Hold on to your hats, prog rockers among you, this one's a cracker!  Mars The Bringer of War is part of The Planets, written in 1914-17 by British composer Gustav Holst.  The Planets has been called a once-in-a-lifetime composition, without a doubt the pinnacle of his creative career.  The music is fiery and war-like, as you might imagine, and has been used in many documentaries on the subject.  It was also re-imagined by Isao Tomita in an electronic suite.

I have chosen the recording by Paavo Jarvi and the Cincinnati SO on Telarc.  This one blows the cobwebs away.



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