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I'll have a bit of that... Holst's PLANETS (edit - by popular demand)

General Discussions » I'll have a bit of that... Holst's PLANETS (edit - by popular demand) (Posts 61 to 90 of 145)

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    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
    franz_conrad wrote
    I don't know, to be honest.

    Probably a Naxos version. shame


    Get the Dutoit...that's an order.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
    MFP= what
    listen to more classical music!
  3. Music For Pleasure
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
    Was this Music For Pleasure a division of a major label such as London?
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
    sdtom wrote
    Was this Music For Pleasure a division of a major label such as London?


    I don't know Tom? MFP was a very cheap label that did a lot of classical music besides many other mostly 'easy listening' type stuff, you'd find them in racks in stores like Woolworth's.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeApr 28th 2009
    This is just not ringing a bell with me right now.
    listen to more classical music!
  7. Stravinsky's Firebird opening was also an inspiration, I would guess, for Hans Zimmer's DA VINCI CODE score. How I didn't notice it before, I wonder.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorBregt
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    Because Holst's Mars blocked the way?
    Kazoo
  9. Well, there's also a bit of Thomas Tallis in there too, I think.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    franz_conrad wrote
    Well, there's also a bit of Thomas Tallis in there too, I think.


    I think so.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  11. Timmer wrote
    franz_conrad wrote
    I don't know, to be honest.

    Probably a Naxos version. shame


    Get the Dutoit...that's an order.


    Is this the one Tim? Just to be sure.
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    Get the 20 CD set.
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    sdtom wrote
    Get the 20 CD set.


    So let me get this straight....you recommend the 20 CD set, is that what you're saying? wink
    I am extremely serious.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    I'll ship it to you
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    DreamTheater wrote
    Timmer wrote
    franz_conrad wrote
    I don't know, to be honest.

    Probably a Naxos version. shame


    Get the Dutoit...that's an order.


    Is this the one Tim? Just to be sure.


    Thumbs up thumbs Thumbs up

    cool
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  16. Those are thumbs???

    biggrin
    "considering I've seen an enormous debate here about The Amazing Spider-Man and the ones who love it, and the ones who hate it, I feel myself obliged to say: TASTE DIFFERS, DEAL WITH IT" - Thomas G.
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    What I'm saying Thor is that I found the Planets recording to be above average enough in quality to merit the purchase of the set. Your getting the entire thing for likely less than the cost of the Karajan CD!!! There is crap in the set I'll grant you but also some damn nice material. I was impressed with the Strauss material performed by the Netherlands Philharmonic/Chamber Orchestra among others.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
  18. 20 CDs postage to Australia.

    In the words of the wiseguy: are you kidding? wink
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    I could check for you if you's like. Or I could only ship the CD's and get rid of the jewel cases.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    You have to remember that there is nothing in this for me at all other than I'm trying to help out. Sometimes I think its better just to be quiet
    listen to more classical music!
  21. It was just a joke, Tom. Normally a package of 20 cds would get the shipping up into the stratosphere for me. wink

    At the moment I'm not really purchasing classical stuff anyway. A general cutback in CDs to pour my money into short filmmaking instead.
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeMay 7th 2009
    Not a bad idea to just get rid of the jewel cases and just ship them in paper sleeves for anyone that is interested in this set or other sets.
    listen to more classical music!
  23. Watched Holst's The Planets suite on TV at the weekend - part of the proms.

    Thoroughly enjoyed it - and I thought that Sir Charles Mackerras conducting the BBC Philharmonic orchestra did a good job. Particularly with the opening Mars sequence:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGlL1wexQk
    The views expressed in this post are entirely my own and do not reflect the opinions of maintitles.net, or for that matter, anyone else. http://www.racksandtags.com/falkirkbairn
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009
    A top 100 classical piece of all time imho.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009 edited
    Unlike some popular classical works I've never tired of The Planets and I doubt I ever will.

    As a teenager I was lucky to see it performed with the LSO with it's then principal cunductor Andre Previn, what a night! I got Previn to sign the LP of his rendering of Vaughan Williams # 3.

    Believe it or not, I didn't know at that time that Previn had once been a major Hollywood film composer!?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009
    Someday I should review this fine piece and comment on all of the different versions I have of this recording. For those of you who don't know Pluto isn't included because when Holst wrote the piece it hadn't been discovered! As it turned out he was right all along. After discovering the planet they took it away again.
    Thomas
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009
    smile
    I never realized that.
    What an interesting twist of fate.
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009
    What is Pluto classified as now?
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorsdtom
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009
    I'm not sure


    Timmer wrote
    What is Pluto classified as now?
    listen to more classical music!
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      CommentAuthorMiya
    • CommentTimeJul 29th 2009
    Timmer wrote
    What is Pluto classified as now?


    Canidae?
    Labels are for cans, not people. - Anthony Rapp

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