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The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1917. In the last movement the orchestra is joined by a wordless female chorus. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its supposed astrological character.
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.
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Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat major, op. 9; Johann Pachelbel – Canon in D Major; Carl Orff – Carmina Burana: O fortuna; Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air; Gustav Holst – The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity; Claude Debussy – Suite bergamasque, L 75: Clair de lune
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Genre H. Opus Date Title Scoring Notes Opera: 7: 1: 1895: The Revoke: Opera in 1 act; libretto by Fritz Hart: Opera: 21: 1896: The Idea: Children's Operetta Opera: 60: 11: 1902: The Youth's Choice
Robert A. Heinlein's 1961 novel, Stranger in a Strange Land, references The Planets, using Mars, the Bringer of War as Mars' anthem to be played when Valentine Michael Smith visits the White House as an emissary from Mars. [64] In 2014, Bell's Brewery released its "The Planets Series" of seven beers inspired by Holst's The Planets. [65]