Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Daniel Harding - Gustav Holst: The Planets (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44,1 kHz | Front Cover & Digital Booklet | Time - 56:45 minutes | 508 MB
Classical | Label: BR Klassik, Official Digital Download
Seven musical character images – each one immensely sensual and expressive, and standing on its own like a monument. The British composer Gustav Holst, fascinated by (esoteric) astrology, chose the planets of our solar system and the characteristics attributed to them as the basis for what he referred to as musical ""mood pictures"" or ""embodiments"". Ultimately, the seven movements of his orchestral suite “The Planets”, op. 32, composed between 1914 and 1916, can also be understood as general explorations of human traits.