So, were I to rate every movement of the suite (the greatest difficulty of which would be that something would have to be rated last, every movement is absolutely outstanding IMO) I guess it would be as follows:
1. Neptune with it's feeling of vast remote distance and the eerie haunting choir
2. Venus, lilting beauty
3. Ancient Saturn
4. Grand Jupiter
5. Mercury, darting and fleeting
6. Uranus, truly magical
7. Mars, only last due to it's uber-familiarity but a truly terrifying piece
Someday I hope to experience this great piece in a concert hall, definitely a bucket-list wish of mine.
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