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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: HOLST,G.
EAN: 0028946741825
Format: Original recording remastered
Item Dimensions: 21
Label: Decca
Manufacturer: Decca
MPN: 467418
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Decca
Release Date: April 10, 2001
Studio: Decca
Disc 1:- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 1, 'Mars, the Bringer of War'
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 2, 'Venus, the Bringer of Peace'
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 3, 'Mercury, the Winged Messenger'
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 4, 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Peace'
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 5, 'Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age'
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 6, 'Uranus, the Magician'
- The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 7, 'Neptune, the Mystic' (w/hidden 8-part female chorus)
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind, film score: Suite from the film score
- Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Main title
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Media Type: CD
Artist: HOLST,G.
Title: PLANETS/&
Street Release Date: 04/10/2001
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Genre: CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This is a great production piece of familiar compositions. The quality is very good, and the set itself is an inside joke about Holst and John Williams -- Williams "borrowed" liberally from Holst for his StarWars music.
Rating:  -
This is a reasonably decent version of Holst's masterpiece, but there are many superior versions available at all price levels. "A. Customer's" 3-star review lists excellent alternative renditions (I own them all). I would also list Stokowski's interesting 1956 performance with the same orchestra on EMI.
What really killed this for me was "Jupiter." the centerpiece of the suite and many listeners' favorite. At its' concluding climax, Mehta completely loses control of the orchestra, ... Read More
Rating: -
As with anything that touches upon the eternal, after the technical is accomplished, then it is a matter of preference. Here we have the Herbert Von Karajan version.
Placed side-by-side with any other version the technical parts are excellent. You are immediately taken to that other world as Mars takes over. You may be able to argue minor differences but then you are not listening to it.
The tough call is preference; most people prefer the version with which they grew up. ... Read More
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I'm not a big classical music fan - I love all types of music. However, I love to listen to this symphony, suite, whatever (not 100% on the music term). When I was a kid, these songs were so ubiquitous, they were the bumper songs on the 6 & 10:00 news of two different local TV stations. All of them are great especially "Mars" and "Jupiter" which are my favorites. I've probably listened to this on 8-track, cassette, and DVD hundreds of time. Good Stuff!
Rating:  -
Haven't heard Zubin Mehta's performance (I do like his work), but Holst's The Planets is a truly satisfying & inspiring listening experience.
I've only heard it live once - at the Sydney Opera House by the Sydney Symphony / Edo de Waart(?) in the mid-late 1990s. Very impressive. It seemed to me I could almost touch the music in 'the air' (so to speak).
So, without having heard this orchestra's performance, I do recommend it.
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