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Holst: The Planets / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

Andrew Davis · Andrew Parrott · Jean Ashworth Bartle · Neville Marriner · Toronto Symphony Orchestra · Minnesota Orchestra · Taverner Players · Toronto Children's Chorus

EMI Classics1993Cat. CDM 7 64300 21h 7m9 tracks

Holst: The Planets / Britten: The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1993), CD, on EMI Classics. Music by Gustav Holst, Benjamin Britten, Henry Purcell, performed by Andrew Davis, Andrew Parrott, Jean Ashworth Bartle, Neville Marriner; 9 tracks.

Composers

Gustav Holst7 Benjamin Britten1 Henry Purcell1

Tracklist

01

The Planets, op. 32: Mars, the Bringer of War (Allegro)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

6:53

02

The Planets, op. 32: Venus, the Bringer of Peace (Adagio)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

8:11

03

The Planets, op. 32: Mercury, the Winged Messenger (Vivance)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

4:02

04

The Planets, op. 32: Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (Allegro giocoso)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

8:16

05

The Planets, op. 32: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (Adagio)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

8:37

06

The Planets, op. 32: Uranus, the Magician (Allegro)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

6:02

07

The Planets, op. 32: Neptune, the Mystic (Andante)

Gustav Holst - The Planets, op. 32

Andrew Davis, Jean Ashworth Bartle, Toronto Symphony Orchestra

7:29

08

Abdelazer or The Moor's Revenge, Z 570: Rondeau

Henry Purcell - Incidental Music for Abdelazer, or, the Moor's Revenge, Z 570

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Players

1:36

09

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Benjamin Britten - The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, op. 34

Neville Marriner, Minnesota Orchestra

16:36