Kansas City Symphony & Michael Stern - Holst: The Planets (2019) [Official Digital Download 24/176]

Reference Recordings proudly presents Holst’s best known and beloved works in an outstanding interpretation from Michael Stern and the Kansas City Symphony. This release was recorded in the beautiful and acoustically acclaimed Helzberg Hall, Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. It was produced by David Frost, six-time winner of the Classical Producer of the Year GRAMMY® award. It was recorded by RR’s engineering team, comprised of GRAMMY® winning engineer and Technical Director Keith O. Johnson, and multi-GRAMMY® nominated engineer Sean Martin. This is the seventh in Reference Recordings’ series with Kansas City Symphony. Previous albums are "Shakespeare’s Tempest"; the Grammy® Award-winning "Britten’s Orchestra"; an Elgar/Vaughan Williams project; "Miraculous Metamorphoses"; an all-Saint-Saëns album featuring the magnificent Organ Symphony, and the music of contemporary American composer Adam Schoenberg (nominated for two Grammy® Awards).

Tracklist:
1. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: I. Mars, the Bringer of War (07:42)
2. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace (08:19)
3. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: III. Mercury, the Winged Messenger (03:55)
4. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: IV. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (08:22)
5. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: V. Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (09:26)
6. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VI. Uranus, the Magician (05:52)
7. The Planets, Op. 32, H. 125: VII. Neptune, the Mystic (07:07)
8. The Perfect Fool Suite, Op. 39, H. 150 (10:40)