The Planets / The Perfect Fool

Album by Gustav Holst & Philharmonia Orchestra & William Boughton

The Planets / The Perfect Fool is a compilation album of orchestral works by English composer Gustav Holst, comprising pieces composed between 1914 and 1923. The music combines late-Romantic orchestration, modal harmonies and striking rhythmic motifs with evocative orchestral colour and operatic elements, and it occupies a central place in Holst's output and in the development of early 20th-century British orchestral music.
First released: 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
    7:00
  2. 2.
    The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    8:46
  3. 3.
    The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    3:48
  4. 4.
    The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    7:01
  5. 5.
    The Planets: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    8:57
  6. 6.
    The Planets: Uranus, the Magician
    5:39
  7. 7.
    The Planets: Neptune, the Mystic
    8:32
  8. 8.
    Ballet Music from the Perfect Fool, Op.39
    10:03

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