Jupiter is masterpiece. It starts out with light cheerfulness and playfulness and then turns into something deeper such as love. Holst is a genius.

Saturn is the unspoken hero of The Planets in my opinion. The way certain downbeats are delayed is a really cool effect and also thematically appropriate, a good answer to Jupiter much like how Venus is a good answer to Mars. nice stuff

Mars: Menacing, Aggressive, Brutal, It's Telegraph-like beat seems like a premonition of an upcoming conflict. (Holst composed Planets in 1913, right before WWI). Venus: Calm, Serene, dreamy and gentle, as if angel was touching the piano's keys with it's wings. Mercury: Energetic, light and spry, this quick little scherzo perfectly mirrors the celerity and quirkiness of both first planet of Solar System, and the Graeco-Roman Messenger of Gods it was named after. Jupiter: Joyous, Festive and carefree at first, but then becomes a very solemn, grand, but still a very happy, uplifting anthem. Quite Jovial, right? Saturn: Dark, Heavy and Existential. With it's almost non-existant melody, and pendulum like cadenza, Saturn is very nihilistic piece, that perfectly contrasts with Jupiter's jolliness. I always get shivers when the bells start to ring the death knell. But not all of this piece is dreary, as towards the end a few calm tones portray the acceptance of our mortality. Uranus: Excentric, Bombastic and comedic it it's grandiosity. Uranus is a whimsical romp through the keyboard. Heavily inspired by Dukas' "Sorcerer's Apprentice", it is trully a brilliant and magical show, with a massive tutti chord in the grand finale. Neptune: Enigmatic, Nebulous and Bizarre, Neptune is the planet farthest from the Sun, and Holst portrays it with a shimmering harp and formless tones. It is weird, baffling, obtuse and mysterious, and it only gets more alien, when a disembodied voice of space sirens (in truth a choir of female singers located in the neighbouring room) start to sing their wordless call, which, like any other mystery then fades into darkness of cosmos...

Can't wait for Holst to make a spinoff called "Holst's The Dwarves".

I love Venus and Neptune. Venus feels like falling asleep after such a long, stressful day at school or work and waking up on a cloud and you feel relaxed and rested and some sort of love and peace that you have never felt outside of this dream world. Neptune reminds me of waking up and feeling the apprehension of school, work, or some other place. You sometimes feel excited to see your friends or someone else but you feel the nervousness and tension the closer you get. The majestic chords remind me of approaching a castle or abandoned place as well.

The whole suite is masterfully constructed . Everyone loves Jupiter but I recently started liking Uranus, Venus , but I think I like the best now is mercury.

I've only listened to the Mars theme so far, but this is already so freaking GOOD! You guys arranged this piece so well, it's hit me with some inspiration- I wanna get home from work and arrange this for wind band!!! ...ah, who am I kidding, I'm playing video games after my shift 😂😂😂 Real talk though, you two- and even the other SMB arrangers- are all great. As a fellow arranger who does it as a hobby, I don't really have much motivation in life, since I'm only 21 and very lost in life. These arrangements are one of the few things that motivate my creative side and make me want to better myself, keep doing great stuff ❤️❤️

0:00 Mars, the Bringer of War: Mars was very powerful and harsh - cruel even. It definitely expressed fear and death. 7:23 Venus, the Bringer of Peace: Venus was very soft and dreamy. Sleepy sometimes, especially towards the end. 15:40 Mercury, the Winged Messenger: Mercury was hoppy, exciting, bold, and even in one part gentle. Many points in the music sound like running feet. If you know mythology, it really sounds like the god Mercury. 19:45 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity: Jupiter was very happy and jolly (hence the name). It felt like something to be played at a festival or festive event like that. It made me feel so happy and energized. 27:27 Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age: Saturn felt so sluggish and depressing, but at the same time sort of creepy. Probably because it brings old age, and also death. 37:52 Uranus, the Magician: Uranus sounded like an awe inspiring performance. It’s exciting and enchanting. 43:48 Neptune, the Mystic: Neptune was very slow and magical. Also very horrifying it’s own way. It sounded eery and in some points, like sprinkling water. I think my favorites were Mercury and Uranus. Thank you so much for reading! 😁

This has been my favorite piece of orchestral work since childhood. The idea that I can try to play this myself on the piano is intoxicating.

Venus is like Novocaine. I would never even think to arrange this on piano. Whole thing is awesome. Thank you.

An entire album? Big up to you guys, must've been long to prepare! ^^

I discovered the Planets because of you, and I couldn't believe how well you transcribed them to piano. I was so inspired by the Planets that I one day want to create a similar multi-part composition dedicated to the Olympian gods using Minecraft noteblocks. Again, fantastic job.

The planets are named after roman gods who themselves are based on the Greek gods but picturing our celestial neighbor Mars as "ares" or Venus as "Aphrodite" is hard to imagine lol

I cannot believe some mad man finally went and did it. Transcribed the ENTIRE Planet Suite for Piano. This is my all time favourite suite so I know what I'm going to spend the next 7 years learning.

I love this symphony so much - thank you!

This is incredible. Big kudos to you guys!

The Intro to Uranus is always a kick to the head when listening at higher volumes, and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it 😄

I've been searching for a good arrangement of these for months and this is perfect! Thank you!

I'm not one to say such things but Venus hits on a level I'm rarely comfortable in. Your performance of it was great.

Today L'Orchestra Cinématique released Holst's The Planets | Epic Trailer Version. You too. What a coincidence.

I had this playing in the background while doing some work. Beautiful

Hell yeah! It will be a pleasure to listen to this on spotify :)

22:39 its so beautiful

Remarkable use of colour in chord harmony in this masterpiece.

Are you saying that Holst predicted Pluto being degraded to a Dwarf Planet years before it happened?? EDIT: read now he composed this 12 years before Pluto was discovered. Happy accident then!:)

I've been waiting for it for ages 😃

I absolutely love this suite. You have done an amazing job arranging it. This version of Jupiter is by far my favourite version I've heard for the piano. Thank you so much!

Im currently playing 22:39 in my school orchestra as a cello and its a great peice.

I have wanted this for years

I’m learning every movement for orchestra (except mercury because it is so fast and Neptune because no choir). I play mallet percussion for Jupiter and Uranus(epic xylophone part in Uranus), as well as the Celesta for Venus. I was also asked to play the harp 1 notes on the celesta on the entirety of Saturn, and portions of Uranus, and harp on Mars(because I don’t have an instrument to play on mars). Love learning all the notes even though I’m reading form 3 different sheet music, and this video gives a lot of help especially for learning Uranus and Saturn. My favorite 2 movements are Saturn and Uranus orchestrally, but on the piano, I loved hearing how Mercury and Saturn sounded, looked like a lot of fun to play! Thanks for helping me get the timings right especially in Uranus and Saturn!

one of my favorite suites ever :)) we played mars full orchestra at the beginning of the school year in my high school orchestra, such a fun movement I'll never forget

I was hearing this wile writing an essay about María Luisa Bombal, and I gotta say that the essay is way longer than expected, the music really got me inmersed in writting, I absolutely loved it !

20 seconds from Neptune at 47:00 was used in Final Fantasy Prelude

Great arrangement. You have made a piano version where I'm not feeling like something is missing.

Jupiter was one of the first pieces I learn off by heart it really excellent.

Awesome!

An astounding transcription and recording. Firstly, the acoustic is unbelievable, and the fidelity is amazing. The transcription is also brilliant, in that it captures the essence of all parts, but boils it down to 'what does the ear hear at that point'. Feels as if a player-piano (yes, those old machines with a roll) may have been used to produce this performance, as it has no errors and is uncanny in its precise voicing of chords (as well as playing these perfectly, a human player would slow down or add emphasis to the main tunes). Such a machine has been used in recent history to re-create the recordings of Busoni, Ravel, Debussy, Stravinsky et al on a modern grand piano, in a perfect tonal setting. An astonishing recording nonetheless... and something for pianists with two hands to aspire to. What an acoustic, and what a piano.

37:09 I feel like this is where John Williams got inspiration of the Imperial/Darth Vader theme from Star Wars

22:40 will always be my favorite part of Jupiter. Whenever I hear it, I picture a scene of a rebellious young royal finally coming home after defeating a great threat to take up their crown and lead their kingdom into a new era.

Now you have to add Colin Matthews' "Pluto, the Renewer."

We now need Holst: the Stars

I love this album

I love this

You can feel like a radio astronomer for a hour. Listening to the Solar System.

Venus reminds me of Debussy, so dreamy and serene

Finally some classical! I love classical.

this is a lot. nice work guys

22:38 i vow to thee my country

You THE best piano gamer

Nice!

Just a reminder that Mars the bringer of war will use the wood of the bow (if you are playing in string section)

0:53 gave me a scare thinking I was gonna get rick rolled.

I love playing Mars on Friday night football games it’s such a good stand tune

I am so happy; I had been hoping for an adaptation of one of my most favorite movements of all time!

Oooh, I really like these ones! A lot! Good to see you brought them here

Holst's spirit applauds you SMB!!👍

Eyyyy I just played Mars for my marching band show

OBRIGADO

Finally! I’ve been waiting to listen to them uninterrupted

Pluto: Am I a joke to you

Good video

me wondering why there are 8 planets but 7 pieces: petition for holst to compose 8: Earth, the Beginning of Everything /j (it is virtually impossible to encapsulate the spirit of Earth in one piece)

oh this is awesome holy moly :D

NICE

Day 359 telling sheet music boss we love them

Day 3 of asking for Resting Grounds from Hollow Knight.

The madlads did it. They actually did it. Love "The Planets", this is a good rendition

Yay finally we got Holst's :D Thanks Sheet Music Boss!

HOLY SHIT

Nice, just gonna settle with a nice cup of tea and my good headphones for this.

i love neptune it gave me goosebumps

Ares- Mars Aphrodite- Venus Hermes- Mercury Zeus- Jupiter Kronos- Saturn Ouranos- Uranus Poseidon- Neptune

mercury really sounded like hermes

Cool

I was litterally listening to this album yesterday

It’s not everyday you hear classical music in 5/4.

Mhhh I like it

mars sounding like super mario galaxy boss music

Yes! Finally the full thing! Thanks SMB! Btw, dont let Saturn near your children.

why is the Uranus one so good-

it's sad how there is no theme for the earth, our blue and green beauty deserves one for what she has done to make us come to life!

22:40 is actually the hymm "i vow to thee my country" which itself is popular and a good song.

Yooo! This is one of the best classical suites of all time! Thanks for doing a piano version!

Mars, Uranus, and Neptune are at a tie for my favorite.

Uranus the magician.

Madre mía Alberto

I hope you dome day start doing Organ Tutorials. Neptune was originally for Pipe Organ, but should be a Piano/Organ duet.

Just realised that Jupiter is the theme for Heathrow: Britain’s Busiest Airport

Someone could make a 'Cosmos'-esque documentary about our solar system using Holst's music.

Wasn't expecting this out of the blue! I love this suit. I think people who don't often listen to classical would do too. John Williams based many of his works off of this one, so I think it's good for indoctrinating people into the genre. From what I've heard so far, you've done a nice job arranging it.

Jupiter is very nostalgic for me, take my like!

6:37 sounds familiar

This is awesome! Check out the Sleepy Time episode of Bluey for Jupiter

Curious as to how this differs from the original two piano version arranged by Holst. History Press website says most of the piece was composed on piano and was later orchestrated.

Jupiter is the planet that saved us so we can have enough debris to make rocky planets

You made every heavenly body stand out. Equal measures of praise for Gustav and Andrew.

Some parts of Mercury are similar to the Back to the future theme song.

Only now realized some of Mario Galaxy has a lot of similarities to Mars

Shit! It sounds beautiful

Please do chopin polonaise and ballades