Editing Gustav Holst (section)

==Recordings==
Holst made some recordings, conducting his own music. For the [[Columbia Graphophone Company|Columbia]] company he recorded ''Beni Mora'', the ''Marching Song'' and the complete ''Planets'' with the [[London Symphony Orchestra]] (LSO) in 1922, using the [[Recording studio#1890s to 1930s|acoustic process]]. The limitations of early recording prevented the gradual fade-out of women's voices at the end of "Neptune", and the lower strings had to be replaced by a tuba to obtain an effective bass sound.<ref>Short, p. 205</ref> With an anonymous string orchestra Holst recorded the ''St Paul's Suite'' and ''Country Song'' in 1925.<ref>{{cite news|title= Columbia Records|newspaper=The Times|date=5 November 1925|page=10}}</ref> Columbia's main rival, [[His Master's Voice (British record label)|HMV]], issued recordings of some of the same repertoire, with an unnamed orchestra conducted by [[Albert Coates (musician)|Albert Coates]].<ref>{{cite news|title= Gramophone Notes |newspaper=The Times|date=9 June 1928|page=12}}</ref> When electrical recording came in, with dramatically improved recording quality, Holst and the LSO re-recorded ''The Planets'' for Columbia in 1926.<ref>Short, p. 247</ref>

In the early [[Long playing record|LP]] era little of Holst's music was available on disc. Only six of his works are listed in the 1955 issue of ''[[The Record Guide]]'': ''The Planets'' (recordings under Boult on HMV and [[Nixa Records|Nixa]], and another under [[Malcolm Sargent|Sir Malcolm Sargent]] on [[Decca Records|Decca]]); the ''Perfect Fool'' ballet music; the ''St Paul's Suite''; and three short choral pieces.<ref>Sackville-West and Shawe-Taylor, pp. 378–379</ref> In the stereo LP and CD eras numerous recordings of ''The Planets'' were issued, performed by orchestras and conductors from round the world. By the early years of the 21st century most of the major and many of the minor orchestral and choral works had been issued on disc. The 2008 issue of ''[[The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music]]'' contained seven pages of listings of Holst's works on CD.<ref>March, pp. 617–623</ref> Of the operas, ''Savitri'', ''The Wandering Scholar'', and ''At the Boar's Head'' have been recorded.<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/title/savitri-an-episode-from-the-mahabharata/oclc/18508869&referer=brief_results "Savitri"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144230/http://www.worldcat.org/title/savitri-an-episode-from-the-mahabharata/oclc/18508869%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=12 June 2018 }}; and [http://www.worldcat.org/title/wandering-scholar-at-the-boars-head/oclc/39784315&referer=brief_results "Wandering scholar / At the Boar's Head"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143102/http://www.worldcat.org/title/wandering-scholar-at-the-boars-head/oclc/39784315%26referer%3Dbrief_results |date=12 June 2018 }}, WorldCat, accessed 24 March 2013</ref>