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Naxos

American Classics - Gould: Fall River Legend, Etc

$19.99

Details

Composer
GOULD
Artist
Schermerhorn, Nashville So
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Nov 15, 2005
Catalog #
8559242
UPC
636943924228

About

Morton Gould was a very capable composer whose light music has overshadowed his more serious compositions. Despite the potential for humor latent in the title, the Jekyll and Hyde Variations are sober indeed, but they also live up to their billing in that they consist of an alternating, increasingly schizoid series of transformations of the quirky opening theme. Although hardly as melodically ingratiating as Fall River Legend, the piece is consistently absorbing and wonderfully well-scored, and really beautifully played by the Nashville Symphony under the late Kenneth Schermerhorn. Fall River Legend, here presented in its complete version (including the opening accusation against Lizzie Borden read by James F. Neal), is one of Gould's most popular pieces, and the full-length work is well worth hearing. The more familiar numbers from the suite, such as Cotillion and Church Social, have as much infectious lilt in this performance as in any other version, and Gould sustains the high quality of the musical invention throughout the ballet's 50-plus minutes. Warm, rich recorded sound completes an extremely appealing release that American music fans will not want to miss.

--David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 30 tracks

  1. 1 Theme 01:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Theme
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  2. 2 Variation 1 02:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    Variation 1
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  3. 3 Variation 2 00:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  4. 4 Variation 3 01:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  5. 5 Variation 4 01:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  6. 6 Variation 5 03:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  7. 7 Variation 6 01:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6
    Duration
    01:06
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  8. 8 Variation 7 00:42
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  9. 9 Variation 8 01:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8
    Duration
    01:41
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  10. 10 Variation 9 00:48
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 9
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  11. 11 Variation 10 01:50
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 10
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  12. 12 Variation 11 00:29
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 11
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  13. 13 Variation 12 01:53
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 12
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  14. 14 Variation 13 01:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 13
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  15. 15 Prologue 03:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    Prologue
    Duration
    03:09
    Composer
    Morton Gould
    Performer
    James F. Neal
    Ensemble
    Nashville Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Kenneth Schermerhorn
  16. 16 Waltzes 02:42
    Track
    16
    Title
    Waltzes
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  17. 17 Elegy 04:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    Elegy
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  18. 18 Interlude 00:29
    Track
    18
    Title
    Interlude
    Duration
    00:29
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  19. 19 Dirge 02:13
    Track
    19
    Title
    Dirge
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  20. 20 Lullaby 04:18
    Track
    20
    Title
    Lullaby
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  21. 21 Serenade 04:35
    Track
    21
    Title
    Serenade
    Duration
    04:35
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  22. 22 Axe 01:58
    Track
    22
    Title
    Axe
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  23. 23 Invitation to Church Social 02:38
    Track
    23
    Title
    Invitation to Church Social
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  24. 24 Church Social 04:57
    Track
    24
    Title
    Church Social
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  25. 25 Hymnal Variations 05:19
    Track
    25
    Title
    Hymnal Variations
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  26. 26 Cotillion 05:11
    Track
    26
    Title
    Cotillion
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  27. 27 Cotillion Coda 01:27
    Track
    27
    Title
    Cotillion Coda
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  28. 28 Death Dance 04:38
    Track
    28
    Title
    Death Dance
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  29. 29 Mob Scene 02:07
    Track
    29
    Title
    Mob Scene
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Morton Gould
  30. 30 Epilogue 02:35
    Track
    30
    Title
    Epilogue
    Duration
    02:35
    Composer
    Morton Gould