Holst - The Planets (Vinyl LP) | Warner 9029525374

Holst - The Planets (Vinyl LP)

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Label: Warner

Cat No: 9029525374

Format: LP

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 5th June 2020

Contents

Artists

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Adrian Boult

Works

Holst, Gustav

The Planets, op.32

Artists

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
LondonPhilharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Adrian Boult

About

Holst’s Planets is a hi-fi test piece par excellence. The music explores every nuance and dynamic of which a modern symphony orchestra is capable. When reproduced at a realistic volume level with full frequency range, the music has a stunning emotional impact – at times savage – at other times beguiling. The piece has been recorded many times since its 1918 debut under Sir Adrian Boult’s baton but its colours never glowed more brilliantly than in this performance.

‘This magnificent performance of The Planets, recorded with an opulent realism, brings to a culmination Boult’s supreme understanding of this work.’ – Gramophone

Recorded: 12 & 30 May, 4 June and 31 September 1978, Kingsway Hall & No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Producer: Christopher Bishop
Balance engineer: Christopher Parker
STEREO · Originally released as HMV ASD 3649 – Matrix: 2YEA 6536-37
Remastered in 2002 at Abbey Road Studios by Andrew Walter
Original cover artwork

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