Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32 (André Previn, London Symphony Orchestra)
Album
Holst's seven-movement orchestral suite directly influenced decades of cinematic film scoring, from Star Wars to Gladiator. André Previn leads the London Symphony Orchestra with swaggering vitality and atmospheric sensitivity, capturing the brutal mechanized terror of Mars, Bringer of War alongside the sublime hymn and noble grandeur of Jupiter.
