Rare Holst: The Planets Mobile Fidelity UHQR MFSL Audiophile MFQR 1-510 SEALED
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Up for auction is the sought after MFSL LP "Holst:The Planets" by Gustav Holst by Mobile Fidelity Soundlabs #MFQR 1-510. This amazing record is STILL SEALED from the early 1980's and the box is in perfect condition. You could not ask for a better copy. These were limited in production with only 5,000 produced and each were hand numbered. Low starting bid and no reserve! Please see our other auctions for more MFSL and Sheffield Lab records.
From Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs this record was re-mastered from the original studio tapes. No 2nd or 3rd generation tapes are used, and the records themselves are meticulously made on heavy 'Super Vinyl' in a process that takes many times longer that the usual method. Pressings are limited to 5,000 copies with each album hand numbered.
The Planets, Op. 32, is a seven-movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916. Each movement of the suite is named after a planet of the Solar System and its corresponding astrological character as defined by Holst. With the exception of Earth, which is not observed in astrological practice, all the planets are represented.
From its premiere to the present day, the suite has been enduringly popular, influential, widely performed and frequently recorded. The work was not heard in a complete public performance, however, until some years after it was completed. Although there were four performances between September 1918 and October 1920, they were all either private (the first performance, in London) or incomplete (two others in London and one in Birmingham). The premiere was at the Queen's Hall on 29 September 1918, conducted by Holst's friend Adrian Boult before an invited audience of about 250 people. The first complete public performance was finally given in London by Albert Coates conducting the London Symphony Orchestra on 15 November 1920.
The suite has seven movements, each named after a planet and its corresponding astrological character (see Planets in astrology):
- Mars, the Bringer of War
- Venus, the Bringer of Peace
- Mercury, the Winged Messenger
- Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity
- Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
- Uranus, the Magician
- Neptune, the Mystic
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