Copland - Dance Symphony, etc | Naxos - American Classics 8559359

Copland - Dance Symphony, etc

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559359

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 29th September 2008

Contents

Artists

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Marin Alsop

Works

Copland, Aaron

Dance Symphony
Symphony no.1
Symphony no.2 'Short Symphony'

Artists

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Marin Alsop

About

This second Naxos disc of Copland Symphonies (No.3 is available on 8.559106) opens with Symphony No.1, an arrangement of the 1924 Symphony for Organ and Orchestra. Copland was especially fond of his Short Symphony (Symphony No.2) on account of its complex, irregular rhythms and clear textures.

The so-called Dance Symphony, described by the composer as ‘a large symphonic work’ (hence the Symphony title), is derived from his early vampire ballet Grohg, inspired by the 1921 German expressionist film Nosferatu. Copland wrote: ‘If the first movement is thin, dainty and pointed, the second movement is songful and sustained. The third movement is characterized by violence and syncopation.’

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