The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Ambrosian Singers & Philharmonia Orchestra & Simon Rattle

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916. The work uses a large symphony orchestra to explore contrasting moods and orchestral colours across seven movements, employing early 20th-century harmonic and rhythmic techniques and representing a major work in Holst's output and in British orchestral repertoire of the period.
First released: 1987

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Mars, the Bringer of War
    7:16
  2. 2.
    Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    8:58
  3. 3.
    Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    4:05
  4. 4.
    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    8:08
  5. 5.
    Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    9:42
  6. 6.
    Uranus, the Magician
    6:09
  7. 7.
    Neptune, the Mystic
    7:01

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