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Alexander Gibson leads an expectedly vibrant performance of the Planets, displaying many positive attributes–solid tempos and phrasing and rich orchestral sonorities–that informed his Sibelius and
Who would have thought Roger Norrington had it in him? This (generally) swift and (entirely) exciting, highly individual interpretation of The Planets has numerous interesting
Musical Heritage Society offers a solid performance of the Planets from Telarc’s back catalog, one with superb playing by the Royal Philharmonic and inspired conducting
From start to finish, astute collectors will discover that there is nothing terribly special about this performance and that it is bettered by numerous studio
Volume 4 of the continuing Naxos series “English String Miniatures” brings more excellent performances of music that’s uniformly attractive and easy on the ear, most
This callow, boxy reissue of a 1959 recording on Westminster ought never to have been produced. It’s a cheap performance of a work that requires
This is the third volume in Naxos’ mini-series “English String Miniatures”, bringing further pleasingly recorded offerings from David Lloyd-Jones and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. As
Colin Matthews’ musically undistinguished and pointless addition to Holst’s masterpiece demonstrates the triumph of the unmusical. After all, the fact that Pluto hadn’t been discovered
Stoki’s Planets doesn’t monkey around with Holst’s orchestration as much as might be expected: a tam-tam crescendo at the end of “Mars”, some fiddling in
Here on one handy CD are the almost complete major works for wind band by Holst and Vaughan Williams (the only serious missing item is
