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This collection of thoroughly American music comes from Britain's Aurora Orchestra. Like many other releases it mixes classical and vernacular materials; unlike most other such examples, it tries to bring together diverse audiences, with several traditional songs performed by fast-rising Vermont balladeer Sam Amidon in arrangements by contemporary composer Nico Muhly. The theme is travel, and John Adams' Chamber Symphony, with its "walking bass" middle movement and Roadrunner finale (quite a bit like the music of Michigan composer Michael Daugherty), takes on an entertaining quality in this perspective. Does the whole thing hold together? One leans to yes while hearing the underperformed original version of Copland's Appalachian Spring, so much more lithe and spontaneously magical than the full-orchestra version, and completely integrated with the rest of the program. One leans to no with the final Paul Simon number, which just does not click with what has gone before. One might take issue with a few things here and there -- the plummy folksinging of Dawn Landes is a good deal less effective than Amidon's -- but Warner Classics gets full credit here for trying something genuinely innovative, and it's often delightful.
© TiVo
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Max Baillie, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Herman Melville, Lyricist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Sam Amidon, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
John Adams, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
John Adams, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
John Adams, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Anonymous, Composer - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Sam Amidon, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Charles Ives, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Anonymous, Composer - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Dawn Landes, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Parlophone Records Limited
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Aaron Copland, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Max Baillie, Composer - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Paul Simon, Composer, Writer - Nico Muhly, Arranger - Aurora Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Nicholas Collon, Conductor, FeaturedArtist - Sam Amidon, Guitar, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Aurora Orchestra Limited under exclusive licence to Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Albumbeschreibung
This collection of thoroughly American music comes from Britain's Aurora Orchestra. Like many other releases it mixes classical and vernacular materials; unlike most other such examples, it tries to bring together diverse audiences, with several traditional songs performed by fast-rising Vermont balladeer Sam Amidon in arrangements by contemporary composer Nico Muhly. The theme is travel, and John Adams' Chamber Symphony, with its "walking bass" middle movement and Roadrunner finale (quite a bit like the music of Michigan composer Michael Daugherty), takes on an entertaining quality in this perspective. Does the whole thing hold together? One leans to yes while hearing the underperformed original version of Copland's Appalachian Spring, so much more lithe and spontaneously magical than the full-orchestra version, and completely integrated with the rest of the program. One leans to no with the final Paul Simon number, which just does not click with what has gone before. One might take issue with a few things here and there -- the plummy folksinging of Dawn Landes is a good deal less effective than Amidon's -- but Warner Classics gets full credit here for trying something genuinely innovative, and it's often delightful.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:08
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Aurora Orchestra
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Warner Classics
- Genre: Klassiek
© 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd ℗ 2014 Warner Classics, Warner Music UIK Ltd
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