Johnston/Davis - Gustav Holst: A Winter Idyll, Symphony in F, Op. 8, 'The Cotswolds', Indra, Op. 13, Invocation, Op. 19, A Moorside Suite

Five 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.