Artist: CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner
Album: Holst: The Planets / Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2017
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:19:48
Total Tracks: 16
Total Size: 1,32 GB

Tracklist:

01. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: Sehr breit – Immer breiter – (01:59)
02. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Von den Hinterweltlern’. Weniger breit – Mäßig langsam, mit Andacht – Sehr breit – (03:27)
03. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Von der großen Sehnsucht’. Bewegter – Früheres Zeitmaß (mäßig langsam) – (01:54)
04. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Von den Freuden- und Leidenschaften’. Bewegt – Noch bewegter, sehr leidenschaftlich – Etwas breiter werden – (01:51)
05. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Das Grablied’. Etwas ruhiger – Immer ruhiger – (02:05)
06. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Von der Wissenschaft’. Sehr langsam – Schnell – Etwas lebhafter – Sehr langsam – Etwas weniger langsam – Doppelt so schnell – (04:10)
07. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Der Genesende’. Energisch – Allmählich etwas bewegter – Immer bewegter – Immer schneller – Sehr schnell – Ziemlich langsam – Schnell – (04:52)
08. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Das Tanzlied’. [ ] – Zart bewegt – Mit lebhaftem Schwung – Leicht und elastisch – Sehr bewegt – Sehr lebhaft und schwungvoll – Allmählich wieder bewegter – Sehr schnell – (07:13)
09. National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, TrV 176: ‘Das Nachtwandlerlied’. [ ] – Langsam – Immer ruhiger – Immer langsamer – Noch langsamer (04:13)
10. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: I. Mars, the Bringer of War. Allegro (07:15)
11. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace. Adagio – Andante – Animato – Meno mosso – Largo – Animato – Largo – Animato – Largo – Adagio (come prima) – Andante – Tempo I (07:44)
12. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger. Vivace (03:45)
13. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity. Allegro giocoso – Più mosso – Tempo I – Andante maestoso – Tempo I – Maestoso – Meno mosso – Lento maestoso – Presto (07:30)
14. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age. Adagio – Poco animato – Tempo I – Animato – [A tempo I] – Animato – L’istesso tempo (animato) – Andante (08:35)
15. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: VI. Uranus, the Magician. Allegro – Lento – Allegro – Largo (05:23)
16. CBSO Youth Chorus, National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, Edward Gardner – The Planets, Op. 32, H 125: VII. Neptune, the Mystic. Andante – Allegretto (07:45)

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For its very first album on Chandos, the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain devotes its characteristic energy and musical mastery to an explosive programme that transcends daily life and earthly experience. It is helped by the enthusiastic, encouraging, and experienced baton of Edward Gardner as well as by the sumptuous yet detailed acoustic of Symphony Hall, Birmingham, all fully revealed in this surround-sound recording.

Their performance of Strauss’s Also sprach Zarathustra and Holst’s The Planets is already a point of reference in the UK after the immensely successful Prom concert that preceded the recording. The concert’s five-star review in The Daily Telegraph praised in particular the orchestra’s ‘great attack and complete absence of anything routine’, while The Guardian emphasised the great performance of the orchestra in this ‘graceful and evocative programme’, especially the ‘depth and richness of sound that belied their youth’.
This unique album is a first milestone in what promises to be a superb discography for the NYO.