The Planets

Album by Gustav Holst & Georgian SIMI Festival Orchestra & Jahni Mardjani

The Planets is an orchestral suite by English composer Gustav Holst, completed in 1916. Drawing on early 20th-century orchestral practice, the suite employs large orchestral forces, distinctive rhythmic motifs and vivid colours to evoke contrasting planetary characters, and it occupies a prominent place in Holst's output and the development of modern orchestral repertoire.

The Planets by Gustav Holst - album cover

First released: 1994

Classical

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The Planets: I. Mars, the Bringer of War. Allegro
6:59
2.
The Planets: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace. Adagio – Andante – Animato – Tempo I
9:26
3.
The Planets: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger. Vivace
4:13
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The Planets: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. Allegro giocoso – Andante Maestoso – Tempo I – Maestoso – Lento Maestoso – Presto
8:29
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The Planets: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age. Adagio – Andante
9:56
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The Planets: VI. Uranus, the Magician. Allegro – Lento – Allegro – Largo
5:53
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The Planets: VII. Neptune, the Mystic. Andante – Allegretto
8:33