The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Columbus Symphony Youth Orchestra & Peter Stafford Wilson

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, completed in 1916 and first performed in 1918. Scored for large orchestra, the work is a set of programme pieces inspired by astrological ideas that employ bold brass, colourful orchestration and distinctive rhythmic and harmonic language, and it occupies an important place in Holst's output and in early 20th-century British orchestral music.

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  1. 1.
    The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
    7:19
  2. 2.
    The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    8:20
  3. 3.
    The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    4:31
  4. 4.
    The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    8:08
  5. 5.
    The Planets: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    9:50
  6. 6.
    The Planets: Uranus, the Magician
    5:59
  7. 7.
    The Planets: Neptune, the Mystic
    8:05

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