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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, 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.
Columbia's main rival, HMV, issued recordings of some of the same repertoire, with an unnamed orchestra conducted by Albert Coates. [178] When electrical recording came in, with dramatically improved recording quality, Holst and the LSO re-recorded The Planets for Columbia in 1926. [179] In the early LP era little of Holst's music was available ...
From 1988 to 1989 it was once again called Best Orchestral Recording From 1990 to the present it has returned to being called Best Orchestral Performance Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year.
From 1988 to 1991 the category was known as Best New Age Performance. from 1992 to 2023, the award was presented as Best New Age Album. Beginning in 2001, award recipients included the producers , engineers , and/or mixers associated with the nominated work in addition to the recording artists. [ 5 ]
The Grammy Award for Best Engineered Recording, Classical has been awarded since 1959. The award had several minor name changes: The award had several minor name changes: In 1959 the award was known as Best Engineered Record (Classical)
The Grammy Award for Best Album Cover dates back to the first Grammy Awards in 1959. From 1962 to 1965 it was separated into Classical and Non-Classical divisions. From 1966 to 1968 it was separated into Graphic Arts and Photography divisions. In 1974, the name of the award was changed to Best Album Package, and changed again in 1994 to the ...
Wayne's two-disc composition sold millions of copies around the world [5] and was the 40th best selling album of all time in the UK by 2009. [6] It included worldwide hit singles "The Eve of the War" and " Forever Autumn ", both sung by Justin Hayward , and included narration throughout by Richard Burton .