Hyperion Various CD Lie strewn the white flocks

Hilary Davan Wetton (conductor), Holst Singers

CDH55050 (Originally issued on CDA66175)

Recording details: March 1985
St Paul's School for Girls, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Mark Brown
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: September 2001
Total duration: 59 minutes 53 seconds

Track listing CD1 1
Choral Dances from Gloriana, Op 53 1967 version (Britten) 'The Masque begins' 12:08

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda. Group 3, H99 Op 26 No 3 (Holst)
2 No 1: Hymn to the Dawn 'Hear our hymn, O Goddess' 2:50
3 No 2: Hymn to the Waters 'Flowing from the firmament' 1:58
4 No 3: Hymn to Vena 'The sun rising through the mist' 'Vena comes, born of light' 5:11
5 No 4: Hymn of the Travellers 'Go thou on before us' 2:36

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss/Jonson)
6 No 1: The Shepherds' Holyday 'Thus, thus begin the yearly rites' 4:23

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss/Fletcher)
7 No 2: A Hymn to Pan 'All ye woods and trees and bowers' 2:57

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss)
8 No 3: Pan's Saraband 2:14

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss/Poliziano/Nichols)
9 No 4: Pan and Echo – The Naiads' Music 'Where while I seek you, Echo, do you live,Love? – Come, ye sorrowful and steep' 9:50

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss/Nichols)
10 No 5: The Pigeon Song 'Little pigeon, grave and fleet' 5:16

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss/Theocritus)
11 No 6: The Song of the Reapers 'Demeter, rich in fruit, and rich in grain' 1:58

Pastoral 'Lie strewn the white flocks' (Bliss/Nichols/Fletcher)
12 No 7: The Shepherd's Night-Song 'Now arched dark boughs hang dim and still – Shepherds all, maidens fair' 8:32