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While there are plenty of other dandy recordings of Copland's populist magnum opus Appalachian Spring, this 1959 recording may be the one to get if you're getting only one. For one thing, it has Copland conducting, and while he was not the world's greatest conductor, he was the world's greatest authority on his own music and it shows in his conducting, which, for all its lack of experience and technique, is unsurpassed in insight and lucidity. More to the point, he was the world's greatest admirer of his own music and it shows in his interpretation, which for all its tendency toward sentimentality, is unequaled in affection and sympathy. Plus, Copland is immeasurably helped by the unrivaled playing of the Boston Symphony, which not only plays with more beauty of tone and strength of purpose than it had in the past 50 years, it plays with nearly as much affection and sympathy for the music as Copland himself. Furthermore, RCA's "Living Stereo" sound is every bit as warm and rich and detailed as the best recordings made in the past 50 years. The other music on the disc -- Copland's dappled yellow and brown The Tender Land Suite, Morton Gould's blood-red New England Elektra Fall River Legend, plus Gould's two south of the border encores Tango and Guaracha -- is dandy, but Copland's own 1959 Appalachian Spring is the dandiest.
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Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha) (Aaron Copland)
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
The Tender Land - Orchestral Suite of the Opera (Aaron Copland)
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Boston Symphony Orchestra, Performer - Aaron Copland, Composer - Aaron Copland, Conductor - Peter Dellheim, Producer - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer
(P) 1960 Sony Music Entertainment
Fall River Legend (Morton Gould)
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music
John Crawford, Recording Engineer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Lewis Layton, Recording Engineer - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
Originally Recorded 1960. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Latin-American Symphonette (Morton Gould)
John Crawford, Producer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
John Crawford, Producer - Joseph Habig, Producer - Morton Gould, Composer - Morton Gould, Conductor - Morton Gould Orchestra, Performer
(P) Recorded prior to 1972. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
While there are plenty of other dandy recordings of Copland's populist magnum opus Appalachian Spring, this 1959 recording may be the one to get if you're getting only one. For one thing, it has Copland conducting, and while he was not the world's greatest conductor, he was the world's greatest authority on his own music and it shows in his conducting, which, for all its lack of experience and technique, is unsurpassed in insight and lucidity. More to the point, he was the world's greatest admirer of his own music and it shows in his interpretation, which for all its tendency toward sentimentality, is unequaled in affection and sympathy. Plus, Copland is immeasurably helped by the unrivaled playing of the Boston Symphony, which not only plays with more beauty of tone and strength of purpose than it had in the past 50 years, it plays with nearly as much affection and sympathy for the music as Copland himself. Furthermore, RCA's "Living Stereo" sound is every bit as warm and rich and detailed as the best recordings made in the past 50 years. The other music on the disc -- Copland's dappled yellow and brown The Tender Land Suite, Morton Gould's blood-red New England Elektra Fall River Legend, plus Gould's two south of the border encores Tango and Guaracha -- is dandy, but Copland's own 1959 Appalachian Spring is the dandiest.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 19 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:45
- Main artists: Aaron Copland
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Living Stereo
- Genre: Classical
(P) 1993 BMG Entertainment
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