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Holst: The Planets/John Williams: Star Wars/Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra |  | Creators: Gustav Holst, Richard [1] Strauss, John [Film Composer] Williams, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Label: Decca
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Seller: moviemars
Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 60399
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 452910
UPC: 028945291024
EAN: 0028945291024
ASIN: B0000042G5
Release Date: January 13, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 1, "Mars, the Bringer of War" | | • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 2, "Venus, the Bringer of Peace" | | • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 3, "Mercury, the Winged Messenger" | | • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 4, "Jupiter, the Bringer of Peace" | | • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 5, "Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age" | | • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 6, "Uranus, the Magician" | | • | The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: No. 7, "Neptune, the Mystic" (w/hidden 8-part female chorus) | | • | Close Encounters of the Third Kind, film score: Suite |
Disc 2
| • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Sunrise | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Of The People of The Unseen World | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Of Joys and Passions | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Of The Great Longing | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Dirge | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): Of Science | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): The Convalescent | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): The Dance Song | | • | Also sprach Zarathustra (Thus Spoke Zoroaster), tone poem for orchestra, Op. 30 (TrV 176): The Song of The Night-Wanderer | | • | Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Suite | | • | Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Suite | | • | Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Suite | | • | Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Suite | | • | Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Suite | | • | Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope, film score: Suite |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 A Pretty Good Bargain July 19, 2009
Karl W. Nehring (Ostrander, OH USA)
This London two-CD set sells for the price of one CD, so I can just about forgive London for including the Strauss piece. I suppose their rationale was a "space" theme, and the opening section of Zarathustra was used to notable effect in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey--still, did they have to include the whole thing? Aaarrgghhh.
The rest of the set is a lot of fun. I bought the LP version of the Holst back in the mid `70s, and it served me well for years. In its CD incarnation, it still sounds pretty good, but is no match either sonically or musically for London's Dutoit recording, Levi's version on Telarc, the Litton on Delos, or the Slatkin on RCA. Time marches on! Still, for the price, and for the bonus of getting the two John Williams suites, both of which are fun to listen to, this set can be seen as a pretty good bargain.
 The planets are magnificent, and the cd is excelent January 9, 2007
J. D. Carlson
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love the Planets Suite, and I was looking for a cd of the Planets to buy. When I saw this one with the Star Wars Suite. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, AND Also Sprach Zarathustra at this low of a price, I was hooked
Lovely November 3, 2006
Flora Lee (New York, NY United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've thoroughly enjoyed both CD's. I do wish the Holst and Strauss pieces were a little louder, but I guess that's my radio's problem.
If you like John Williams soundtracks, you'll love this! December 18, 2003
Raymond J. Kim (Troy, NY United States)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
Okay, so the album isn't all John Williams. However, I think the selections to create this album were superb! You get the best of outer space soundtracks with this double CD set!
I should mention that I enjoy this album merely because of the works used to put it together. Some of the interpretations left a bit to be desired (hence, the reason why I give this only four, instead of five, stars). For example, I felt the horn player in "Mars" (the first movement of "The Planets") was too overbearing (I thought he/she overdid the vibrato, among other things), rather than subtle (as done in the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal's version, ASN# B0000041S7 -- check out my review of that album). Additionally, I wasn't too crazy about "Cantina Band" in "Star Wars" -- it's not that I don't like the piece (I do!); rather, the fade out by the sound engineer was unnatural and inappropriate for an orchestral work. (C'mon, shouldn't a fine group led by the great Zubin Metha be able to perform a decrescendo ending without any electronic help?)
Criticism aside, let me say that I LOVE this album! Even though I might attack the performance quality, I loved how the works were selected and organized. If you're a fan of sci-fi or action/adventure soundtracks, you'll thoroughly enjoy what you hear!
You gotta love it! Perfect for the Sci-Fi fan. November 27, 2002
Kendal B. Hunter (Provo, UT United States)
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
This is a great CD for the Sci-Fi fan. It has all of the music that you could want. It has the classic "Star Wars Suite" from " Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope," but it also includes the "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" suite from Lucas' director buddy, Steven Spielberg.The compilers got another bull's-eye by including Holst's "The Planets," which is the source for the themes of Star Wars. For example, play "Mars," then listen to the themes associated with the Empire. Or play "Venus" and compare that to "Princess Leia's Theme." And the similarities between "Mercury" and "The Little People" are too obvious to state. "The Cantina Theme" is strong, except for the bridge. In the original recording there were steel drums that are conspicuously absent. For some reason, the entire "Also Sprach Zarathustra" was included on the CD. The introduction was made famous by "2001: A Space Odyssey," but the rest of the opus has been forgotten. I think they just had extra space on the CD, so they included the rest of the composition. Whatever reason, we are better for hearing all of the music that was based on Nietzsche's philosophical book of the same name. The recording is clear and sharp, and I have had no technical problems with the CD skipping. The cover-art has some of those unusual pictures from the Hubble Telescope that gives the entire product that sense of otherness we all crave.
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