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copland - appalachian spring, billy the kid (33rpm lp)
[MERC90246]

24,42EUR

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MEDIUM : Vinyl Record
AUDIOPHIL : Yes
WEIGHT : 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION : sealed
CONDITION RECORD : M mint
COVER : Standard
CONDITION COVER : M mint
SERIALNUMBER : No
BARCODE : Yes

MUSICIANS :

London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati - conducting

TRACKS :

appalachian spring, concert suite for full orchestra
billy the kid, orchestral suite from the ballet

REVIEW :

Aaron Copland (November 14 1900 - December 2 1990) is among those Americans whose compositions have found worldwide recognition. Measured against his long lifespan (1900–1990), his creative phase was relatively short, and indeed he hardly composed at all from the Sixties onwards. His most important works were his answer to the musical crisis of the Thirties, and he has gone down in history as having greatly influenced the development of New Music in the USA

The ballets "Appalachian Spring" (1964) and "Billy the Kid" (1938) are considered to be key works of their day. Both have folkloric traits, which brought Copland the reputation of having a penchant for borrowed melodies. In reality, the well-known tunes are very subtly treated and modified, and are incorporated into large-scale, defined forms

Now and again, melodic echoes of Mahler’s music or highly rhythmic exposed passages reminiscent of Stravinsky flash through. The ballet "Billy the Kid" is thoroughly American

Arranged in orchestral 'wide-screen sound', as it were, cowboy melodies glow with the very best Wild West tradition, and are bedded in a dramaturgy which is almost ripe for a film soundtrack. The signal to Hollywood is virtually unmistakable. That is America

RECORDING : June 1961 by C.R. Fine and Robert Eberenz
RE RELEASED : June 2007
RATING : 5 Stars out of 5
PRESSING : Audiophil by Pallas Germany
SOUND : Audiophil
MADE IN : Germany

STYLE :

Classic / Orchestral Music / Suite for Orchestra

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This product was added to our catalog on Monday 21 May, 2007.

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