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Amazon.com: Holst: The Planets: Music: Gustav Holst,John Williams,Zubin Mehta,Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

or

Amazon.com: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op 32: Music: Gustav Holst,André Previn,Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

 

[augustwest]

This is the one you should get:

The Planets by Gustav Holst, Charles Dutoit, and Montréal Symphony Orchestra

- augustwest

 

[mbhaub]

Yes --- the Dutoit! It beats Previn and Mehta all the way: more visceral, more poetic, much better recorded. Mehta was pretty dang good in its day, but if there was ever a work that demands digital recording, it's The Planets. Previn's was never that highly rated -- kind of stuffy and dull I thought. There is one analog recording that I would rate right up there with Dutoit and that's Steinberg/Boston on DG.