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The first complete performance at a public concert was given at the Queen's Hall on 15 November 1920 by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates. The innovative nature of Holst's music caused some initial hostility among a minority of critics, but the suite quickly became and has remained popular, influential and widely performed.
This is a discography of commercial recordings of The Planets, Op. 32, an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, composed between 1914 and 1916, and first performed by the Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult on 29 September 1918. It includes the composer's own recordings made in 1922–1923 and 1926.
The Planets (Philips, 1970) Franz Liszt. Complete Symphonic Poems (Philips, 1968-1971) ... Symphony No. 2 & Double Concerto & Tragic Overture (2003) Symphony No. 3 (2004)
Holst was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, the elder of the two children of Adolph von Holst, a professional musician, and his wife, Clara Cox, née Lediard. She was of mostly British descent, [n 1] daughter of a respected Cirencester solicitor; [2] the Holst side of the family was of mixed Swedish, Latvian and German ancestry, with at least one professional musician in each of the ...
Oct. 9—The Santa Fe Symphony will bring audiences on a journey to "The Planets" on Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Lensic Performing Arts Center. The concert opens with Himari Yoshimura, the youngest ...
The Planets Suite; St. Paul's Suite: Illayaraja aka Gnanadesikan The first Asian Music Composer to score a Full Symphony for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. 1993 Pachelbel: Canon: Mahler: Symphonies Massenet: Last sleep of the Virgin, Waltz from Cendrillon: Mendelssohn: Fair Melusine Overture, Symphony No 4, Italian Meyerbeer: Le prophète ...
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Solti's first recordings were as a piano accompanist, playing at sessions in Zürich for the violinist Georg Kulenkampff in 1947. [1] Decca's senior producer, Victor Olof, did not much admire Solti as a conductor [2] (nor did Walter Legge, Olof's opposite number at EMI's Columbia Records), [3] but Olof's younger colleague at Decca John Culshaw held Solti in high regard.