Customer Reviews

CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE AND 2 X GREAT FILM SCORES AS WELL!! ESSENTIAL, ( Recommended for Classical newbies!) - By: Adam Jackson, 18 Jun 2008
For less than a tenner, this is great value!
PERFECT sound quality, full symphony orchestras & some of the finest Classical ever written!
Gustav Holst was a genius & I'd recommend the Planets Suite as THE very best place for the Classically curious to start.
Conducted here by Zubin Mehta, & brought to vivid life by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & the Los Angeles Master Chorale.
Movements such as Mars, Jupiter, Saturn & Uranus are some of the most powerful/intense ever written - & even the lighter moments of Mercury, Venus & Neptune (spinechilling) are intoxicating! This music has probably influenced more movie score composers than anything else; Mars (Hans Zimmer/Gladiator's Battle Scene & John Williams/Star Wars) & Neptune (Jerry Goldsmith/Alien). Trust me, as you listen, you'll think "hang on, wasn't thisin You Only Live Twice etc..."
Speaking of John William's, you also get the Star Wars-A New Hope, Main Title Theme & the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind Suite, as conducted by Williams himself, & performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. Star Wars, we've heard many times, but the CE3K Suite is a beautifully majestic & haunting piece that deserves to be praised more often!
As I say, GREAT VALUE, & it does not feel like a budget release.