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The Planets, Op. 32 : Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War
About This Song
About "The Planets, Op. 32 : Holst: The Planets, Op. 32: I. Mars, the Bringer of War" by Berliner Philharmoniker
Holst's Mars arrives as a mechanized juggernaut, Karajan driving the Berliners into a relentless 5/4 ostinato. The brass snarls like a war machine, yet the middle section's chorale offers a hollow, ironic calm—a brief prayer before the violence resumes. Terror, precisely engineered.
