This is a discography of The Planets, Op. 32, an orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916, and first performed by the Queen's Hall Orchestra conducted by Adrian Boult on 29 September 1918. It includes the composer's own recordings made in 1922-23 and 1926.

Orchestral version

Year Conductor (Chorus and) Orchestra Label Recording notes
1922Gustav HolstLondon Symphony OrchestraColumbiarecorded 27 October 1922 (Jupiter only) at Petty France Studios; acoustic recording[1]
1923HolstLondon Symphony OrchestraColumbiarecorded 23 August (Mercury, Venus), 24 August (Uranus), 30 October (Mars, Saturn), 6 November (Neptune) at Petty France Studios; acoustic recording[1]
1925HolstLondon Symphony OrchestraColumbiarecorded 19 February (Saturn), 15 September (Jupiter) at Petty France Studios; acoustic recording[1]
1926HolstWomen of the London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony OrchestraColumbiarecorded complete on 22 June, 2 July, 14 Sept. and 22 Oct. at Petty France Studios; electrical recording; released in Dec. 1926;[1] re-issued on LP in 1972, on CD from 1991 onwards[2]
1926Albert CoatesSymphony OrchestraHMVonly Mars, Mercury, Jupiter and Uranus; reissued on CD in 1992 on Koch Historic
1942Ernest MacMillanToronto Symphony OrchestraRCA Victoronly Mars, Venus, Mercury and Jupiter; released on CD in 2006 by Analekta, on Portrait: Sir Ernest MacMillan
1943Leopold StokowskiNBC Symphony OrchestraCala Recordsfrom an NBC radio broadcast in Studio 8H, New York City, the earliest American performance on disc
1945Sir Adrian BoultBBC Symphony OrchestraHMVthe first of Boult's five recordings of the work
1954BoultMembers of the London Philharmonic Choir; Philharmonic Promenade OrchestraNixaorchestra was the London Philharmonic under a pseudonym for contractual reasons
1954Sir Malcolm SargentChorus of Female Voices; London Symphony OrchestraDeccaKingsway Hall; engineer Kenneth Wilkinson
1956StokowskiWomen's Voices of the Roger Wagner Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic OrchestraCapitolthe work's first stereo recording; issued on LP; reissued on CD by EMI
1958SargentBBC Women's Chorus; BBC Symphony OrchestraHMVreissued on CD on Classics for Pleasure
1959BoultVienna Academy Chorus; Vienna State Opera OrchestraWhitehall 20033
1961Herbert von KarajanVienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Philharmonic OrchestraDeccaremastered and reissued in 2007 in 24-bit, 96-kbps sound
1965SargentBBC Symphony OrchestraIMPRoyal Festival Hall, London, February 3, 1965; issued on IMP CD in 1995
1966BoultThe Ambrosian Singers; New Philharmonia OrchestraHMV
1970Bernard HaitinkJohn Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic OrchestraPhilips
1970Bernard HerrmannLondon Philharmonic Chorus; London Philharmonic OrchestraDecca Phase 4 Stereo
1970William SteinbergNew England Conservatory Chorus; Boston Symphony OrchestraDeutsche Grammophonrecorded in Symphony Hall, Boston, in September and October 1970
1971Leonard BernsteinNew York Philharmonic OrchestraColumbiarecorded in Philharmonic Hall in early December 1971; released on LP in 1973; reissued on CD in 1985 and 1997; music was subject of Bernstein's final Young People's Concerts broadcast in March 1972
1971Zubin MehtaFemale Voices of the Los Angeles Master Chorale; Los Angeles Philharmonic OrchestraDeccaAn extra tubist, Tommy Johnson (tubist), was hired during the recording sessions.
1973André PrevinLondon Symphony OrchestraEMIrecorded Sept. 28-29, 1973, in Kingsway Hall, London; engineer Christopher Parker
1974George HurstBournemouth Municipal Choir; Bournemouth Symphony OrchestraContourrecorded at Southampton Guildhall; producer Brian Culverhouse, engineer Brian Couzens
1974Walter SusskindRonald Arnatt Chorale and Missouri Singers; Saint Louis Symphony OrchestraTurnabout and VOXrecorded in Powell Hall in Sept. 1974; issued in 1975; reissued in 2004 by MFSL as a hybrid multichannel SACD
1975James LoughranHallé OrchestraCfP/EMIwon a Gold Disc; in Dec. 2009 came 8th in BBC's Top 30 Most Played classical recordings over three-quarters of a century
1975Eugene OrmandyPhiladelphia OrchestraRCA Red Sealreissued in 1993
1978BoultGeoffrey Mitchell Choir; London Philharmonic OrchestraEMIrecorded 60 years after the same conductor led the work's premiere; on May 12 and 30, June 4 and July 31, 1978, in Kingsway Hall and at Abbey Road; released for Boult's 90th birthday
1978Neville MarrinerAmbrosian Singers; Concertgebouw OrchestraPhilips
1978Sir Georg SoltiLadies of the London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic OrchestraDeccaKingsway Hall, Feb. 1978
1979Sir Alexander GibsonScottish National OrchestraChandosrecorded in Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, 2–3 July 1979
1979Seiji OzawaNew England Conservatory Chorus; Boston Symphony OrchestraPhilipsrecorded in Dec. 1979; reissued in 1992, 2005 and 2010
1980Lorin MaazelMaîtrise de Radio France; Orchestre National de FranceCBS MasterworksChildren's choir used in "Neptune". Digital recording; released in 1981
1980Simon RattleAmbrosian Singers; Philharmonia OrchestraEMIdigital recording; Kingsway Hall, London, 29-30 Dec. 1980
1981KarajanBerlin Philharmonic OrchestraDeutsche Grammophonrecorded in the Philharmonie, Berlin, in Jan. 1981; digital recording
1986Andrew DavisToronto Symphony OrchestraHMVrecorded in The Centre in The Square, Kitchener, Ontario, on 20 Jan. 1986. Children's choir used in "Neptune".
1986PrevinWomen of the Brighton Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic OrchestraTelarc DigitalWatford Town Hall, London, 14–15 April 1986
1986John WilliamsWomen of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus; Boston Pops OrchestraPhilipsBoston Symphony Hall
1986Charles DutoitMontreal Symphony OrchestraDecca / Penguin Classicsrecorded by Decca; reissued in 1998 by Penguin Classics; used for a multi-disciplinary (skating, ballet/dance, music) version;[3] awarded the 1987 Gramophone Award for Engineering
1987Eduardo MataDallas Symphony OrchestraProarte
1987Sir Charles GrovesRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraSanctuary Classicsrecorded in July 1987 in Watford Town Hall
1987Richard HickoxLondon Symphony OrchestraIMP Classicsrecorded in Abbey Road Studio 1 on 8–9 July 1987
1987Geoffrey SimonLondon Symphony OrchestraDelta Entertainmentrecorded at All Saints, Tooting; reissued in 1998
1988William BoughtonPhilharmonia OrchestraNimbusrecorded in the Royal Albert Hall, London, 11-12 Jan. 1988
1988Adrian LeaperSlovak Radio Symphony OrchestraNaxosrecorded 26-30 Nov. 1988 in Bratislava; released in 1989, including Holst's Suite de Ballet, Op. 10
1988Sir Charles MackerrasRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic OrchestraVirgin Classicsrecorded in the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool, in June 1988; released on CD 1989
1989James LevineChicago Symphony OrchestraDeutsche Grammophonreleased in 1991
1989Hilary Davan WettonLondon Philharmonic OrchestraCollins Classics
1989Sir Colin DavisBerlin Philharmonic OrchestraPhilips
1990MehtaNew York Philharmonic OrchestraTeldec
1991James JuddRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraDenonrecorded in Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London, on 1-2 Dec. 1991; released on CD 1992. Boys' choir used in "Neptune".
1992Ross PopleLondon Festival OrchestraASV
1992Yevgeny SvetlanovPhilharmonia OrchestraCollins Classicsreissued 1995 by Edgestone Classics (EC029); Svetlanov website indicates another recording by him with the Russian State Symphony Orchestra
1993Mike BattRoyal Philharmonic Orchestra; Ladies from the John McCarthy ChorusGuildrecorded at Watford Town Hall, 25 August 1993; released in 2018
1993Vernon HandleyRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraTringrecorded Oct. 1993; released 1994
1993A. DavisBBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony OrchestraTeldecrecorded at St Augustine's Church, London, in Dec. 1993
1994José SerebrierMelbourne Symphony OrchestraASV
1994John Eliot GardinerPhilharmonia OrchestraDeutsche Grammophonreleased in 1995
1995Adrian LeaperOrquesta Filarmónica de Gran CanariaArte Nova Classicslive recording 25 January 1995 in the Teatro Pérez Galdós, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
1996Leonard SlatkinPhilharmonia OrchestraBMG Classicsreleased in 1997 on CD
1996Yan Pascal TortelierBBC PhilharmonicBBC Music Magazinerecorded July 13, 1996, in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
1997Roy GoodmanNew Queens Hall OrchestraCarlton ClassicsHistorically informed performance
1997Yoel LeviAtlanta Symphony OrchestraTelarc Digitalrecorded at Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, April 3–4, 1997
1998Andrew LittonDallas Symphony OrchestraDelos
1998Djong Victorin YuPhilharmonia OrchestraExton / Octavia Records Inc.
2001David Lloyd-JonesRoyal Scottish National OrchestraNaxosrecorded February 17–18, 2001, in Glasgow; released in 2002 on CD; issued also on DVD in 5.1 surround sound (Dolby+DTS); includes Pluto, the Renewer by Colin Matthews as well as Holst's The Mystic Trumpeter
2001Mark ElderHallé OrchestraHyperionrecorded in Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, on 27–28 March 2001; includes Pluto, the Renewer by Colin Matthews (commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society and first performed by the Hallé under Kent Nagano in 2000); also includes the original and modified-ending versions of Neptune
2002Dennis Russell DaviesBruckner Orchester LinzChesky Recordsrecorded October 2–4, 2001, in the Brucknerhaus, Linz, Austria; released on SACD in 2002 and later as a digital download on Chesky's HDtracks site
2002Sir Roger NorringtonStuttgart Radio Symphony OrchestraHänsslerlive recording made in the Liederhalle, Stuttgart, 27–29 June 2001
2002Paul FreemanCzech National Symphony OrchestraCNSOrecorded in the Rudolfinum, Prague, 2002; includes Pluto, the Renewer by Colin Matthews[4]
2003HandleyRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraRPOreleased in 2004
2003C. DavisLondon Symphony OrchestraLSO Livelive recording for the orchestra's own label in 2003
2004Owain Arwel HughesRoyal Philharmonic OrchestraWarner Classicsrecorded 26–27 April 2004 at Watford Colosseum; released on CD 2005; includes Pluto, the Renewer by Colin Matthews
2005Yutaka SadoNHK Symphony OrchestraAvex
2005Rico SaccaniBudapest Philharmonic OrchestraBPO Live
2006RattleBerlin Philharmonic OrchestraEMIincludes Pluto, the Renewer by Colin Matthews
2009Paavo JärviCincinnati Symphony OrchestraTelarc
2009Vladimir JurowskiLondon Philharmonic OrchestraLPOrecorded live in the Royal Festival Hall on 22 May 2009; released on CD in 2010
2011A. DavisBBC PhilharmonicChandos
2012PrevinLondon Symphony OrchestraCobra Entertainment LLC
2014David RobertsonSydney Philharmonia Chorus; Sydney Symphony OrchestraSydney Symphony Orchestra
2015Michael FrancisNYO CanadaNYO Canadarecorded 1-3 Aug. 2015 in the McGill Multimedia Room, Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal[5]
2016Edward GardnerNational Youth Orchestra of Great BritainChandosrecorded 8-9 Aug. 2016 in Symphony Hall, Birmingham; released on CD in Feb. 2017[6]
Skidmore College OrchestraMusopenJupiter (8:28):

Mars (8:18):

Concert Band version

Year Conductor Orchestra Label Recording notes
1989Eric BanksLondon Symphonic Wind OrchestraEMI Music JapanRecorded at Abbey Road Studios on 11–12 April 1989.
Wind orchestra version of the complete seven-movement suite transcribed by Cy Payne.
1994Frederick FennellTokyo Kosei Wind OrchestraKing Records, JapanRecorded at Iruma Shimin Kaikan Hall (Saitama, Japan) on 3-4 Nov. 1994. Released in 1995.
Concert band version by Takuzo Inagaki.
1994Daniel Sieber« Belalp » Jubilee Wind OrchestraTonstudio AMOSRecorded at Zentrum Missione, Naters on 26-27 Nov. 1994.
Concert band version by Pierre-Alain Bidaud, Jean-Pierre Hartmann and Daniel Sieber.
1996James WatsonBlack Dyke Mills BandDoyenBrass band version by Stephen Roberts.
1998Eddie GreenUniversity of Houston Wind EnsembleMark CustomConcert band version by Merlin Patterson.
1998United States Air Force Heritage of America BandMars (7:58): Venus (8:21): Mercury (4:23): Jupiter (8:00): Uranus (5:19):
2003Commander Yoshiiku AokiJapan Maritime Self-Defense Force Band, TokyoUniversal Music JapanLive recording at Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall on 3 February 2003.
Concert band version by Tatsuya Konishi.
2005Ton van de KieftNoordenwindMolenaar EditionLive recording at Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam on 1 July 2005.
Concert band version by Geert Schrijvers.

Two-piano transcription

Year Artists Label Recording notes
1984Richard Markham, David NettlePsycheTwo-piano transcription.
1998Len Vorster, Robert ChamberlainNaxosTwo-piano transcription.
2000Anthony Goldstone and Caroline ClemmowOlympiaTwo-piano transcription.
2001John York, Fiona YorkBlack BoxOne piano, four hands transcription. Reissued 2011 on Nimbus Records.
2004Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, Susan BradshawDelosTwo-piano transcription.

Other versions

Year Conductor Orchestra Label Recording notes
1976Isao TomitaRCAReleased in 1976/1991. Free arrangement and abridgement for electronic synthesiser.
1985Kevin Peek with Rick Wakeman and Jeff WayneProgressive rock version called Beyond the Planets.
1996Peter SykesRavenVersion for organ.
2009Hugh BantonFieOrgan transcription.
2010Buzz EnsembleFidelioVersion for brass and organ.
2010Stefan MoserH and MVersion for organ.
2020Jeremy LevyJeremy Levy Jazz OrchestraOA2 RecordsBig Band version called The Planets: Reimagined.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Stuart, Philip. The LSO Discography. 2009. Available at CHARM website, accessed 28 March 2013.
  2. All the music from The Planets conducted by the composer, including alternate takes and original couplings, was issued together for the first time in 2014: Sanders, A. Review of Explore Multimedia ExM008. Classical Recordings Quarterly. Autumn 2014, No 78, p59-60.
  3. The Planets (Multi-disciplinary) version only reference was found here: at Amazon
  4. Available at CNSO website, accessed 4 July 2018.
  5. Available at NYO Canada website, accessed 8 August 2018.
  6. Available at Chandos website, accessed 9 June 2017.
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