The Wikipedia discographic entry (link below) listing all the recordings of "The Planets" stops at 2012 but I wonder how many recordings of the work have been made in the last five years that ought to be added at the end of the list. That's assuming there have been some new ones and that they're easily identifiable ...
It's interesting to note just how many non-British orchestras are featured and whether this makes "The Planets" the one English work to have been recorded abroad more than any other ... ie: in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Vienna, Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, Paris, Montreal, Dallas, Chicago, Berlin, Melbourne and so on.
Its popularity abroad is also confirmed by some fascinating televised foreign performances on You Tube ...
From Russia ... Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra, MusicAeterna Orchestra, Valeriy Platonov conductor
From the USA ... Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor
From Poland ... Warsaw Philharmonic, Maciej Tarnowski conductor ...
From Spain ... Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Dima Slobodeniouk conductor
From Australia ... Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Diazmuñoz conductor
From Bangkok ... Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Dariusz Mikulski conductor
From Boston, in a large shopping centre, student members of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra do what is called a "Flash Mob" reading of the big tune in 'Jupiter.' They just wander onto the concourse with their instruments, one by one, building up the tune to the delight of the shoppers and passers-by, in great acoustics too! ...
Finally, from New York ... The NYPO, in a horribly abridged performance for schoolkids, conducted by Bernstein, who presumably felt that they'd be far too bored by the whole Suite ...
Personally speaking, I think the first of these uploads, the one from Russia, is among the most interesting performances, not least because the work must have been quite new to the players, yet they give it all they've got.
It's interesting to note just how many non-British orchestras are featured and whether this makes "The Planets" the one English work to have been recorded abroad more than any other ... ie: in Toronto, New York, Los Angeles, Vienna, Boston, St. Louis, Philadelphia, Amsterdam, Paris, Montreal, Dallas, Chicago, Berlin, Melbourne and so on.
Its popularity abroad is also confirmed by some fascinating televised foreign performances on You Tube ...
From Russia ... Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre Orchestra, MusicAeterna Orchestra, Valeriy Platonov conductor
From the USA ... Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor
From Poland ... Warsaw Philharmonic, Maciej Tarnowski conductor ...
From Spain ... Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, Dima Slobodeniouk conductor
From Australia ... Sydney Conservatorium of Music Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Diazmuñoz conductor
From Bangkok ... Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, Dariusz Mikulski conductor
From Boston, in a large shopping centre, student members of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra do what is called a "Flash Mob" reading of the big tune in 'Jupiter.' They just wander onto the concourse with their instruments, one by one, building up the tune to the delight of the shoppers and passers-by, in great acoustics too! ...
Finally, from New York ... The NYPO, in a horribly abridged performance for schoolkids, conducted by Bernstein, who presumably felt that they'd be far too bored by the whole Suite ...
Personally speaking, I think the first of these uploads, the one from Russia, is among the most interesting performances, not least because the work must have been quite new to the players, yet they give it all they've got.