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

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
February 17, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HOLST STRAUSS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Cbso Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra Of Great Britain
    • PERFORMER
      Gardner
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 17, 2017
    • UPC
      095115517925
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHSA 5179
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Sehr breit

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    2. Von den Hinterweltlern —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    3. Von der grossen Sehnsucht —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    4. Von den Freuden-und Leidenschaften —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    5. Das Grablied —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    6. Von der Wissenschaft —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    7. Der Genesende —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    8. Das Tanzlied —

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    9. Nachtwandlerlied

      Composer: Richard Strauss

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    10. I. Mars, the Bringer of War

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    11. II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    12. III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    13. IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    14. V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    15. VI. Uranus, the Magician

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner

    16. VII. Neptune, the Mystic

      Composer: Gustav Holst

      Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain

      Conductor: Edward Gardner


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.