COMPOSERS: Copland/Gould
LABELS: BMG Composers Conduct
WORKS: Appalachian Spring; The Tender Land Suite; Fall River Legend; Latin-American Symphonette
PERFORMER: Boston SO/Aaron Copland; Morton Gould and his Orchestra
CATALOGUE NO: 09026 61505 2 ADD (1959/60)
Copland’s first commercial recording of Appalachian Spring boasts brilliant playing from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with vivid characterisation of the score’s contrasting sections. The lyrical Tender Land Suite operates at a lower level of musical intensity, though it too sounds immeasurably superior to Morton Gould’s affable if rather derivative music. Erik Levi
Copland/Gould
Copland’s first commercial recording of Appalachian Spring boasts brilliant playing from the Boston Symphony Orchestra, with vivid characterisation of the score’s contrasting sections. The lyrical Tender Land Suite operates at a lower level of musical intensity, though it too sounds immeasurably superior to Morton Gould’s affable if rather derivative music. Erik Levi
Our rating
4
Published: January 20, 2012 at 2:31 pm