The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & New York Philharmonic & Leonard Bernstein

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, completed in 1916. The suite employs large orchestral forces, driving rhythms, modal and chromatic harmonies and vivid orchestral colour to evoke astrological characters, and it occupies an important place in Holst's output and in the development of early 20th-century orchestral music.
First released: September 1973

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Planets: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
    6:36
  2. 2.
    The Planets: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    9:35
  3. 3.
    The Planets: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    3:57
  4. 4.
    The Planets: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    8:17
  5. 5.
    The Planets: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    8:53
  6. 6.
    The Planets: VI. Uranus, the Magician
    5:24
  7. 7.
    The Planets: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
    8:20

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