To infinity and beyond: music of the Voyager Golden Record (7)

On September 5, 1977, the space probe Voyager 1 escaped the gravity of Earth and started making its way toward Jupiter and Saturn, bearing all manner of scientific instruments designed to collect information about the immense gas giants and their moons — as well as a golden record inscribed with the title The Sounds of Earth. This priceless time capsule, a message in a bottle sent spiraling into the farthest reaches of our solar system, was engraved with a collection of images and sounds designed to present a portrait of human civilization and culture to any lifeforms that might one day find it. In this playlist, discover some of the works of music that — following nearly a year of deliberations — were selected by NASA to embark on a fantastic interstellar voyage, including:

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Claudio Abbado conducts Bach's Brandenburg Concertos
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Lucky Peterson in Germany
Lucky Peterson in Germany

Burghausen 2019

jazz
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Itzhak Perlman plays Bach's Partita No. 3 in E Major
Itzhak Perlman plays Bach's Partita No. 3 in E Major

A BBC Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Mozart's The Magic Flute
Mozart's The Magic Flute

Lydia Steier (stage director), Joana Mallwitz (...

opera
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Klaus Mäkelä's Carnegie Hall debut: Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring
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Glenn Gould plays Bach (II/III)
Glenn Gould plays Bach (II/III)

An Art of the Fugue

documentary
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Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven, Ben-Haim, Saint-Saëns, Weber, and Ravel
Zubin Mehta conducts Beethoven, Ben-Haim, Saint-Saëns, Weber, and Ravel

An historic joint concert with the Berliner Phi...

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