Robert Stumpf writes of:

>Finally!  Thank You!  Now we can hear the Planets as it was intended to be
>heard, should be heard.

The performance, possibly.  The piece, certainly not.  The additions
Stokowski was wont to make to Holst's orchestration produce Technicolor
thrills but are certainly not what the composer intended to be heard.
Holst should sound like Holst.

Christopher Webber,  Blackheath, London,  UK.
http://www.nashwan.demon.co.uk/zarzuela.htm
"ZARZUELA!"