Perfect Fool Ballet Gustav Holst Sir Malcolm Sargent LPO

This extract from the ballet music for the failed opera The Perfect Fool by Gustav Holst is from a 1946 recording made by the London Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Sir Malcolm Sargent.

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Techie stuff;
Recorded in London's Kingsway Hall March 13 1946 . Producer Victor Olof, balance engineer Kenneth E Wilkinson. 78rpm transfer Barry Coward. Digital remastering Simon Heyworth at http://www.superaudiomastering.com/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• classical
• holst
• sargent

[fliss69]

There is a wonderful documentary about Holst on BBC4 - youtube wouldn't let me copy the url unfortunately, but its called In The Bleak Mid Winter.

[AnkoraFeonix]

Not if the planets are based around the roman deities.

[DTravisKelly]

This piece always seems like it somehow escaped from The Planets. . . really, Earth should be in there too, don't you think?

[singerguy93]

NJ All state orchestra performed this. it was friggin amazing. i was in the choir. lol

[pseudoalpha4real]

holst is the best, really, the best.

[Sviolinist]

this is seriously some of the greatest music ever composed!

[pseudoalpha4real]

I really like this piece by Holst. Do you know the story behind its failure? I ask because I'm curious, not testing.

Also, you should post a recording of his "Egdon Heath" up. I need to get a recording of that one.