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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.
Five months later, when Holst was in Greece, Boult introduced The Planets to the general public, at a concert in February 1919; Holst sent him a long letter full of suggestions, [n 10] but failed to convince him that the suite should be played in full. The conductor believed that about half an hour of such radically new music was all the public ...
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 Planets" is a seven-movement orchestral suite ...
Two planets are notably not included in The Planets: Earth and Pluto. Holst had not wanted to include the Earth in his suite because the suite was based on astrology, and Earth has no astrological significance. [57] Pluto was discovered in 1930, four years before Holst's death, and was hailed by astronomers as the ninth planet.
originally intended for Brook Green Suite: Orchestral: 192: 1933–1934: Scherzo: for orchestra: part of an unfinished Symphony Band: Three Folk Tunes: for small military band [1] Band: 88: 22: 1906: Marching Song: for small military band: No. 2 from 2 Songs without Words: Band: 105: 28/1: 1909: First Suite in E-flat
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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 ...