Gustav Holst- The Planets, Full Suite
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Channel: Salem Ronkartz
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Length: 49min 14sec (2954 seconds)
Published: Sun Apr 27 2014
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I've played Jupiter before. It's a great piece of music.
Holst was a musical genius. I can already hear the booming sound of Mars in my head.
Mars is by far my favorite.
We are back...
Still my favorite orchestral work of all time. The best thing to come out of what I already consider to be the richest era (spanning the likes of Debussy, Stravinsky et al).
I'm always on the hunt for new interpretations of this work. I have a particular fondness for the Tomita album from 1976. There are three different space/planet-themed video compositions which borrow this album (one of which with narration by Patrick Stewart) and I own them all.
I love Mars and Jupiter like the majority of the rest, but Uranus and Neptune are my all time faves with Mercury close behind.
Uranus is just all over the place, I feel it in my soul. The piece is so playful and flighty at times, but it can quickly switch to demand your full attention with the blow of brass. Horns on full display! It makes me so incredibly happy to listen to it I could cry just thinking about it!
Oh man, and the choir that comes in towards the end of Neptune? It tosses my brain in the middle of many emotions. Scared yet courageous and peaceful - like an explorer happening upon a find of great awe and beauty. It also makes me feel both hopeless and hopeful of what truly lies in the vastness of space and far beyond. And then I'm sad because I'll never get the chance to witness it in my lifetime.
I'm so sorry, I just really love this suite!
But this wasn't based on the Roman gods directly. It was based on the astrological significances of the planets, which were in turn based on the Roman gods.
My favorite pop culture use of the music.
Also, I would have been more upset by the demotion of Pluto to dwarf planet if it had had its own Holst composition.
The finishing piece - Neptune, the Mystic - is wonderful and unique when performed live. Most symphonic music hits a crescendo in the final section, whereas Neptune is very quiet, the choir comes in toward the end, and an absolutely haunting finish. Imagine yourself traveling through the Solar System as you listen to the whole suite, and then it ends with the long silence leaving the chaos and beauty behind you.
An amazing work.
And Mars gave us the airship level soundtrsck for Super Mario Brothers 3.