Holst Conducts Holst: The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & London Symphony Orchestra & Gustav Holst

Holst Conducts Holst: The Planets is a studio album by English composer and conductor Gustav Holst, released in 1922. The recording presents Holst conducting his own orchestral suite, emphasising expansive orchestration, vivid colouristic effects and early 20th-century orchestral modernism, and provides a direct record of the composer's interpretative approach within his career and music history.
First released: 4th April 2005

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Mars: The Bringer of War
    6:14
  2. 2.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Venus: The Bringer of Peace
    7:24
  3. 3.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Mercury: The Winged Messenger
    3:38
  4. 4.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity
    7:03
  5. 5.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Saturn: The Bringer of Old Age
    7:05
  6. 6.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Uranus: The Magician
    6:00
  7. 7.
    The Planets: Suite for Orchestra Op 32, Neptune: The Mystic
    5:36
  8. 8.
    Marching Song, Op 22 No 2
    3:14

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