Ken Russell's view of The Planets

The planet op.32 by Gustav Holst has been one of the most popular orchestral works of the British composer since the first public performance in 1920. Infamous filmmaker Ken Russell created his own view of the work. For this purpose, he took a brilliant performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra under the guidance of Eugene Ormandy as a basis and synchronised archival material to music as well as self-produced documentary recordings. Russell's work as a film and TV producer is controversial, provocative, but also innovative and is mainly dedicated to the music of the 20th century. His feature films include Tschaikowsky genius and madness (The Music Lovers), lovers women (women in love), Mahler, The Devil (The Devils), Savage Messiah, Liztomania, Valentino and Tommy. In the 1983 film, Russell presents his visual interpretation of Holst s Werk, which includes seven phrases, each assigned to a planet and whose character: Mars powerful and assertive, Venus lovely, Mercury eloquent, Jupiter vibrant and hopeful, Saturn - resistant, Uranus eccentric and unexpected, Neptune subtle and mysterious. Russell's personal view of the planets is provocative, stimulating, inventive, entertaining yet wonderful to look at, with images that are beautiful, terrible and imaginative at the same time. (Daily Mail)

Actors: Philadelphia Orchestra, Ken Russell, Philadelphia Orchestra

Audio Languages: English

Duration: 53 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

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