Free MP3s! Gustav Holst The Planets

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:21 pm

I'm not sure how many of you listen to classical music and have heard of Gustav Holst's The Planets, but I was pleasantly surprised that the Peabody Concert Orchestra has the whole suite available for download here:

http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/743

I've been listening to it and it's quite wonderous music. Scroll down to find it. There's lots of other great stuff as well such as Handel's messiah and the nutcracker suite. Enjoy!

A Young Person's Guide to Holst's 'Planets' - Mars
By Kyle Bartlett and Douglas Boyce: http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/hol ... 00309.html

A Young Person's Guide to Holst's Planets: Venus
By Kyle Bartlett and Douglas Boyce: http://www.space.com/sciencefiction/hol ... 00214.html

Post by **Airconvent** » Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:51 pm

I had the CD since my poly days...great!
I especially like Jupiter..the music was so grand it reminded me of the background music when the late President Ong Teng Cheong made his final journey as President around the National Stadium during his farewell NDP.

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:32 am

Has anyone else heard it? Which is your favourite?

Mine so far is the ending part of the very grand Mars.

Post by **Airconvent** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:46 pm

mm...seems it works on streaming, so you need to hear it online. can't seem to be able to download the mp3 although it is indicated.

chrisyeo · Post by **chrisyeo** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:59 pm

Use right-click and save as.

Cheers,

klutz · Post by **klutz** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:04 pm

all the songs took ages + ages + ages to download... (>_<) and when I play, the music are sooooooo soft....

The music are all very nice, but are too soft (esp. Neptune). A few of them reminds me of "Star Wars"... (*_*)

Guess I prefer Mercury, Neptune & Venus. Those less "grand" and less "Star War" type...

How come there's no Pluto...? They drop Pluto dat fast? :roll:

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:31 am

klutz wrote:all the songs took ages + ages + ages to download... (>_<) and when I play, the music are sooooooo soft....

The music are all very nice, but are too soft (esp. Neptune). A few of them reminds me of "Star Wars"... (*_*)

Guess I prefer Mercury, Neptune & Venus. Those less "grand" and less "Star War" type...

How come there's no Pluto...? They drop Pluto dat fast? :roll:

Pluto was not discovered yet when Holst composed "The Planets"...
odd huh? My uncle used to have an old 1920s Encyclopaedia collection which lists the Solar System as having 8 planets!

Post by **Airconvent** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:35 am

chrisyeo wrote:Use right-click and save as.

Cheers,

I did. likely this is an IE-only site cos I am using Netscape 7.2
Never mind then, I DO have my CD...:-)

soulfrost · Post by **soulfrost** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 12:58 am

erkk.. the server "resetted" venus. .-.

man... thats reallly softtt... i cant hear anything till the midsection!