ホルスト: 組曲《惑星》＜限定盤＞

新世代向けのクラシック・シリーズ
《ザ・コレクション》シリーズ

DECCAから、クラシック音楽の新しい聴衆に向けた新しいコンセプトのクラシック・シリーズをお届けします。これらのタイトルは、作曲家とその最も有名な作品に焦点を当て、表現主義的なスタイルの美しいパッケージに収めながら、今後何年にもわたってお届けすることを目指しています。これらのアートワークは、高級感がある一方で、新しい若い聴衆にとって親しみやすく興味深いものとなるでしょう。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS

Conductor Zubin Mehtas 1971 recording of Gustav Holsts The Planets has always been a fine representative of the first part of his career. A generous, energetic recording in which he gave the brass of his Los Angeles Philharmonic, flexing its rapidly growing powers, free rein, and the percussion, too; hear the enthusiastic work of the timpanist in the "Uranus" movement. There may be a missed note or two, but the breadth and spaciousness of the performance marked it as one of the greats. The sound, too, was splendid for its time, and this 2024 audiophile LP reissue on the Decca label marks something of a tribute to the original engineers. They established the dimensions of the work immediately in the opening "Mars" movement and match Mehtas balances, both among the instruments and among the movements, step for step. It is a mark of Mehtas reputation that listeners still remember this release more than 50 years on, but it has clearly happened; the album landed on classical best-seller charts in early 2024. That gave chart-watchers a chance to observe the rare spectacle of an LP reaching top chart levels, but this is a phenomenon that is on the increase in classical music as in other genres. ~ James Manheim