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Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 & The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18

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Details

Composer
HOLST
Artist
Fem, David, Lloyd-Jones
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Apr 01, 2002
Catalog #
8555776
UPC
747313577620

About

Holst's The Planets received it's first public performance in 1919, and with it Holst achieved the first real success of his career. It is a remarkably effective work, very varied and brilliantly scored for the orchestra, with the character of each of the seven movements suggested by the astrological properties given to the various planets of the solar system. The new eighth movement, Pluto, was commissioned from Colin Matthews, as an 'appendix' to the Suite, the planet Pluto having been discovered on a few years before Holst's death. The Mystic Trumpeter is one of the most neglected of Holst's major works. The several influences on the work, notably that of Wagner, are welded by Holst's passionate feeling for Whitman's words into an integrated and convincing whole whose vitality and exuberance have few parallels in British music of the period.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Mars, the Bringer of War 07:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Mars, the Bringer of War
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  2. 2 II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace 08:32
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    Duration
    08:32
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  3. 3 III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger 03:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  4. 4 IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity 08:00
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  5. 5 V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age 09:21
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    Duration
    09:21
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  6. 6 VI. Uranus, the Magician 06:12
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Uranus, the Magician
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  7. 7 VII. Neptune, the Mystic 06:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Neptune, the Mystic
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    Female members Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  8. 8 Pluto, the Renewer 06:53
    Track
    8
    Title
    Pluto, the Renewer
    Duration
    06:53
    Composer
    Colin Matthews
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones
  9. 9 The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18 18:37
    Track
    9
    Title
    The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18
    Duration
    18:37
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Performer
    Claire Rutter
    Ensemble
    Royal Scottish National Orchestra
    Conductor
    David Lloyd-Jones