This recording by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Collon brings together two orchestral visions of the cosmos: Gustav Holst's "The Planets" and "Moonlight on Jupiter" by Finnish composer Väinö Raitio. Holst's suite, composed between 1914 and 1916, is one of the most celebrated orchestral works of the 20th century. In seven movements, it paints musical character portraits of the planets in our solar system, and it remains strikingly powerful today with its richly colorful orchestration. Against this stands Raitio's "Moonlight on Jupiter," a rarely heard work from Finnish modernism of the 1920s. As a representative of the first generation of modernist composers in Finland, Raitio developed an exceptionally advanced musical language for his time. This recording is the first digital recording of the work and the first new recording in more than 50 years. The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra is one of Northern Europe's leading orchestras and is particularly devoted to the Finnish repertoire. Nicholas Collon, the orchestra's chief conductor since 2021, combines analytical precision with a keen ear for orchestral color.





