Gustav Holst / Ralph Vaughan Williams At The Boar's Head / Riders To The Sea (2CD)

• 1. Gustav Holst – At The Boar's Head (World Premiere Recording)
• 2. Ralph Vaughan Williams – Riders To The Sea (Polish Premiere)

World premiere recording of the complete score of "At The Boar's Head", and the Polish premiere of "Riders To The Sea", both performed by the Warsaw Chamber Opera Sinfonietta.

At The Boar's Head: The content consists of loosely connected episodes from the tavern from whose name the title comes. In the ‘At the Boar’s Head’ tavern, Bardolph and company drink and sing, enter Falstaff, and from the doorway, he calls for a glass of sherry…….. Gustav Holst designed a thoroughly English piece, at the level of both the text and the music. ‘At the Boar’s Head’ combines the typical British sense of humour – sometimes displaying borderline good taste, if not downright vulgar – with music that simply cannot be mistaken. In Synge’s drama, the composer did not change a word, making only slight cuts.