The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Philharmonia Orchestra & Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916 and first performed in 1918. The seven-movement work employs varied orchestral colours, pronounced rhythmic motifs and expansive harmonic textures rooted in early 20th-century classical and impressionistic idioms, and it marked Holst's emergence as a composer of large-scale orchestral music with a significant place in British orchestral repertoire.
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  1. 1.
    The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
    8:49
  2. 2.
    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    8:28
  3. 3.
    The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    4:15
  4. 4.
    The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    8:48
  5. 5.
    The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    9:52
  6. 6.
    The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician
    5:44
  7. 7.
    The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic
    9:29
  8. 8.
    St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: I. Jig
    2:58
  9. 9.
    St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: II. Ostinato
    1:37
  10. 10.
    St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: III. Intermezzo
    3:40
  11. 11.
    St. Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: IV. Finale (Dargason)
    3:03

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