No. 2. Turn Back, O Man (arr. I. Farrington for choir and organ)
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Joshua Ryan
    Ensemble
    Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea
    Conductor
    William Vann