The Planets

Recordings worth hearing

• Boult / London Philharmonic Orchestra

  Reference

  EMI / Warner · 1978

  Boult conducted the premiere and recorded the suite five times. This is the last, and Saturn is slow enough that you hear time itself.

• Dutoit / Montreal Symphony Orchestra

  Modern

  Decca · 1986

  Colour first. The women's chorus fading at the end of Neptune is drawn out as long as anyone dares, and those fifteen seconds are the hardest in the suite.

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