Artist: Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle
Album: Holst: The Planets
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2006/2014
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 01:24:27
Total Tracks: 12
Total Size: 701 MB

Tracklist:

1-01. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (07:25)
1-02. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (08:59)
1-03. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (04:02)
1-04. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (08:02)
1-05. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (09:35)
1-06. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: VI. Uranus, the Magician (06:04)
1-07. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – The Planets, Op. 32: VII. Neptune, the Mystic (07:01)
1-08. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – Pluto, The Renewer (06:15)
2-01. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – Asteroid 4179-Toutatis (04:36)
2-02. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – Towards Osiris (07:55)
2-03. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – Ceres (06:40)
2-04. Berlin Philharmonic, Rundfunkchor Berlin, Sir Simon Rattle – Komarov’s Fall (07:49)

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Is it chance or serendipity that Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic timed their new recording of Holst’s The Planets to coincide with the current astronomical upheaval? Though Holst learned of the discovery of Pluto four years before he died, it probably did not occur to him to add another movement, especially since the work’s last section, ‘Neptune, the Mystic,’ ends in an other-worldly, ethereal fade-out, enhanced by an off-stage wordless women’s chorus. He would have been surprised by the latest development in Pluto’s status, but undoubtedly pleased that his ultimately incomplete Suite– which had become more popular than he had expected or thought it deserved–had inspired another British composer, Colin Matthews, to write a successful companion piece, ‘Pluto, the Renewer,’ in 2000. Moreover, the Berlin Philharmonic added to Holst’s galaxy by commissioning four composers to write a movement each for a Suite called ‘Asteroids.’ This is its premiere recording.