The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Boston Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916 and first performed in 1918. The suite is scored for large orchestra and employs colourful orchestration, modal harmonies and distinctive rhythmic motifs to evoke different astrological characters, and it occupies an important place in Holst's output and in the development of early 20th-century British orchestral music.
First released: 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Mars, the Bringer of War
    6:48
  2. 2.
    Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    7:57
  3. 3.
    Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    4:10
  4. 4.
    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    8:05
  5. 5.
    Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    8:47
  6. 6.
    Uranus, the Magician
    5:43
  7. 7.
    Neptune, the Mystic
    8:12

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