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04/27/2022
Anonymous
Italy

Great Historical Performance

The well known masterpiece Holst wrote is rendered with atmospheric and very well thought dynamism. Stokowski's choice of tempo and narration timing is in my opinion among the best available. Not always in the right "light" actually, but quite enjoyable is the sound, I would suggest to listen to through the most neutral and natural DAC one could afford.

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02/17/2021
Anonymous
Canada Canada

Phenomenal Sound

This is a great sounding album. I own another CD quality version and have listened to other high res versions but this one is the best sounding that I have listened to yet. Great purchase!

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05/03/2020
Edgardo C.
United States United States

Superb recording

This version of the Planets is simply outstanding!! And sounds better than some versions recorded much later...the LA Philharmonic plays superbly for Stokowski.

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08/10/2019
Anonymous
Germany Germany

Excellent interpretation of Holst's Planets

Perfect in all ways!!!

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03/10/2019
Gil S.
Australia

Astronomically great!

Stokowski was quite the maverick, and perhaps a few times too often, gilded the lily with his interpretations. In 1940, and already incredibly famous, he was invited to conduct the Disney animation Fantasia, which included highlights of Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker. In adulthood, I sought out a Stokowski "account" of the Nutcracker, though not the film version, just an independent recording. It was hugely exaggerated - which, though dubiously suiting the film well - did no favours at all for Tchaikovsky, & those recordings have since graced my recycling bin in lieu of more sincere performances by other conductors. Not sure if it's Pyotr Ilyich's music that causes Stokowski a twitchy baton arm, plus an absence of musical reason, because his account of the 4th Symphony a year after Disney's Fantasia, is certainly a wild roller-coaster ride, albeit with a clown in the back seat. Sometimes Stokowski could be extremely wilful, where one ends up hearing more of him, and less of the actual composer. The finale of said 1941 reading has more than a dozen tempo changes, accelerations, decelerations, and cuts, none of which are marked in the score, resulting in just silly, maniacal nonsense, all at the expense of dear Pyotr Ilyich! However, having copious "other" recordings of Stokowski in my music library, it's fair to say not everything by him is off the planet!, exampled by this fabulous, colourful and rich performance of Holst. The Los Angeles Symphony, though not quite the NBC, nevertheless plays with full-blooded fervour, and the remastering of this recording allows some glorious details and inner instrumentation to shine through. Stokowski would not have been my first port of call for a recording of this work, but I have not for a single moment regretted it, and if you're a Stokowskian (and why not!), and you love this work, I can hugely recommend it.

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Gustav Holst The Planets - Stokowski - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra (Pure DSD) (Redux)
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Genre: Orchestral
Vendor: High Definition Tape Transfers

Description:

Title: Gustav Holst The Planets
Artist(s): Leopold Stokowski - Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
And Women's Voices Of The Roger Wagner Chorale

Recording Info: Transferred from a 15ips 2-track tape
Recorded by Capital Records 1958

1 Mars, The Bringer Of War 6:33
2 Venus, The Bringer Of Peace 8:01
3 Mercury, The Winged Messenger 4:00
4 Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity 7:35
5 Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age 7:50
6 Uranus, The Magician 5:45
7 Neptune, The Mystic 6:30
Total Time: 46:14

 

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