Compil. GB 1993 on Castle Communications label
Classical (Romantic)
Three CD's released in a slipcase. CD1: Digitally recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, February 1989. CD2: The Planets: Digitally recorded at Watford Town Hall, July 1987. St Paul's Suite: Digitally recorded at All Saints Church, Tooting, March 1989. CD3: 1812, Capriccio Italien, Romeo & Juliet: Digitally recorded at Watford Town Hall, January 1988. Marche Slave: Digitally recorded at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, March 1989.
![]() | Gustav Holst str, 1874-1934 GB album by |
![]() | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , 1840-1893 RU album by |
![]() | The London Symphony Orchestra , orchestra, album by |
![]() | The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , orchestra, album by |
![]() | Barry Wordsworth , *1948 GB conductor, album by |
![]() | Sir Charles Groves hps, 1915-1992 GB conductor, album by |
![]() | Jacek Kaspszyk g, *1952 PL conductor, album by |
![]() | Ladies Of The Philharmonic Chorus chorus |
Brian Culverhouse engineer, producer |
Mark Vigars engineer |
Trygg Trygvasson engineer |
Jeffrey Long liner notes |
James Burnett producer |
John Boyden producer |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | CD1: Favourite Overtures | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | ||
2 | Light Cavalry | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Franz von Suppé | 6:57 |
3 | Morning, Noon And Night In Vienna | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Franz von Suppé | 8:20 |
4 | The Barber Of Seville | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Gioacchino Rossini | 7:39 |
5 | The Marriage Of Figaro | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 4:10 |
6 | The Thieving Magpie | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Gioacchino Rossini | 10:19 |
7 | Ruslan And Ludmilla | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka | 5:01 |
8 | The Merry Wives Of Windsor | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Otto Nicolai | 8:24 |
9 | Poet And Peasant | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Franz von Suppé | 10:07 |
10 | The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | 9:54 |
11 | CD2: Gustav Holst - The Planets / St Paul's Suite | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | ||
12 | The Planets: Orchestral Suite, H125 (Op 32) (1916) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | ||
13 | Mars, The Bringer Of War | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 7:41 | |
14 | Venus, The Bringer Of Peace | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 8:21 | |
15 | Mercury, The Winged Messenger | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 4:05 | |
16 | Jupiter, The Bringer Of Jollity | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 8:23 | |
17 | Saturn, The Bringer Of Old Age | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 8:57 | |
18 | Uranus, The Magician | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 8:23 | |
19 | Neptune, The Mystic | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 8:50 | |
20 | St Paul's Suite For Strings, H118 (Op29) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | ||
21 | I Gigue | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 3:27 | |
22 | II Ostinato | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 1:44 | |
23 | III Intermezzo | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 4:29 | |
24 | IV Finale | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 3:36 | |
25 | CD3: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture / Rome & Juliet / Capriccio Italien / Marche Slave | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | ||
26 | Marche Slave, Op 31 (1876) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 11:34 | |
27 | Fantasy-Overture: Romeo And Juliet (1880) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 20:49 | |
28 | Capriccio Italien, Op 45 (1880) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 15:47 | |
29 | Overture: 1812, Op 49 (1880) | Gustav Holst / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - The London Symphony Orchestra - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth, Sir Charles Groves / Jacek Kaspszyk | 18:03 |
Gustav Holst, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir William Walton, The Philadelphia Orchestra / Leonard Bernstein • Eugene Ormandy - Holst: The Planets / Walton: Façade 1996 Classical |