The Planets; St Paul's Suite

Album by Gustav Holst & The New Queen’s Hall Orchestra & Roy Goodman

The Planets; St Paul's Suite is a pair of orchestral suites by English composer Gustav Holst, composed between 1913 and 1916. The music contrasts expansive, colouristic scoring and programme-driven movements with concise, neoclassical string writing, showcasing Holst's use of modal harmony, distinctive rhythms and inventive timbral contrasts and illustrating an important development in early 20th-century British orchestral music.
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  1. 1.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: I. Mars the Bringer of War
    6:19
  2. 2.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: II. Venus: The Bringer of Peace
    7:36
  3. 3.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: III. Mercury: The Winged Messenger
    3:39
  4. 4.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter: The Bringer of Jollity
    7:29
  5. 5.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: V. Saturn: The Bringer of Old Age
    7:23
  6. 6.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: VI. Uranus: The Magician
    5:53
  7. 7.
    The Planets, Suite for Large Orchestra, Op. 32: VII. Neptune: The Mystic
    6:23
  8. 8.
    St. Paul's Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29, No. 2: I. Jig
    2:49
  9. 9.
    St. Paul's Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29, No. 2: II. Ostinato
    1:35
  10. 10.
    St. Paul's Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29, No. 2: III. Intermezzo
    4:12
  11. 11.
    St. Paul's Suite for String Orchestra, Op. 29, No. 2: IV. Finale "The Dargason"
    3:25

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