The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Berliner Philharmoniker & Herbert von Karajan

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916 and first performed in 1918. Scored for a large orchestra across seven movements, it employs vivid orchestration, distinctive rhythmic and harmonic language and programme-like characterisation to depict astrological ideas, and it is central to Holst's output and the early 20th-century orchestral repertoire.
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  1. 1.
    The Planets, op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War. Allegro
    7:21
  2. 2.
    The Planets, op. 32: Venus, the Bringer of Peace. Adagio - Andante - Animato - Tempo I
    8:37
  3. 3.
    The Planets, op. 32: Mercury, the Winged Messenger. Vivace
    4:16
  4. 4.
    The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. Allegro giocoso - Andante maestoso - Tempo I - Maestoso - Lento maestoso - Presto
    7:36
  5. 5.
    The Planets, op. 32: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age. Adagio - Andante
    9:22
  6. 6.
    The Planets, op. 32: Uranus, the Magician. Allegro - Lento - Allegro - Largo
    6:03
  7. 7.
    The Planets, op. 32: Neptune, the Mystic. Andante - Allegretto
    8:47

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