The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Orchestre symphonique de Montréal & Charles Dutoit

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, completed in 1916. The work is scored for large orchestra and is notable for its use of modal harmonies, shifting metres and vivid orchestral colours to evoke astrological characters, consolidating Holst's exploration of folk-derived modes and orchestral texture and establishing the piece as central to his output and to early twentieth-century orchestral repertoire.
First released: 30th January 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    The Planets: Mars, the Bringer of War
    7:12
  2. 2.
    The Planets: Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    9:38
  3. 3.
    The Planets: Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    3:58
  4. 4.
    The Planets: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    8:04
  5. 5.
    The Planets: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    9:55
  6. 6.
    The Planets: Uranus, the Magician
    6:06
  7. 7.
    The Planets: Neptune, the Mystic
    7:56

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