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In its early efforts to promote SACD, Sony Classical inexplicably concentrated on releases of “vintage” analog performances by Bernstein, Walter, Gould, and others, most of
James Nalley literally recreates these 20th-century American piano landmarks as the repertoire pillars they are. He gives Copland’s stately, tabernacle-shaped chords their sonorous due and
Yoel Levi and Atlanta turn in a typically disciplined account of this wonderful symphony, a bit darker in tone and less screechy on top than
Three major works demarcate Aaron Copland’s output for violin and piano, alongside a handful of shorter character pieces and Louis Kaufman’s effective arrangements of the
Virgin Classics’ survey devoted to pillars of the 20th century American piano sonata re-enters the catalog as a two-disc set selling for the cost of
Robert Irving and the Concert Arts Orchestra deliver taut performances of the two Copland works featured here. At less than 22 minutes this Appalachian Spring
This ensemble of four guitarists is not named for the American city but for the region of Argentina north of Buenos Aires. By using unusual
In the 20th century, chamber works often have been the domain of a composer’s more personal or private musical expression wherein unfamiliar motifs can freely
Aaron Copland wrote very little chamber music, and much of what exists was composed toward the latter part of his career. Threnody I and II
The hard-to-blend association of violin and piano has often been considered by American composers a good opportunity to display their imagination and craft, whatever their
