Notes and Editorial Reviews
If you're looking for a budget Planets, Rattle's Philharmonia Orchestra recording made in 1980 in Kingsway Hall is tempting and quite well-recorded, but the real attraction of this disk is Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem made four years later in Birmingham, which remains one of the finest recordings ever made of the work.
-- Robert E. Benson, ClassicalCDReview.com [6/2003]
If you're looking for a budget Planets, Rattle's Philharmonia Orchestra recording made in 1980 in Kingsway Hall is tempting and quite well-recorded, but the real attraction of this disk is Britten's Sinfonia da Requiem made four years later in Birmingham, which remains one of the finest recordings ever made of the work.
-- Robert E. Benson, ClassicalCDReview.com [6/2003] Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
The Planets, Op. 32/H 125 by Gustav Holst
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Philharmonia Orchestra,
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1916; England
2.
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 by Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Orchestra/Ensemble:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1940; England
Sound Samples
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 1. Mars, the Bringer of War (Allegro)
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 2. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (Adagio)
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 3. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (Vivace)
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 4. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Allegro giocoso)
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 5. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (Adagio)
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 6. Uranus, the Magician (Allegro)
The Planets - Suite H125 (Op. 32): 7. Neptune, the Mystic (Andante)
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: I. Lacrymosa (Andante ben misurato) -
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: II. Dies irae (Allegro con fuoco) -
Sinfonia da Requiem Op. 20: III. Requiem aeternam (Andante molto tranquillo)
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