Holst: Savitri / The Dream-City (song cycle), Opp. 25,48 [Import, Original recording reissued]

Felicity Palmer (Artist), Stephen Varcoe (Artist), Patrizia Kwella (Artist), Gustav Holst (Composer), Richard Hickox (Conductor), City of London Sinfonia (Orchestra), Richard Hickox Singers (Performer), Philip Langridge (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Richard Hickox Singers, Philip Langridge
• Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia
• Conductor: Richard Hickox
• Composer: Gustav Holst
• Audio CD (July 11, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording reissued
• Label: Hyperion UK
• ASIN: B00004TQP8
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,406 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Savitri! Savitri! I Am Death

2. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Greeting To Thee, My Loving Savitri!

3. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: The Forest Is To Me A Mirror

4. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Love To The Lover

5. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Once I Knew Maya

6. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Savitri, Savitri! Mine Arm Is Pow'rless

7. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: I Am With Thee

8. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Savitri! I Am Death

9. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Welcome, Lord!

10. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Thine Is The Holiness

11. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Then Enter, Lord

12. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Stay! Grant Me This Boon!

13. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Ah! Death, The Just One

14. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Loneliness And Pain Are Ended

15. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Savitri! Is It Thou?

16. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: Unto His Kingdom

17. Savitri. An Episode From The Mahabharata: Savitri: I Am With Thee

18. The Dream-City: I. Persephone

19. The Dream-City: II. Things Lovelier

20. The Dream-City: III. Now In These Fairylands

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Skip this Savitri, September 23, 2005

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This review is from: Holst: Savitri / The Dream-City (song cycle), Opp. 25,48 (Audio CD)

Holst was a great devotee of Hind mythology, and his chamber opera Savitri was the best thing he did in that vein. I've loved it for forty years, and the classic performance under Imogen Holst, the composer's daughter, is out on London/Decca with the amazing Janet Baker and Robert Tear. compared to it, this performance is clumsy and awkwardly sung by the female lead.

12 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unexpected treasure, April 20, 2001

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"ghills123" (West Des Moines, IA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holst: Savitri / The Dream-City (song cycle), Opp. 25,48 (Audio CD)

Like most people, I only knew Holst from 'The Planets'. Wanting to expand my horizons, I bought this disc on a whim. What a suprise! Savitri, a half-hour chamber opera, is exotic, highly original and hauntingly beautiful. The performance is superb. All fans of late-romantic exotica should give it a try