Holst: The Planets (LP)
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GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: The Planets (LP)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Sir Adrain Boult
[ Warner Classics / LP ]
Release Date: Friday 19 June 2020
Holst's Planets is a hi-fi test piece par excellence. The music explores every nuance and dynamic of which a modern symphony orchestra is capable. When reproduced at a realistic volume level with full frequency range, the music has a stunning emotional impact - at times savage - at other times beguiling. The piece has been recorded many times since its 1918 debut under Sir Boult's baton but its colours never glowed more brilliantly than in this performance.
'This magnificent performance of The Planets, recorded with an opulent realism, brings to a culmination Boult's supreme understanding of this work.' Gramophone
