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Holst: The Planets - Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra / National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

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Composer
HOLST STRAUSS
Artist
Gardner
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Feb 17, 2017
Catalog #
CHSA 5179
UPC
095115517925

About

For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic energy and musical mastery to an explosive program 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. Their performance of Strauss's Also sprach Zarathustra and Holst's The Planets is already a point of reference in the UK after the immensely successful Prom concert that preceded the recording. The concert's five-star review in The Daily Telegraph praised in particular the orchestra's "great attack and complete absence of anything routine", while The Guardian emphasized the great performance of the orchestra in this "graceful and evocative programme", especially the "depth and richness of sound that belied their youth". This unique album is a first milestone in what promises to be a superb discography for the NYO.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 Sehr breit 01:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    Sehr breit
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  2. 2 Von den Hinterweltlern — 03:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    Von den Hinterweltlern —
    Duration
    03:27
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  3. 3 Von der grossen Sehnsucht — 01:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    Von der grossen Sehnsucht —
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  4. 4 Von den Freuden-und Leidenschaften — 01:51
    Track
    4
    Title
    Von den Freuden-und Leidenschaften —
    Duration
    01:51
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  5. 5 Das Grablied — 02:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    Das Grablied —
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  6. 6 Von der Wissenschaft — 04:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Von der Wissenschaft —
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  7. 7 Der Genesende — 04:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    Der Genesende —
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  8. 8 Das Tanzlied — 07:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    Das Tanzlied —
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  9. 9 Nachtwandlerlied 04:01
    Track
    9
    Title
    Nachtwandlerlied
    Duration
    04:01
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  10. 10 I. Mars, the Bringer of War 07:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Mars, the Bringer of War
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  11. 11 II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace 07:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
    Duration
    07:40
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  12. 12 III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger 03:42
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  13. 13 IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity 07:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  14. 14 V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age 08:30
    Track
    14
    Title
    V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
    Duration
    08:30
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  15. 15 VI. Uranus, the Magician 05:18
    Track
    15
    Title
    VI. Uranus, the Magician
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner
  16. 16 VII. Neptune, the Mystic 07:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    VII. Neptune, the Mystic
    Duration
    07:46
    Composer
    Gustav Holst
    Ensemble
    City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
    Conductor
    Edward Gardner