Holst: The Planets
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Free Music Review: John Williams Owes Holst Big-time
Hit: 4 Stars
Give a listen to The Planets, and you'll recognize the phrases and melodies and arrangement style that became Star Wars in John Williams' able hands. Free Music Review: music 5
Hit: 1 Stars
I bought tis for my son who is a music major. He loved itFree Music Review: Exciting array of music....................
Hit: 5 Stars
Totally remastered for surround sound or high resolution stereo and the results are astonishing. The Planets was always of demonstration quality; now it sounds more spacious than ever, with greater depth in the bass, enhanced internal definition and the dynamics expanded. The result is thrilling---Uranus and the brass bring a remarkable sense of the concert hall. The performance is basically traditional, with plenty of ferocity in Mars, delicacy in Mercury and sparkle in Jupiter, and throughout there is an appealing freshness as if one were experiencing Holst's wonderful orchestral effects for the first time.Free Music Review: Wonderful! And with thanks to John Williams for introducing this listener to "The Planets!"
Hit: 5 Stars
I bought this CD after a Tanglewood concert a few years ago where John Williams, focusing on movie music including his own compositions, also conducted "The Planets." I recognized "Jupiter" as the theme music for a WQXR (the New York Times radio station) "New York at 6" program. It was a treat to find out where that piece came from. When I listened to this beautifully performed CD, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Williams' movie music included -- a brilliant move on the part of this item's producers (just listen to "Mars" and then to "Star Wars"). As another reviewer has suggested, it's not clear why his music was included, but there are similarities here which I'd love Mr. Williams to discuss some day. I've since become an avid amateur astronomer, and so the themes, musical and otherwise, projected in the works of Holst and Williams have become a special treat for the mind as well as the ear. Free Music Review: Streaming Space
Hit: 5 Stars
Music to travel by - to the market, the mountain top - anywhere.
Beautiful music performed beautifully. A treat for the ears and
the soul.