Helsinki Chamber Choir, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Collon

Holst: The Planets, Op. 32
Raitio: Moonlight on Jupiter, Op. 24

This compelling release from the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Nicholas Collon pairs two expansive cosmic visions: Gustav Holst’s iconic orchestral masterpiece The Planets alongside a fascinating rarity from the Finnish late-Romantic catalogue, Väinö Raitio’s Moonlight on Jupiter.

While Holst's towering, seven-movement suite journeys through the astrological and psychological profiles of the solar system—concluding with the ethereal, off-stage voices of the Helsinki Chamber Choir in Neptune—Raitio's shimmering symphonic poem offers a brilliant, impressionistic counterpoint. Dating from the 1920s, Moonlight on Jupiter receives its first recording in 50 years and its absolute premiere on CD, establishing this album as both a definitive reading of a classic and a vital historical resurrection.