Holst - The Planets, Op. 32
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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
RecommendedOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Women of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal Chorus, Charles Dutoit
The Planets is Holst's most famous work, and its success is surely deserved.
The musical characterisation is as striking as its originality of conception: the association of 'Saturn' with old... —Awards:
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Gramophone Awards, 1987, Winner - Engineering
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Special offer. Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, Tenebrae, Antonio Pappano
What makes this album stand out from its competitors is not so much The Planets itself as LSO Live's choice of a filler, Bax's symphonic poem Tintagel...Pappano does ardour very well, and Bax's... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th March 2026
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New. Holst: The Planets; Raitio: Moonlight on Jupiter
Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon
...memorably poised horn-playing and gorgeously liquid woodwind and harp textures... Collon and his Helsinki colleagues do the composer’s weird and wonderful inspiration absolutely proud. —
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its character and its superb sound, both detailed and well-balanced, are as impressive and involving as ever...the music [is] not only well within the players' grasp but played with polish and... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2010, Editor's Choice
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In Enigma, Andrew Litton is close-focused in detail compared to the familiar sweep of Boult’s recording, with very precise yet lively orchestral playing – notably in the swirling strings in... —
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Sir Adrian Boult conducts Elgar & Holst
RecommendedLondon Symphony Orchestra, The Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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Building A Library, January 2025, Recommended Recording (The Planets)
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Peter Sykes's organ arrangement, rather like Holst's two-piano version, effectively highlights the work's dissonant harmonies. As performed by Simon Johnson on the Grand Organ of St Paul's Cathedral,... —
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Davis's new performance takes off with 'Saturn': this may not match the sense of weariness Boult conveys, but its inexorable progress is highly effective, and the bells for once sound as if... —
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This is a mightily impressive account of The Planets.
The high is undoubtedly 'Saturn', whose remorseless tread has rarely seemed more implacable.
Aided by orchestral playing that's both memorably... —Awards:
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Building a Library, August 2005, Budget Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Holst: The Planets
Frauenchor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Daniel Harding
It's thrilling stuff, all tightly marshalled by Harding, though at times that control holds back the work ’s surging energ y. But it’s a small criticism —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Music
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