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"The Planets, as we know and have loved it for years, is given a fine performance here… The strangely beautiful, distant-sounding fanfares are marvelously atmospheric. Soprano Claire Rutter has a lovely voice and sings with all the passionate expression that the poem requires. A very rewarding release." - American Record Guide “it is stirring and splendidly played, it includes Collin Matthew's striking appendix to Holst's suite and it adds a rarity that this composer's admirers will want to investigate. Here the new Naxos has a distinct edge." - International Record Review "This is... the most impressive performance of The Planets I've heard for quite a while. The RSNO is on excellent form, and David Lloyd-Jones controls the pacing and brings out the character of each movement with exceptional skill… Best of all is 'Saturn' (the movement Holst himself liked best) which builds slowly but inexorably to a cathartic climax then melts into luminous stillness." - BBC Music Magazine Pairing Holst’s most famous work, The Planets, with two neglected masterpieces, Pluto, the Renewer and The Mystic Trumpeter, Op. 18, this is a rousing rendition of Holst compositions by the Royal Scottish National Orchestra with renowned conductor David Lloyd-Jones. Also featuring prolific soprano Claire Rutter in The Mystic Trumpeter, this release proves Holst’s enduring appeal above and beyond his beloved suite.