Gustav Holst: The Planets, The Mystic Trumpete - 2002 [DVD-Audio]
DVD Decrypter ISO, scans, mds | 4.15 GB | NAXOS / 5.11004 | 2002 | Sound: PPCM 5.1, 2.0 24/44.1, DTS 5.0, DD 5.1 Performers: David Lloyd-Jones, Claire Rutter, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Chorus Is there any orchestra music lover anywhere, who has not yet heard the planets? I have for long, long years cherished the several versions recorded at one time or another by the late Sir Adrian Boult - who premiered the work - but the new Naxos version with the Scottish National Orchestra, conducted by David Lloyd-Jones, need not suffer from hallowed comparisons. Perhaps one starts out with this music, revelling in the large moments, rhythmed and swelling and soaring; only to later linger more and more often into musing about the brilliant innovations of the composer's use of the orchestra, along with less of the riot of life and more of the fading away into unfathomable, mysterious regions. In any case, the new CD ... and the new multichannel DVD audio disc re...