Holst: The Planets

Gustav Holst (Composer), Ann Howard Jones (Conductor), Yoel Levi (Conductor), Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Ann Howard Jones, Yoel Levi
• Composer: Gustav Holst
• Audio CD (January 27, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000003D2R
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,717 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I. Mars, The Bringer Of War

2. II. Venus, The Bringer Of Peace

3. III. Mercury, The Winged Messenger

4. IV. Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity

5. V. Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age

6. VI. Uranus, The Magician

7. VII. Neptune, The Mystic

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Quite good, but not the best, May 15, 2000

By 

Hyacinth Tucker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Holst: The Planets (Audio CD)

I bought this to replace a CD of a Bernstein interpretation from 1976 that somehow vanished. I like it quite a bit, but it's not my old Bernstein. Mars is a little slow and cluttered toward the end, and lacking the organ that really set the tone for me. Also, it was a little too legato in the louder portions. Jupiter also seemed to drag some. Saturn is really beutiful and haunting, though. Overall, it's grown on me. The Bernstein performance I had is out of print now and I can't find it anywhere, but I'm not disappointed by the replacement.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Audio problem with this recording?, December 5, 2000

By 

Inge Johnsson (Sammamish, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Holst: The Planets (Audio CD)

I too like this performance, but the recording appears to be flawed. There is a constant pulsating very low rumble throughout the recording, which is very annoying. I do have a subwoofer in my setup, which of course aggravates the problem.

I also have Telarc's DTS sampler, and when I went back and listened to the sample there I now noticed that it has the same problem.

If you have a higher grade system with full range frequency response, I wouldn't recommend this recording for these reasons.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best available recording of this composition, November 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Holst: The Planets (Audio CD)

I did my research to find the best, highest-quality recording of The Planets by Gustav Theodore Holst, and this is the recording to buy. I love the Atlanta stuff on Telarc.