Gustav Holst
1) The planets
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Penguin music classics volume 6
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Few composers have achieved such success with a single work as Holst with The Planets. Each movement expresses the planet's supposed astrological character, and the colorful orchestration and memorable melodies ensured its immediate and ongoing popularity. It's hard to believe now that it was a groundbreaking work, a huge multi-movement piece that finally fades into ethereal silence as wordless voices disappear into outer space.
14) The planets
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"This stunnning visualization accompanies a highly-acclaimed performance of Gustav Holst's suite by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Davis. In this powerful statement of Holst's vision, three elements are combined - Holst's music, stunning photograpy of the planets, and the eloquent visual images of Holst's own interpretation of the astrological significance of each planet."'Container.
