Simon Rattle - Holst: The Planets [180g Black Vinyl]

Warner Classics

£24.65

Format: LP
ICPN: 5054197490026
Release Date: 05 May 2023
Genre: Classical

Simon Rattle’s original 1980 recording of The Planets with the Philharmonia Orchestra. This is still a reference version of this iconic work by Gustav Holst, together with the later version Rattle recorded with the Berliner Philharmoniker in the middle of the 2000s.

TRACKLIST
GUSTAV HOLST 1874-1934
The Planets, Op. 32

SIDE A
I. Mars, the Bringer of War
II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace
III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger
IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
SIDE B
V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
VI. Uranus, the Magician
VII. Neptune, the Mystic (women’s voices)*

*The Ambrosian Singers
(Chorus master: John McCarthy)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle

Live recording: 29 & 30 December 1980, Kingsway Hall, London
Producer: John Willan
Balance Engineer: Michael Sheady
Original cover artwork
Total timing: 48 minutes
A Warner Classics release, ℗ 1981 & © 2023 Parlophone Records Limited