Holst: The Planets, Egdon Heath

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Holst: The Planets, Egdon Heath
1.	The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125 50:55
	Composed by Gustav Holst
	Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra, Stephen Jackson and Andrew Davis
	Conducted by Andrew Davis
2.	Egdon Heath (Homage to Hardy), for orchestra, Op. 47, H. 172 13:07
	Composed by Gustav Holst
	Performed by BBC Symphony Orchestra
	Conducted by Andrew Davis

Barnes & Noble

John Williams's score to Star Wars didn't materialize out of thin air. Just listen to the obsessive martial menace of "Mars, the Bringer of War" or the otherworldly mystery of "Neptune, the Mystic" and you'll hear the source for much of Williams's (and other film composers') inspiration. If The Planets has a cinematic quality, it's music so full of character and incident that it always commands your undivided attention. Andrew Davis and the BBC Symphony Orchestra give a sensational performance that's realized in sumptuous, sonorous splendor by Teldec's engineers. Also included is one of the few available recordings of Holst's spare, impressionistic tone poem Egdon Heath, providing a contrasting illustration of the composer's orchestral mastery. Andrew Farach-Colton

Penguin Guide to Compact Discs

Andrew Davis's set of Planets is among the finest of modern recordings, and this Apex disc is a first choice among super-bargain versions.