Hanson - Symphony No.3, Merry Mount Suite | Naxos - American Classics 8559702

Hanson - Symphony No.3, Merry Mount Suite

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559702

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th November 2011

Contents

Artists

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Gerard Schwarz

Works

Hanson, Howard

Merry Mount Suite, op.31
Symphony no.3, op.33

Artists

Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Gerard Schwarz

About

Hanson’s symphonic cycle is one of the most important in American music. The Third Symphony, composed between 1936 and 1938, is imbued with the rich Nordic sensibility that runs through the First. It owes its impetus to the pioneering Swedish settlements in America, and its expansive lyricism is beautifully calibrated, with a chorale theme acting as a hopeful constant throughout the journey.

Hanson wrote his opera Merry Mount, possibly his most ambitious work, in 1934. Four years later he produced this vibrant orchestral suite. The complete opera, conducted by Gerard Schwarz, is available on 866901213.

[T]he power of Hanson’s earlier works lies in the unabashed hyperbole of their gestures, the unstinting lavishness of their orchestration, and, most of all, their sincere fervor and conviction.” - Fanfare on the original Delos release

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