BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson - Copland: Orchestral Works, Vol. 1 - Ballets (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Fanfare for the Common Man
02. El Salón México
03. Billy the Kid: I. Introduction. The Open Prairie
04. Billy the Kid: II. Street in a Frontier Town
05. Billy the Kid: III. Mexican Dance & Finale
06. Billy the Kid: IV. Prairie Night "Card Game at Night"
07. Billy the Kid: V. Gun Battle
08. Billy the Kid: VI. Celebration "After Billy's Capture"
09. Billy the Kid: VII. Billy's Death
10. Billy the Kid: VIII. The Open Prairie Again
11. Appalachian Spring: I. Very Slowly
12. Appalachian Spring: II. Allegro
13. Appalachian Spring: III. Moderato
14. Appalachian Spring: IV. Fast
15. Appalachian Spring: Va. Subito allegro
16. Appalachian Spring: Vb. Meno mosso
17. Appalachian Spring: VI. As at First - VII. Doppio movimento - VIII. Moderato
18. 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: I. Buckaroo Holiday
19. 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne
20. 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: III. Saturday Night Waltz
21. 4 Dance Episodes from Rodeo: IV. Hoe Down



For this new series, the conductor, arranger, and light music specialist John Wilson, a BBC Proms favourite, for the first time joins the BBC Philharmonic on Chandos, in orchestral works by Aaron Copland. This first volume features the suites from the American composer’s most famous ballets. Written in 1938, the hugely successful Billy the Kid is a fine illustration of the limpid orchestration and clarity that Copland achieved in works made famous thanks to their popular accessibility. Similarly, four years later, in Appalachian Spring, he created a lastingly influential American soundworld, firmly rooted in the diatonicism of simple folk melodies. A third ‘nationalist’ ballet, Rodeo, and Fanfare for the Common Man were composed in the same year, 1942, the latter being possibly the most instantly recognizable piece in the history of American orchestral music. The energetic dances and national melodies of El Salón México reveals Copland’s other use of folk material, as a musical souvenir of foreign lands that had made an impression of him.

This album was recorded two months after a highly successful concert broadcast live on BBC Radio 3.

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