PLANETARY SEQUEL

Colin Matthews’ new Pluto movement to finish up Holst’s “The Planets” finally gets a hearing. Though there’s no evidence Holst ever intended to write a “Pluto,” Matthews has completed the job. “Trying to replicate Holst’s musical style would have risked producing a feeble pastiche, so Matthews has composed as himself, yet he doffs his cap affectionately in some smaller respects.” – Financial Times