Gustav Holst - The Planets Op.32 Mars, the Bringer of War

sanjiandnami12 Says:

Dec 24, 2008 - you're right they aren't i thought they were better :)

LLJtbone Says:

Dec 24, 2008 - Hey not slamming any body they ARE good but IMO not the Chicago Symphony!Everybody has an opinion..

vilolin1993Japan Says:

Dec 26, 2008 - we are pretty great, aren't we? :)

naishdave Says:

Dec 26, 2008 - absolute howler by nearest trumpet at 4:16. Forgiveable or not would you say?

IfYouOnlyHaddaBrain Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - The Japanese can reproduce anything quite well. God bless the Japanese. You gotta wonder about those sashimi and seaweed diets. Yummy in da tummy, and yummy for da brain too!

hoogestefan Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - Well, I do agree that that one recording of the Chicago of the Planets is the best ever. But I also do think that this is a pretty good one also.

LLJtbone Says:

Dec 27, 2008 - Yeah it's nothing personal these guys are good but the CSO or the LSO and some others are just incredible orchestras.

Alfordsville Says:

Dec 29, 2008 - I used to play baritone and I got to play this in band, by far my favorite piece we ever did. I miss it.

GunzTheDuel Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - brass instruments cant be in different keys, but they can be in different pitches. The music may be written differently but the approach to play w/e note is the same with the exception of fingerings/positions. Heres an example, I will be using the tuba to show...

GunzTheDuel Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - ...Tubas are commonly pitched in Bb,C,Eb and F. If you asked them all to play a concert Bb then this is what happens. Bb play open, C uses valve 1, Eb uses valve 4, F uses 1+4. In brass bands, most wind parts r written in treble Bb. In this case, when a Bb tuba player see mid-C in trbl he is actually playing the low Bb (2vb+maj2 lower) and when an Eb tuba player sees a mid-C he is actually playing an Eb (1vb+maj6).

scottdevries Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - All the movements are here on YouTube except "Venus" - does anyone know why one movement is missing? Thank you!

o0PinKFisH0o Says:

Jan 3, 2009 - Yeah I wondered that. What's with Pluto? I wondered how that could be composed by Holst since Pluto has been discovered much later than when Holst composed the Planets. Thanks for the info.

DrStrangefate Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - there is no Pluto there's Mars, Venus, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Mercury

scottdevries Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - Right, DrStrangefate - but Venus is missing from YouTube - all the other movements have been posted here.

agentmabus333 Says:

Jan 4, 2009 - Holst did not compose Pluto. Shortly after he finished his work The Planets ("shortly" means "a few years afterwards") Pluto was discovered. Someone came up to him and asked if he wanted to compose a new movement called "Pluto", to which he kindly, but curtly said "no."

JupiterIV Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - The world's biggest is the Auditorium Organ of Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S.A. It's really worth Googling.

o0PinKFisH0o Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - Actually there is. Composed by Colin Matthews in 2000. It's one of my favourite.

davis1337 Says:

Jan 5, 2009 - Pluto was discovered in 1930, 14 years after Holst finished this suite. And pluto isn't a planet, but a dwarf Planet - decided in 2006. (it's in orbid around the sun, has enough mass to have gravity, but hasn't cleared the neighbourhood around it's orbit)

DrStrangefate Says:

Jan 6, 2009 - As we all are aware but there is no Pluto in terms of this symphonic suite. Colin Matthews is not Gustav Holst. It is not a part of the original suite. If Holst wanted to compose a movement for Pluto he would have after he was told of its discovery.

daj349 Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - uhg, so slow

llcoolj646 Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - my high school orchestra is playing this! its freacking amazing with the sound i am in the cello section this is my favorite piece so is the brandonburg concerto number 3

sbarker15 Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - this is from a movie i think, like a battle scene. im pretty sure, or maybe something like it. im thinking ben hur but im probably wrong. anyone have a guess?

DJPsionix Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - Dunno. Movie composers love to rip off Holst. Might as well just use the composer's actual work.

yourdairyman Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - it's not a planet anyways now

salmonius73 Says:

Jan 7, 2009 - Mars, Jupiter and Neptune were all part of the soundtrack to "The Right Stuff." Fantastic movie by the way, if you've never seen it.