by Ben Hogwood

The third in our occasional series on Arcana…sharing vinyl purchases from charity shops in a particularly productive week!

Costing just 50p, this most recent example is the 1975 recording of Holst’s The Planets, one of the best-travelled British compositions of the 20th century. In the final planet, Neptune, Ormandy is assisted by the Women’s Voices Of The Mendelssohn Club Of Philadelphia:

Published post no.2,931 – Sunday 28 June 2026