Holst: The Collector's Edition – review

Various Artists(EMI, six CDs)There's no particular Gustav Holst anniversary being celebrated at the moment, so perhaps it is just the current emphasis on all things British that has encouraged EMI to bring together such a comprehensive range of the Holst recordings from its back catalogue. The first disc inevitably begins with The Planets, in the final, uncompromising version that Adrian Boult made with the London Philharmonic in 1978, which remains one the finest around. It also includes anothe...

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