Nostradamus, the sixteenth-century mystic and prophet, made many startling predictions, as most surely know--predictions that some believe came true with astounding regularity, even though many were made centuries before the forecast events occurred. One of his more esoteric and apocalyptic ones was that, "[I]n 1999 a king will come out of the sky and Mars will emerge the victor." Pretty scary stuff. Maybe we won't have to worry about Y2K. Listening to "Mars, The Bringer of War," the opening movement of The Planets, one ...
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Nostradamus, the sixteenth-century mystic and prophet, made many startling predictions, as most surely know--predictions that some believe came true with astounding regularity, even though many were made centuries before the forecast events occurred. One of his more esoteric and apocalyptic ones was that, "[I]n 1999 a king will come out of the sky and Mars will emerge the victor." Pretty scary stuff. Maybe we won't have to worry about Y2K. Listening to "Mars, The Bringer of War," the opening movement of The Planets, one hears a veritable musical Armageddon in this re-release from 1997. I have never heard such a savage performance of this music. Never. This recording, originally from 1961, often features playing that exudes wanton power and warlike character, voraciously intent upon gobbling up all obstacles in its sonic quest to register on some nearby Richter scale.But there is excitement aplenty in all this power, not just decibel-laden bluster: details emerge cleanly; rhythms are emphatic and...
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Add this copy of Holst: the Planets / Elgar: Enigma Variations to cart. $12.07, fair condition, Sold by Goodwill Industries rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Miami, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by London.
Add this copy of Holst: The Planets; Elgar: Enigma Variations to cart. $12.35, very good condition, Sold by Midwest Book & Media rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Des Moines, IA, UNITED STATES, published 1996 by London.
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