I've heard "The Planets" many times and this is one of the best recordings I've heard. Wolff gives each planet its due. Yes, his take on "Mars" is assured, but his attention to detail with "Venus", "Jupiter" and "Neptune" mean he has given us a "Planets" for the ages. Bravo!
Comfort is the essence of all of music This wonderful and skilful and graceful performance evokes comfortable feelings and will quench and moisturize the dryness of the soul
I love the way the audience members pointing here and there when the wordless chorus came, trying to find out their location. I wish it was their first time experiencing this moment.
I was an Audio Video Tech in School but now in my old age with bad hearing I'd say some of he best Audio Quality that I've ever heard on youtube. thanks for your comment and enjoy
@@BLUEPLANETJAZZthe frankfurt radio symphony is one of the best orchestras in the world and they have some very experienced sound engineers. also they do youtube for a very long time. so what you hear here is pure skill and knowledge how to make it sound right. your claim that this is staged is an insult to these artists
I hear so many different things when listening to this. Obviously many composers took inspiration from this suite. I can make out themes from Star Wars, Legend of Zelda, I hear some things that resemble works by Joe Hisaishi from Studio Ghibli, Nobuo Uematsu for Final Fantasy and so many others. This suite is about 50 minutes long but it's packed to the brim with awesomeness.
The influence this single opus had on modern movie soundtracks cannot be overstated. Zimmer, Williams, Goldsmith, and Horner all borrowed at least a line or two from these songs.
I've heard a few times about people asking if there were special/modified musical instruments in order to perform this symphonic suite. And, surprisingly, Holst scored this masterpiece with conventional instruments of the time! The celesta keyboard (heard in the "Neptune"suite) was around & utilized by many composers of the period.
can't believe no one is talking about the TUBA playing in this group, particularly in mars! unsure of who this tubist is in particular, but playing over the whole orchestra with a single tubist is astonishing. BRAVO
@@Eric-hf9zb In this work, Holst calls for a "Tenor Tuba in Bb" which in this context is a Euphonium not a baritone. While closely related a Euphonium has much more conical tubing than a true baritone. In this performance they are using a Euphonium.
I lived in Frankfurt and went to the Alte Oper many times. This is my heartfelt orchestra. They play so well, they move with emotion. It deserves a place among the great ones. And Hugh Wolff was always an underrated conductor. A wonderful piece to hear and see.😊
A lifelong Music-lover in my mid-sixties here so have heard this many many times. THIS performance was the proverbial hearing it for the first time. Love you all.
This is absolutely gorgeous... I've learned by now that everything from hr-Sinfonieorchester is. 23:00 took my breath. It's a big wish of mine to see this orchestra perform in real life.
Wow - just listened to their Mars - powerful!! Combination of brilliant musicianship, bravura and camera work make this such moving experience - world class! Bravissimo!!
Took my friends in their 20's to Hollywood Bowl to listen to this. To this day they remember this and learned what musical sounds are and how they work. I wish our educational system would teach a class on classical music in Elementary and Jr High. We used to go to field trips but those days are long gone.
@@ZAWARUD00The negative one is archaic. As I said, almost nobody uses "terrific" negatively, unless being sarcastic of course. I assumed you might not speak natively which is why I explained it.
@@FernMsTiri I've always heard the original score places them in a separate room outside the main orchestra hall and at the end the doors are slowly closed.
I ADMIRE SO MUCH ANYONE WHO IS SUCH AN EXPERT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN AS TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO LIFE THIS ENORMOUS SCORE, WITH SUCH EXCELLENTLY BEAUTIFUL SOUND, AND---- WITH SUCH, GREAT TASTE!!!! BRAVISSIMO, MAESTRO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU, TO ALL INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION !!!! THANK YOU, GUSTAV HOLST !!!! THANK YOU, YOU TUBE !!!!
Neptune is scored for the wordless chorus,so it needs to be included. At the time of composition, this was unusual, except having been used by Debussy.
It is never played without the chorus, which is an integral part of the score. However, the chorus is hidden and wordless (and female voices only, in six parts) so may imperceptably become part of the overall soundscape and not be recognized as a 'chorus', as such. In this performance, however, it is too loud (and one hears it stop, which should be imperceptible, as if going on for ever). However, a great performance and fantastic audience reaction. We Brits think our music doesn't travel, but clearly this does! Vielen Dank aus England für den wunderbaren Auftritt eines hervorragenden Orchesters und Dirigenten.
I have heard this piece, in particular Mars, many, many times. And unsurprisingly FRS does far greater than simple justice to the work. Coming back to Mars, however ... I have never heard it played in such a way that took hold of my imagination and emotions so. My sincerest thanks to *EVERYONE* involved in the creation of this performance.
Eine in ihren leisen Stellen subtile, raffinierte und ihren lauten Stellen gewaltig kraftvolle Aufführung, die von der Spielfreude aller Beteiligten getragen wird. Herzlichen Dank für den Upload!
Genau meine Gedanken, als ich die Aufführung hier hörte. Ich suche seit längerem eine adäquate Orchesteraufnahme eines kleinen Teils von Gustav Holsts Planeten für ein Filmprojekt. Ich habe mir Dutzende Aufnahmen von den größten Orchestern der Welt angehört. Ja, überwiegend gut, technisch okay. Aber als ich gerade auf diese Aufnahme gestoßen bin, liefen meine Tränen. Das ist es! Jetzt fühle ich die Musik...
@@nikolaus1691 Das Gustav Theodore Holst, geboren in Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, ein deutscher Komponist war, darf angezweifelt werden. Tatsächlich hatte Holst baltisch-deutsche Vorfahren, er war aber ganz klar Brite.
My Grandfather introduced me to this great work and Classical Music in general when I was around 10 years old by playing me this recording on an old reel to reel tape on his home stereo. The tape had a splice half way through Mars and I still remember the place. I was captivated by the recording and have been a lifelong listener and supporter of classical music. This is one of the great works and this performance is one of the best I have ever heard. Wolff lets each movement develop as it should and the performance is phenomenal.
Absolutely sensational - what a performance and what an incredible piece! It has lost nothing over the years, in spite of the coming of space flight, Star Wars and the like. The sheer power of the orchestra is breathtaking. A joy!
Such an astonishing, exciting, and unique performance! I've heard this pieces many times, and even played excerpts from it during high school, and this interpretation really breathes new life into it. I was struck by the last chord of "Mars", for example - I've never heard it so short! It sounded so shockingly definitive, cruel, without any sentimentality - just like war. And the beginning of "Uranus" - this piece has never stood out to me before; usually folks listen for Mars and Jupiter, and forget the rest. But I loved what the orchestra did here with Uranus; those opening chords were so connected and phrased so well!
The other movements are interesting too. «Venus» is deliciously orchestrated, «Mercury» has its quirky moments and the climax in «Saturn», when the death knells suddenly ring, is absolutely shocking, the coda instead very peaceful. Finally, «Neptune» is harmonically really strange.
This is one of the finest live recordings (or recordings, period) of The Planets I've ever heard! If Maestro Wolff ever tours near me, I'll have to go!
This orchestra always comes up trumps. Love to hear them live! This has to be the absolute best recording of Holst's wonderful work. Absolutely adore last movement - when choir comes in always gives me goosebumps!
I'm just commenting because this performance deserves a comment. I don't have anything to add here that's not already been said. Hugh Wolff and each and every musician did a fine fine job at this. Really masterful.
I was there that evening with my father, who first introduced me two years ago to Holst. It was wonderful to finally hear it live. The only thing that bothered us, was that they played Saturn from the beginning too slow (as a lot of other recordings). But besides that it was absolutely magnificent, also the first hour when they started with Icarus and Carolin Widmann . One day have that night again.
Time stood still for me when listening to Jupiter over headphones. The recording is so faithful that it reminded me of when I heard it played in the Albert Hall a few years back. Truly life-affirming!
Many versions ive heard of The Planets, this version is by far the best . Really a flawless performance end to end. all the emotion and power comes out ,when done right...This could be the most enjoyable video on RUclips...The Planets is in the top 5 of anything ever written,IMO...and yet, ive been a punk rocker since 1976, still am...love GWAR still...even some old rap...life is pretty great..I'll watch this video many times, im sure..so very enjoyable, Thank You
The timpani duet at 27:10 was fascinating to watch. When my orchestra played this, we only had one timpani set. I had to tune each note between every strike of the mallet! Clearly, this lick was supposed to be split between two percussionists.
What an outstanding performance. I have listened to several orchestras here on RUclips doing this piece, all of which were great. When I saw this was posted I thought I would listen to just the opening to see how this compared. I ended up watching the entire performance with a fair share of goose bumps and awe. As a side note... Every time I hear the Uranus movement I can't help (credit to Dukas and Disney) but imagine Mickey Mouse trying to control the mops and their sloshing buckets of water marching to the beat of a different sorcerer, Gustav Holst!
Very good performance of a magical work. I wish the fadeout of the offstage chorus had been stretched out a bit longer with a more gradual diminuendo, but otherwise this was really excellent.
This is not a bad version by any means but there are better ones IMHO, even here on RUclips. This interpretation lacks a bit of energy and dare I say passion. Here are a couple of (IMO) better ones: Andrew Manze - NDR Radiophilharmonie ruclips.net/video/8mJQliEacCI/видео.html Conrad Van Alphen - Rotterdam Simfonia ruclips.net/video/fVrVjeEtDMU/видео.html
The greatest recording of The Planets ever (according to many music lovers and little me) is Karajan's 1961 version with the Wiener Philharmoniker (not to be confused with his version with the Berliner Philharmoniker). It was fairly recently remastered and is superb! Happily, it's now on RUclips: just type in Gustav Holst - The Planets, Op. 36 / REMASTERED (Ct.rc.: Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker). Enjoy!
@@SvetlanaVladimirova8590 obviously we all have different tastes but IMO that Karajan version is just not very good. I have the remastered CD and of the 20e-ish versions I have it’s probably the least listened to, expect from the dreadful Hickok. There are so many better recordings such as Vernon Handley and the absolutely stunning Steinberg / Boston SO. IMO the Karajan is overrated as is the Dutoit. Just my opinion of course, YMMV, happily we all have different tastes 🙂
@@fyvewytches Thanks for replying, Ian. Yes, we all have different tastes - just letting you and anyone else who reads my comment of a recording held in high regard. Take care and happy listening!
Splendid performance by the Orchestra and Hugh Wolf who I take my hat off to not least because I was a fiddler in the Bilbao Symphony in 1984 when he conducted Dvorjak Cello concerto with Rostropovich. We had lunch together. That's my 5 mins of fame . He is a talented pianist and was deputy conductor of the Seattle I think it was.
Wunderschöne und majestätische Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Suite mit gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente sowie durchsichtigen und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichneten Frauenchors. Der vierte Satz klingt besonders majestätisch und echt begeisternd. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im veränderlichen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Einfach wunderbar!
Naja, Ihre permanenten Lobeshymnen in allen Ehren aberich finde Dynamik und Tempi an manchen Stellen eher fragwürdig. Herr Wolff kachelt durch einige Passagen doch ziemlich durch und verschleppt andere, sodass es echt langweilig klingt. Auch der Chor ist m.M. am Anfang zu laut und wird am Ende abgewunken, bevor er auch nur ansatzweise "in der Ferne verschwindet", wie es in der Partitur gewünscht ist. Alles in allem eher eine gute Aufführung mit super Orchester, wie man es vom hr kennt, aber die Interpretation war doch ein etwas liebloser Standard, der dem Stück nicht gerecht wird.
Listening to this renowned composition, where the unmistakable airs of British imperial self-assuredness pervade, conducted by an American maestro and performed by a German orchestra, elicits a certain sense of delight.
Great piece. Never were the composers so free to use whatever material, techniques and inspiration from so many sources! A composer to follow, as much as my revered Paweł Szymański.
I've heard "The Planets" many times and this is one of the best recordings I've heard. Wolff gives each planet its due. Yes, his take on "Mars" is assured, but his attention to detail with "Venus", "Jupiter" and "Neptune" mean he has given us a "Planets" for the ages. Bravo!
And in 4K!
It's one terrific performance, truly.
This is my go to recording now.
I was thinking exactly the same Robert. It is my favourite piece of classical music and this version is superb.
Comfort is the essence of all of music
This wonderful and skilful and graceful performance evokes comfortable feelings and will quench and moisturize the dryness of the soul
Beautiful comment so true❤
I love the way the audience members pointing here and there when the wordless chorus came, trying to find out their location. I wish it was their first time experiencing this moment.
Wunderbar interpretiert und fantastische Aufnahmequalität!
Is it just me or is the recording quality here pretty fantastic? I don't usually hear this kind of sound in a live orchestral recording.
Really fantastic
I was an Audio Video Tech in School but now in my old age with bad hearing I'd say some of he best Audio Quality that I've ever heard on youtube. thanks for your comment and enjoy
HR Sinfonieorchester recordings are always fantastic @@TBI-Firefighter-451
Funny--yes--it does sound suspiciously studio recorded, then overdubbed...
@@BLUEPLANETJAZZthe frankfurt radio symphony is one of the best orchestras in the world and they have some very experienced sound engineers. also they do youtube for a very long time. so what you hear here is pure skill and knowledge how to make it sound right. your claim that this is staged is an insult to these artists
I hear so many different things when listening to this. Obviously many composers took inspiration from this suite. I can make out themes from Star Wars, Legend of Zelda, I hear some things that resemble works by Joe Hisaishi from Studio Ghibli, Nobuo Uematsu for Final Fantasy and so many others. This suite is about 50 minutes long but it's packed to the brim with awesomeness.
The influence this single opus had on modern movie soundtracks cannot be overstated. Zimmer, Williams, Goldsmith, and Horner all borrowed at least a line or two from these songs.
@@revolead
And it seems many principles from those laid out by this suite.
@@revolead Elmer Bernstein just about stole part of "Mars" in the rowing sequence. Imitate the best to be the best. :)
I've heard a few times about people asking if there were special/modified musical instruments in order to perform this symphonic suite. And, surprisingly, Holst scored this masterpiece with conventional instruments of the time! The celesta keyboard (heard in the "Neptune"suite) was around & utilized by many composers of the period.
I think Michael Giacchino also borrowed some lines in Mars, Venus, and Jupiter for the old Medal of Honor franchise.
can't believe no one is talking about the TUBA playing in this group, particularly in mars! unsure of who this tubist is in particular, but playing over the whole orchestra with a single tubist is astonishing. BRAVO
The tubist is very good, but remember that the baritone is with him on many of those notes you hear "playing over the whole orchestra." Prost!🍺
@@Eric-hf9zb In this work, Holst calls for a "Tenor Tuba in Bb" which in this context is a Euphonium not a baritone. While closely related a Euphonium has much more conical tubing than a true baritone. In this performance they are using a Euphonium.
@@esiotrot1018True fact, I play the baritone and the euphonium. Any musician of one can play the other, but there's still a difference.
After looking on their website the tubist looks to be Ole Heiland.
I lived in Frankfurt and went to the Alte Oper many times. This is my heartfelt orchestra. They play so well, they move with emotion. It deserves a place among the great ones. And Hugh Wolff was always an underrated conductor. A wonderful piece to hear and see.😊
He spent a lot of time making Minnesota Orchestra amazing.
@@charlescornner And before that, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra. He's also a very generous person.
❤
Simply superb.
The performance is flawless and the video producton uncomparable. Don't miss!
Agreed. A magnificent performance of this orchestral masterpiece! Fantastic!
The best performance of The Planets I've ever heard.
A lifelong Music-lover in my mid-sixties here so have heard this many many times. THIS performance was the proverbial hearing it for the first time. Love you all.
This is absolutely gorgeous... I've learned by now that everything from hr-Sinfonieorchester is. 23:00 took my breath. It's a big wish of mine to see this orchestra perform in real life.
My favourite orchestra ever, did it again. BRAVO Maestro Wolff!
Wow - just listened to their Mars - powerful!! Combination of brilliant musicianship, bravura and camera work make this such moving experience - world class! Bravissimo!!
I don't think I've ever heard a run up to the final chords of Mars (6:59 - 7:08) as clear and clean as this one.
Took my friends in their 20's to Hollywood Bowl to listen to this. To this day they remember this and learned what musical sounds are and how they work. I wish our educational system would teach a class on classical music in Elementary and Jr High. We used to go to field trips but those days are long gone.
SO IS BASIC EDUCATION .
I went to hear the San Francisco Symphony on grammar school field trips when I was growing up. How thrilled I was!
The audio quality of this video is really terrific.
State of the art.
Man, this word can mean both good and bad. I hope it means good, because I like its quality.
@@ZAWARUD00 Don't think many use "terrific" in its negative sense. "Terrible"'s more suited for that.
@@TheUnderscore_ I'm not a native speaker, and the dictionary gives both meanings.
@@ZAWARUD00The negative one is archaic. As I said, almost nobody uses "terrific" negatively, unless being sarcastic of course. I assumed you might not speak natively which is why I explained it.
Neptune is my absolute favourite! Especially the part with the choir is just magic.
I have to agree!
No wonder it's the longest!
I got to sing it once years ago. What a thrill that was, especially waiting backstage while the orchestra was playing all this glorious music!
Yes, but the choir wasn't shown. Where were they?
@@FernMsTiri I've always heard the original score places them in a separate room outside the main orchestra hall and at the end the doors are slowly closed.
I ADMIRE SO MUCH ANYONE WHO IS SUCH AN EXPERT ENSEMBLE TECHNICIAN AS TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO LIFE THIS ENORMOUS SCORE, WITH SUCH EXCELLENTLY BEAUTIFUL SOUND, AND---- WITH SUCH, GREAT TASTE!!!!
BRAVISSIMO, MAESTRO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU, TO ALL INVOLVED IN THE PRODUCTION !!!!
THANK YOU, GUSTAV HOLST !!!!
THANK YOU, YOU TUBE !!!!
Magnificent!
I've never hear Neptune played with a chorus before. Definitely added to the mystical feeling
Neptune is scored for the wordless chorus,so it needs to be included. At the time of composition, this was unusual, except having been used by Debussy.
It is never played without the chorus, which is an integral part of the score. However, the chorus is hidden and wordless (and female voices only, in six parts) so may imperceptably become part of the overall soundscape and not be recognized as a 'chorus', as such. In this performance, however, it is too loud (and one hears it stop, which should be imperceptible, as if going on for ever). However, a great performance and fantastic audience reaction. We Brits think our music doesn't travel, but clearly this does! Vielen Dank aus England für den wunderbaren Auftritt eines hervorragenden Orchesters und Dirigenten.
Great recording as always with this orchestra and conductor.
I have heard this piece, in particular Mars, many, many times. And unsurprisingly FRS does far greater than simple justice to the work. Coming back to Mars, however ... I have never heard it played in such a way that took hold of my imagination and emotions so. My sincerest thanks to *EVERYONE* involved in the creation of this performance.
It's wonderful to see these fine musicians and their conductor pour their heart and soul into this performance.
The perfect alignment of planets: a marvelous composition; a superb conductor and a magnificent orchestra.
Eine in ihren leisen Stellen subtile, raffinierte und ihren lauten Stellen gewaltig kraftvolle Aufführung, die von der Spielfreude aller Beteiligten getragen wird. Herzlichen Dank für den Upload!
Genau meine Gedanken, als ich die Aufführung hier hörte. Ich suche seit längerem eine adäquate Orchesteraufnahme eines kleinen Teils von Gustav Holsts Planeten für ein Filmprojekt. Ich habe mir Dutzende Aufnahmen von den größten Orchestern der Welt angehört. Ja, überwiegend gut, technisch okay. Aber als ich gerade auf diese Aufnahme gestoßen bin, liefen meine Tränen. Das ist es! Jetzt fühle ich die Musik...
Als Soundtrack für die Astro Saga?
@@mkdams1 Nein! Die braucht noch etwas Geduld...
@@nikolaus1691 Das Gustav Theodore Holst, geboren in Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, ein deutscher Komponist war, darf angezweifelt werden.
Tatsächlich hatte Holst baltisch-deutsche Vorfahren, er war aber ganz klar Brite.
@@quuaaarrrk8056 Danke. Irrtum erkannt😲, Kommentar gelöscht 😇.
My Grandfather introduced me to this great work and Classical Music in general when I was around 10 years old by playing me this recording on an old reel to reel tape on his home stereo. The tape had a splice half way through Mars and I still remember the place. I was captivated by the recording and have been a lifelong listener and supporter of classical music. This is one of the great works and this performance is one of the best I have ever heard. Wolff lets each movement develop as it should and the performance is phenomenal.
Absolutely sensational - what a performance and what an incredible piece! It has lost nothing over the years, in spite of the coming of space flight, Star Wars and the like. The sheer power of the orchestra is breathtaking. A joy!
Truly ❤
Stunning performance, superbly conducted and beautifully filmed and produced. Congratulations to everyone involved.
Vor allem den letzten Satz finde ich ab dem letzten Drittel echt atemberaubend schön - wunderbar orchestriert und ausgeführt. TOP!
war beim Konzert am 09.02.23 in der alten Oper, war klasse 👍
Fantastic and moving performance! Great!
Been waiting for a recording of this work from this orchestra for a while now and this certainly does not disappoint, incredible work as always
Just outstanding, amazing videography and sound, a fine, fine service to not only this piece but all of the music uploaded.
An absolutely amazing production.
NOTHING LESS EXPECTED , IN GERMANY, ESPECIALLY CLASSICAL MUSIC.
What a stunning performance! This orchestra is absolutely the best! Will listen again and again. Thank you! FRS.
Half-way and spellbound by this performance and photography...thank you from Suva, Fiji
An out of this world performance!!
Such an astonishing, exciting, and unique performance! I've heard this pieces many times, and even played excerpts from it during high school, and this interpretation really breathes new life into it. I was struck by the last chord of "Mars", for example - I've never heard it so short! It sounded so shockingly definitive, cruel, without any sentimentality - just like war. And the beginning of "Uranus" - this piece has never stood out to me before; usually folks listen for Mars and Jupiter, and forget the rest. But I loved what the orchestra did here with Uranus; those opening chords were so connected and phrased so well!
The other movements are interesting too. «Venus» is deliciously orchestrated, «Mercury» has its quirky moments and the climax in «Saturn», when the death knells suddenly ring, is absolutely shocking, the coda instead very peaceful. Finally, «Neptune» is harmonically really strange.
Wonderfully stated
Entirely agree
Thank you
🙏🏼 Paris
This is one of the finest live recordings (or recordings, period) of The Planets I've ever heard! If Maestro Wolff ever tours near me, I'll have to go!
Come to Boston! He just gave a free concert tonight
@@chenzhejunhu8352 Sadly, I live far away from Boston. 😩😩 I'll have to see if he comes to Cincinnati, Louisville, Columbus, or Indianapolis
Bravo Bravo 👏 👏👏👏👏 to everyone of you guys ,Hello from California USA 🇺🇸
This orchestra always comes up trumps. Love to hear them live! This has to be the absolute best recording of Holst's wonderful work. Absolutely adore last movement - when choir comes in always gives me goosebumps!
My dearest orchestra ❤
I'm just commenting because this performance deserves a comment. I don't have anything to add here that's not already been said. Hugh Wolff and each and every musician did a fine fine job at this. Really masterful.
It is such exquisite beauty ✨💫 thank you ✨ watching from Ontario Canada
The best interpretation of Holst’s Planets ever! Stunning performance!
I admire the passion and prestige of this ensemble, and the conductor.
How beautiful this music is!
Visionary Holst
Wow. A captivating performance. Absolutely amazing.
I was there that evening with my father, who first introduced me two years ago to Holst. It was wonderful to finally hear it live. The only thing that bothered us, was that they played Saturn from the beginning too slow (as a lot of other recordings). But besides that it was absolutely magnificent, also the first hour when they started with Icarus and Carolin Widmann . One day have that night again.
Really? In my opinion Saturn is even a bit too quickly
@@THyperon I agree. It seems a tad too fast to me.
Holst doesn't put metronome markings in this score but 'Saturn' is marked Adagio, a very indefinite term, but definitely not Lento!
Absolutely glorious. Magnificent.
It's time... to listen again!
Powerful! One of the best I've ever heard. Bravo hr-Sinfonieorchester!
Time stood still for me when listening to Jupiter over headphones. The recording is so faithful that it reminded me of when I heard it played in the Albert Hall a few years back. Truly life-affirming!
BRAVO!!! Grande la Orquesta, y magnifico el Director. 🍀😆👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🏅
This is a perfect performance. Untouchable in every aspect. And great audio/video as usual from this channel. Thank you for posting these concerts.
46:13 The sound of the celesta moves me more than any other instrument, especially in this kind of music, magical and mystical.
Favorite orchestra on the Planet ❤
Ein Meisterwerk. Ich will auch so männlich sein wie der Mars.
oh come on.. alle parts zusammen machen das System rund..
aber alle müssen dazu auch akzeptiert und geehrt werden😉
@@amazingessence2368 Jo klar :)) Haben im Musik Unterricht die Planeten mit Charaktereigenschaften beschriebe, war ned böse gemeint🤝🏼🤝🏼
Everything from this orchestra and concert hall is fantastic.
Absolutely true!
Except that there is no organ in the hall. Sadly missed in Saturn.
Many versions ive heard of The Planets, this version is by far the best . Really a flawless performance end to end. all the emotion and power comes out ,when done right...This could be the most enjoyable video on RUclips...The Planets is in the top 5 of anything ever written,IMO...and yet, ive been a punk rocker since 1976, still am...love GWAR still...even some old rap...life is pretty great..I'll watch this video many times, im sure..so very enjoyable, Thank You
One of my most favorite classic work ever!
Supper Play ! Thanks . Conductor & Players looks enjoying to play.
Gevoelvol en glashelder gespeeld door mijn favoriete orkest!
The timpani duet at 27:10 was fascinating to watch. When my orchestra played this, we only had one timpani set. I had to tune each note between every strike of the mallet! Clearly, this lick was supposed to be split between two percussionists.
Never heard it played better. Wonderful.
Crazy how he wrote the score for Star Wars 60 years before it even came out.
Most beautiful performance of this work that I have ever heard!
Beautiful, so peaceful
We can all agree that the intro to neptune is amazing...
Yes, I heard new things. Wonderful all around ❤️ ❤ ❤
What an outstanding performance. I have listened to several orchestras here on RUclips doing this piece, all of which were great. When I saw this was posted I thought I would listen to just the opening to see how this compared. I ended up watching the entire performance with a fair share of goose bumps and awe. As a side note... Every time I hear the Uranus movement I can't help (credit to Dukas and Disney) but imagine Mickey Mouse trying to control the mops and their sloshing buckets of water marching to the beat of a different sorcerer, Gustav Holst!
Like a dreamscape after waking, our life are fleeting and short less than 100years
However,
the life of Planets is long and can't be overstated
What a wonderfully lively performance! Thank you
Powerful and Elegant!
Very good performance of a magical work. I wish the fadeout of the offstage chorus had been stretched out a bit longer with a more gradual diminuendo, but otherwise this was really excellent.
Was just remarking the other day about how there are so few good recording of The Planets on RUclips. Problem solved. Thank you!
This is not a bad version by any means but there are better ones IMHO, even here on RUclips. This interpretation lacks a bit of energy and dare I say passion. Here are a couple of (IMO) better ones: Andrew Manze - NDR Radiophilharmonie
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Conrad Van Alphen - Rotterdam Simfonia
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The greatest recording of The Planets ever (according to many music lovers and little me) is Karajan's 1961 version with the Wiener Philharmoniker (not to be confused with his version with the Berliner Philharmoniker). It was fairly recently remastered and is superb! Happily, it's now on RUclips: just type in Gustav Holst - The Planets, Op. 36 / REMASTERED (Ct.rc.: Herbert von Karajan, Wiener Philharmoniker). Enjoy!
@@SvetlanaVladimirova8590 obviously we all have different tastes but IMO that Karajan version is just not very good. I have the remastered CD and of the 20e-ish versions I have it’s probably the least listened to, expect from the dreadful Hickok. There are so many better recordings such as Vernon Handley and the absolutely stunning Steinberg / Boston SO. IMO the Karajan is overrated as is the Dutoit. Just my opinion of course, YMMV, happily we all have different tastes 🙂
@@fyvewytches Thanks for replying, Ian. Yes, we all have different tastes - just letting you and anyone else who reads my comment of a recording held in high regard. Take care and happy listening!
Splendid performance by the Orchestra and Hugh Wolf who I take my hat off to not least because I was a fiddler in the Bilbao Symphony in 1984 when he conducted Dvorjak Cello concerto with Rostropovich. We had lunch together. That's my 5 mins of fame . He is a talented pianist and was deputy conductor of the Seattle I think it was.
I watched Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2019 (on RUclips) and I fell in love with his style of conducting
@@julia_btfl who was playing the fiddle?
@@NicholasWarnertheFirst His name is Timothy Chooi
Splendida esecuzione e direzione orchestrale. Il finale e' da brividi. ❤
Wunderschöne und majestätische Aufführung dieser perfekt komponierten Suite mit gut vereinigten und perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente sowie durchsichtigen und gut harmonisierten Stimmen des ausgezeichneten Frauenchors. Der vierte Satz klingt besonders majestätisch und echt begeisternd. Der intelligente und geniale Dirigent leitet das ausgezeichnete Orchester im veränderlichen Tempo und mit möglichst effektiver Dynamik. Einfach wunderbar!
Naja, Ihre permanenten Lobeshymnen in allen Ehren aberich finde Dynamik und Tempi an manchen Stellen eher fragwürdig. Herr Wolff kachelt durch einige Passagen doch ziemlich durch und verschleppt andere, sodass es echt langweilig klingt. Auch der Chor ist m.M. am Anfang zu laut und wird am Ende abgewunken, bevor er auch nur ansatzweise "in der Ferne verschwindet", wie es in der Partitur gewünscht ist. Alles in allem eher eine gute Aufführung mit super Orchester, wie man es vom hr kennt, aber die Interpretation war doch ein etwas liebloser Standard, der dem Stück nicht gerecht wird.
Ich sehe sie unter jedem Klassik Video. Sind sie real?
@@karlkartoffel294Mysthische Mythen mythen sich um diesen Herrn
Neptune - those ethereal voices literally transport you to another world
Listening to this renowned composition, where the unmistakable airs of British imperial self-assuredness pervade, conducted by an American maestro and performed by a German orchestra, elicits a certain sense of delight.
One of the best interpretations of this work I've ever heard! Fantastic!
Magic! 👏👏👏
Great piece.
Never were the composers so free to use whatever material, techniques and inspiration from so many sources!
A composer to follow, as much as my revered Paweł Szymański.
Brano bellissimo, esecuzione eccezionale ❤️
Impressive recording quality
I love the happy expresion on the faces of grandmas while brass section is on full blast 😆
Great performance. The sound quality is so good.
Wunderschöne!
Mais quelle chef d’œuvre de Mr Horst
L’influence germanique mise en exergue par cet immense orchestre
Debussy et La Mer reviennent à l’esprit …
Wonderful, wonderful performance. I still have goosebumps! 🙂
I'm well-impressed! Very well played and interpreted. JAT
Omg I literally jumped with excitement to see this post! Fantastic work, as ALWAYS!
I am very much a fan of all the Planetens
Having listened to this excellent performance, I understood that Holst's Planets is a wonderful masterpiece.
By god! The percussion department is a planet of its own!
Great performance!! Middle of Jupiter was beautifully played.
I think, this is the best recording of the "Planets"
love me some good old hr-sinfonieorchester on a Saturday morning
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Oh no what happened trumpet player?
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Glad he got to redeem himself there tho!
Good video and audio~~ Well filmed and recorded~~!