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GUSTAV HOLST - "THE PLANETS". BERNARD HERRMANN CONDUCTS THE LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Original recording: 1970.

First international release on CD



1. Mars, the Bringer of War
2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
6. Uranus, the Magician
7. Neptune, the Mystic

I had the 4Phase Stereo LP.
This is a nice upgrade.
Thank you very much, Nacho.

Thank you!

Thanks for this rare and controversial (it's slow, but interesting) recording by film score legend Bernard Herrmann at Kingsway Hall in London, February 1970.

Thank you for sharing! :)

Very interested to hear this. Thanks!

It's a controversial approach to THE PLANETS to be sure. The slowest recording available, which works for "Mars" (the most menacing version I know), but not for "Mercury" or "Jupiter". The ensemble playing is flawed, it's more like a run-through. Clearly, this is not(!) an interpretation recommended to beginners, and in no way representative of the best of versions available (which include Dutoit, Boult (final one), Mackerras, Handley, Gardiner, Groves), but intriguing nonetheless. To sum up, it sounds more like Herrmann than Holst. ;)

To sum up, it sounds more like Herrmann than Holst. ;)
That's good

ditto

Thanks.

Thanks for the share! I wonder though, why omit the rest of the CD? Does anyone have the rest of the tracks?

Great, thanks!
Does anyone have a lossless version of this recording?

Thanks!!

Sadly i missed it at the time and now the link is outdated, could somebody be so kind to share it?