Holst Planets

Holst - The Collector's Edition (2012) (6CD Box Set) {EMI Classics} (REPOST) Music

Posted by shamanicus at March 10, 2017

The reasons for Holst’s relative neglect, beyond The Planets and the Band Suites, aren’t hard to fathom. He wrote no large works in conventional forms, and never repeated himself. Even the Choral Symphony on poetry by Keats, here in its finest recorded performance to date (by Boult), owes very little to precedent–Mahler’s Eighth and Elgar’s The Black Knight, perhaps–and in any case features Holst’s personal combination of “spacey” orchestral color and rhythmic complexity (sample below). The music is both personal, technically virtuosic, and however beautiful somewhat cool emotionally. There is nothing else quite like it in the early 20th century.

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Boston Symphony Orchestra & William Steinberg - Holst: The Planets; Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra (2018) Music

Posted by delpotro at July 11, 2018

William Steinberg’s famous readings of Strauss’ Also sprach Zarathustra and Holst’s The Planets newly remastered at 24-bit/192kHz. 1 Blu-ray Audio disc (new quadrophonic remastering) + 1 CD (new stereo remastering) in DigiPack format. These recordings remain mementos of Steinberg’s brief tenure as the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Music Director (1969-1972) – cut all too short due to ailing health – and are of the first rank both musically and technically. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first performance of “The Planets”. Includes booklet notes (E, D) on Steinberg and the BSO and an essay on quadrophonic recording.

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Holst: The Planets Op. 32; Elgar: Enigma Variations Op. 36 - Karajan (Holst); Monteux (Elgar) Music

Posted by waldstein at July 10, 2009

Gustav Holst: The Planets Op. 32 - Wiener Philharmoniker; Wiener Staatsopernchor; Herbert von Karajan
Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op.36 "Enigma" - London Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Monteux
Classical | 1 CD | EAC v0.99pb4 Rip | 405 Mb | FLAC+LOG+M3U+Cue | Full Scans | RS links
Publisher: Decca

First ever Wiener Philharmoniker recording of “The Planets”, a favorite of Imogen Holst, plus a benchmark recording of Elgar’s Enigma Variations.

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Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Phiharmoniker - Holst: The Planets (2006/2014) [Official Digital Download] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at April 24, 2018

Sir Simon Rattle & Berliner Phiharmoniker - Holst: The Planets (2006/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 84:23 minutes | 701 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

Is it chance or serendipity that Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic timed their new recording of Holst's The Planets to coincide with the current astronomical upheaval? Though Holst learned of the discovery of Pluto four years before he died, it probably did not occur to him to add another movement, especially since the work's last section, 'Neptune, the Mystic,' ends in an other-worldly, ethereal fade-out, enhanced by an off-stage wordless women's chorus.

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Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Litton - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Bergen (2019) [24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at July 6, 2019

Philharmonic Orchestra & Andrew Litton - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 - Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Bergen (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 82:32 minutes | 1.32 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

It is striking that two of the true classics in English orchestral music were composed within the short space of some fifteen years around the turn of the previous century. Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations have charmed as well as fascinated listeners since the first performance in 1899. In 14 remarkably diverse variations Elgar demonstrates his compositional mastery while creating miniature portraits of his closest friends, as well as of his wife and himself.

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André Previn - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 (1974/2019) [Official Digital Download 24/96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at May 12, 2019

André Previn - Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 (1974/2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 50:48 minutes | 866 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front Cover

When EMI first released Andre Previn's recording of The Planets on LP back in 1973, it became an instant favorite of mine. Not only did I find the performance as good or better than anyone else’s, I thought the sound was of reference quality. As of this writing it’s around forty years later, and my opinion hasn’t changed. I still use the “Uranus” movement as an audio standard for judging other recordings and stereo equipment. I first owned the English EMI LP pressing, vastly preferring it to the American Angel pressing; then there was the EMI compact disc, which wasn’t quite as open or solid as the LP; and later the EMI Japan mastering, which improved upon the English product.

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John Eliot Gardiner & Philarmonia Orchestra - Grainger: The Warriors + Holst: The Planets (1995) MCH PS3 ISO + Hi-Res FLAC Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at Feb. 13, 2019

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Gustav Holst - The Collector's Edition (6CD) 2012 Music

Posted by toma80 at March 29, 2014

Gustav Holst - The Collector's Edition (6CD) 2012
MP3 320 kbps | Tracks: 100 (6 CD) | 07:29:06 | 1.01 GB
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI Classics

EMI Classics presents a magnificent collection that celebrates the life and career of English composer Gustav Holst. Containing an outside selection of Holst s greatest works including his most famous orchestral suite The Planets, the rare The Perfect Fool, as well as the Walt Whitman inspired Ode to Death. This 6-CD collector s edition provides a chance for all classical music aficionados to listen and experience his timeless compositions

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National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain, Edward Gardner - Holst: The Planets; Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2017) [24-96] Vinyl & HR

Posted by SERTiL at Feb. 3, 2018

National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain, Edward Gardner - Holst: The Planets; Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 79:41 minutes | 1.31 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital Booklet

For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic energy and musical mastery to an explosive programme that transcends daily life and earthly experience. It is helped by the enthusiastic, encouraging, and experienced baton of Edward Gardner as well as by the sumptuous yet detailed acoustic of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, all fully revealed in this surround-sound recording.

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Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets, John Williams: Star Wars Suite (1971/1978) PS3 ISO + DSD64 + Hi-Res Vinyl & HR

Posted by HDAtall at July 7, 2024

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic - Holst: The Planets / John Williams: Star Wars Suite (1971/1978) [Japanese SHM-SACD 2012]
PS3 Rip | SACD ISO | DSD64 2.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 79:47 minutes | Scans included | 2,18 GB
or DSD64 2.0 (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | Scans included | 1,99 GB
or FLAC (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | Scans included | 1,73 GB
Uses 2012 DSD master based on the Decca's original analog tape

Written by Gustav Holst over a three-year period in 1914, The Planets is a true masterpiece of classical music and features seven movements based on the planets in our own solar system excluding Pluto and the Earth itself. This world renowned piece, that has always overshadowed Holst’s other famous works of music, is conducted by Zubin Mehta and performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Also, the disc includes Star Wars suite wriiten by John Williams.

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