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Holst: The Planets

1 CD / Hi-q Records Xrcd / 2013-01-15

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Previn, Andre

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (09/28/1973/09/29/1973)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Enigma Variations / Sir Adrian Boult - London SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Holst: The Planets; John Williams: Star Wars Suite / Zubin Mehta - Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; John Williams: Star Wars Suite
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Probably the most famous classical work by a British composer, The Planets was an instant success, admired as much for its originality of musical thought...continue...

Holst: The Planets, Op 32 [Lim]

1 CD / Lim / 2012-07-17

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Previn, Andre

Recording information: Watford Town Hall, London (04/14/1986-04/15/1986)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool; Bax: Tintagel

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-07-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; Arnold Bax: Tintagel, tone poem for orchestra
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1954); Walthamstow Town Hall (1954); Kingsway Hall, London (1955); Walthamstow Town Hall (1955)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; The Perfect Fool (Ballet Music) / William Boughton

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-06-05

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39
Conductors: Boughton, William
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Big Space Adventure! / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

This fun collection highlights all the wonders of our solar system through the powerful music of Gustav Holst's The Planets and Colin Matthew's Pluto, the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (03/15/2006-03/18/2006)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; Britten: Variations & Fugue on a Theme of Purcell / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (b.1931) is the last living survivor of a great Russian quartet of conductors consisting of Mravinsky, Kondrashin and Svetlanov. He was the highly...continue...

The Classic 100: 20th Century

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-12-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 i...
Performers: Goodman, Isador; Grigoryan, Slava; Hall, Dimity; Kain, Timothy; Katchen, Julius; Lazaroff-Somssich, Alison; Li-Wei; Souter, Vanessa
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas; Steinberg, William; Kertész, István; Walker, Antony; Thomas, Patrick; Kelly, Brett; Mester, Jorge; Otterloo, Willem Van; Northey, Benjamin; Porcelijn, David

Holst: The Planets / Levine - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2011-05-24

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Holst: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2 - The Planets

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2011-02-22

Works: Gustav Holst: Beni Mora, oriental suite for orchestra, Op. 29/1, H. 107; Japanese Suite, for orchestra, Op. 33, H. 126; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

"Chandos' Holst series highlights a composer whose inventiveness and originality was not limited to one ouevre. Volume 1 of the series, conducted by the late...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (06/24/2010-06/25/2010)....continue...

Holst: The Planets

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

Gustav Holst's 'Suite for Large Orchestra' known as The Planets was premiered in 1918. The rapturous reception ensured the fame of its composer. It is...continue...
Recording information: Boston (12/1979)....continue...

Holst: The Planets / Jurowski

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2010-10-26

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir

Few composers have achieved such success with a single work as Holst with 'The Planets'. Each movement expresses the planet's supposed astrological character, and the...continue...
Recording information: Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London (05/22/2009)....continue...

20th Century Classics: Holst - Brook Green Suite

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Gustav Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Suite no 2 in F; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Banks, Eric; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Groves, Charles, Sir; Holst, Imogen

Holst: The Planets / Svetlanov

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny

Upon this recording's original release, Gramophone commented "The movement (Saturn) opens with an achingly, despairing remorseless tread and moves with powerful dignity and hammering timpani...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Concert Halls, London (11/1991)....continue...

Holst: The Planets

1 CD / Fidelio Music / 2010-01-19

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Performers: Barney, Melanie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Buzz Ensemble

Buzz Brass and the organist Mélanie Barney gather to present The Planets in a personalized version. This symphonic repertoire icon, which made Gustav Holst famous,...continue...
Recording information: L'Eglise Saint-Viateur D'Outremont, Montréal, Québec (2009-03-22_2009-03-23_2009-)....continue...

Holst: Planets; Britten: Young Person Guide / Pavo Jarvi, Cinncinnati SO

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-10-26

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

CSO performances of 'The Planets' in November led a reviewer from the 'Cincinnati Enquirer' to write, "Drop everything and go... One can hardly describe the...continue...

British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

Icon - Leopold Stokowski - The Maverick Conductor

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720; C...
Performers: Babikian, Virgina; Baker, Julius; Gardner, Guy; Hager, Clyde; Neikrug, George
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra

One of the most flamboyant conductors of the 20th century, Leopold Stokowski was born at Marylebone in London in 1882, the son of a Polish...continue...

André Previn - The Great Recordings - The LSO Years 1971-1980

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; English, Gerald; Haendel, Ida; Lloyd, Peter [Flute]; Loriod, Jeanne; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Shirley-Quir...
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

On April 6, 2009 the musical world celebrated the 80th birthday of one of the most versatile musicians, Andre Previn. Born in Berlin but based...continue...

Holst: The Planets Op. 32; Elgar: Enigma Variations Op. 36 / Boult, Barbirolli, BBC SO, et al

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2008-12-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma"
Conductors: Boult, Adrian, Sir; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra

The Holst comes from a recording made in 1945 in Bedford where the BBC had been evacuated. Barbirolli's Enigma Variations was recorded in 1947....continue...

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Holst: The Planets; Matthews: Pluto / Elder, Hallé, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Performers: Pooley, Tim; Rogers, Laurence
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra Chorus

When Gustav Holst composed his celebrated suite 'The Planets' during the First World War, the solar system was bounded by the orbit of Neptune. Although...continue...

Holst: The Planets, St. Paul's Suite / Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

One of Britain;s best-known and popular conductors, Vernon Handley has been a constant champion of British music throughout his career. Here, he conducts the Royal...continue...

Holst: The Planets - A visualization / Andrew Davis/BBC SO & Chorus (DVD & CD) [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-07-29

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra

This stunning visualization accompanies a highly acclaimed performance of Gustav Holst's suite by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Andrew Davis. In this...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Enigma Variations

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

Holst: The Planets; Debussy, Gould / Stokowski, NBC SO

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; La cathédrale englou...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Holst: The Planets

1 CD / Delta (UK) Import / 2008-04-08

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125

Ormandy conducts Holst: The Planets & Debussy: La mer / Philadelphia Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-03-25

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Claude Debussy: La mer
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Mendelssohn Club Chorus Philadelphia; Philadelphia Orchestra

This DVD pays tribute to a representative of the famous conductor personalities of the last century: Eugene Ormandy (1899-1985), who was both energetic and graceful...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

Karajan - The Legendary Decca Recordings - Brahms, Adam, etc

9 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Tragic Overture, Op. 81; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 103 in E flat major, H 1 no 103 "Drumroll"; Symphony no 1...
Performers: Brabec, Emanuel; Sivo, Josef
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

April 5, 2008 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, the legendary Austrian-born conductor who achieved a position of musical supremacy...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Rattle

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-12-25

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer; Kaija Saariaho: Asteroid 4179; Matthias Pintscher: Towards Osiris; Mark-Anthony Turnage: Ceres; Brett Dean: Komarov's Fall...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (03/15/2006-03/18/2006)....continue...

Holst: The Planets; Smetana: Má Vlast / Susskind, St. Louis

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2007-10-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast
Conductors: Susskind, Walter
Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Holst: The Planets, etc / Handley, Wordsworth, et al

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2007-10-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"After a sinister opening, Handley builds the Mars climax impressively, closing chords have malignant impact...Jupiter develops similar intensity...Saturn, well graduated melancholy climax...choral di...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Charles Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2007-07-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

"[Dutoit's] interpretation of 'The Planets' has all the passionate sweep, drama, and refinement of detail you could ask for. For once, Dutoit seems carried away...continue...

The Originals - Holst: The Planets; Strauss / Karajan, VPO

1 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Von Karajan recorded his 'Planets' way back in 1961, so in terms of sound alone, you'd think this Vienna Philharmonic rendition would be out of...continue...

Holst: The Planets, A Moorside Suite / Hickox, Stobart

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-03-01

Works: Gustav Holst: A Moorside Suite, H 173; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Stobart, James; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: London Collegiate Brass; London Symphony Orchestra

"..recording, made at EMI's Abbey Road, is clear and clean...plenty of edge...inner detail impressive...powerful set of Planets.." - (Gramophone)...continue...

An Introduction to Gustav Holst

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Gibson's performance of 'The Planets' was a famous demonstration CD on its initial release, being both the first digital recording of this work and the...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer; Kaija Saariaho: Asteroid 4179; Matthias Pintscher: Towards Osiris; Mark-Anthony Turnage: Ceres; Brett Dean: Komarov's Fall...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Chorus

A high-profile release of the Holst masterpiece 'The Planets' is long overdue, the Berlin Philharmonic having last recorded it with the legendary Herbert von Karajan...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Leaper

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-08-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra

Holst's suite 'The Planets' has long been one of the most popular orchestral works ever written and is familiar to even the beginning classical listener....continue...

Holst: The Planets / Yoel Levi, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-04-26

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus Women

"...a brilliant firework display, full of incident and glorious detail..." - ClassicCD...continue...

Holst: The Planets / BBC National Orchestra Of Wales [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-04-19

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Conductors: Atherton, David
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales

This lavish visualization of Gustav Host's orchestral masterpiece 'The Planets' and Colin Matthews' additional movement 'Pluto, the Renewer', features spectacular images which enhance the symbolic...continue...
Run Time: 59 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Europe...continue...

Holst: The Planets; Matthews: Pluto / Hughes, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2005-03-15

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Conductors: Hughes, Owain Arwel
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

In his informative booklet note, the composer Colin Matthews examines the origins of 'The Planets', which many people erroneously assume to be Gustav Holst's only...continue...

Holst: The Planets, St. Paul's Suite / Groves, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2004-07-27

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir

Planets:holst

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian

Holst: The Planets; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem / Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-06-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Holst: The Planets / Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony

1 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2003-04-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"Recordings of Holst's giant astrological suite are legion. Holst recorded it twice. by the 1970s, the advent of space-age music and the score's potential as...continue...

Holst: The Planets; C. Matthews: Pluto / Elder, et al

2 Super Audio CD / Hyperion / 2002-09-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Performers: Pooley, Tim; Rogers, Laurence
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra Chorus

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Fiona York, John York

1 CD / Black Box Import / 2002-06-11

Works: Gustav Holst: Toccata, for piano, H. 153; Chrissemas Day in the Morning, for solo piano, Op. 46/1, H. 165; O! I hae seen the roses blaw, for solo piano; Folk Song Fragments (2) for piano, Op. 46/2, H...
Performers: York, John

Holst's celebrated masterwork is heard here for the first time in its four-hands, one-piano version. Six delightful solo piano miniatures complete the disc....continue...

Faszination Musik - Holst: The Planets; Elgar / Norrington

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-04-05

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

"It was clever to couple 'The Planets' with its outsized orchestra, drama, humor, brilliance and mystery, with the Elgar 'Serenade', modestly scored for strings only....continue...