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Music : Holst: The Planets
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Holst: The Planets from: Decca List Price: $7.98 CD-Charts Price: $6.99 You Save: $0.99 (12%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0028946741825 Format: Original recording remastered Label: Decca Manufacturer: Decca Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Decca Release Date: April 10, 2001 Studio: Decca Sales Rank: 6985 MPN: 467418 Disc 1:
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 Rating:  - 'A GIANT INFLUENCE ON PROGRESSIVE ROCK"Holst The Planets was a universal awakening for progressive rock musicians during the early 70's. Mars, the bringer of War turns up on King Crimson's The Devil's Triangle. Excerpts from Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity are found on NO OPPORTUNITY NECESSARY by Yes. The main melody is reproduced on Manfred Mann's Joybringer. The center section of Mars, Bringer of War is played by Lucifer's Friend on Summerdream. I have also heard snipets of Procol Harum and Univers Zero. I believe that David Bedford and Bernard Hermann were influenced as well. Holst the Planets is very educating and musicians have been studying the work for decades. John Williams compositions for the Star Wars Trilogy is the most common example of just how influential Holst really ... Read More: Rating:  - John Williams Owes Holst Big-timeGive a listen to The Planets, and you'll recognize the phrases and melodies and arrangement style that became Star Wars in John Williams' able hands. Rating:  - music 5I bought tis for my son who is a music major. He loved it Rating: - Exciting array of music....................Totally remastered for surround sound or high resolution stereo and the results are astonishing. The Planets was always of demonstration quality; now it sounds more spacious than ever, with greater depth in the bass, enhanced internal definition and the dynamics expanded. The result is thrilling---Uranus and the brass bring a remarkable sense of the concert hall. The performance is basically traditional, with plenty of ferocity in Mars, delicacy in Mercury and sparkle in Jupiter, and throughout there is an appealing freshness as if one were experiencing Holst's wonderful orchestral effects for the first time. Rating: - Wonderful! And with thanks to John Williams for introducing this listener to "The Planets!"I bought this CD after a Tanglewood concert a few years ago where John Williams, focusing on movie music including his own compositions, also conducted "The Planets." I recognized "Jupiter" as the theme music for a WQXR (the New York Times radio station) "New York at 6" program. It was a treat to find out where that piece came from. When I listened to this beautifully performed CD, I was pleasantly surprised to see Mr. Williams' movie music included -- a brilliant move on the part of this item's producers (just listen to "Mars" and then to "Star Wars"). As another reviewer has suggested, it's not clear why his music was included, but there are similarities here which I'd love Mr. Williams to discuss some day. I've since become an avid amateur ... Read More: |
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