AMERICAN MASTERPIECES: GROFE - THOMSON - GOULD

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Label
ALTO
Release Date
January 21, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      0
    • PERFORMER
      STOKOWSKI, LEOPOLD / ABRAVANEL, MAURICE
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 21, 2022
    • UPC
      5055354414510
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      AOTL1451.2
    • LABEL
      ALTO
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Sunrise

      Composer: Ferde Grofé

      Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Maurice Abravanel

    2. II. The Painted Desert

      Composer: Ferde Grofé

      Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Maurice Abravanel

    3. III. On the Trail

      Composer: Ferde Grofé

      Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Maurice Abravanel

    4. IV. Sunset

      Composer: Ferde Grofé

      Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Maurice Abravanel

    5. V. Cloudburst

      Composer: Ferde Grofé

      Ensemble: Utah Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Maurice Abravanel

    6. I. Prelude

      Composer: Virgil Thomson

      Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    7. II. Pastorale (Grass)

      Composer: Virgil Thomson

      Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    8. III. Cattle

      Composer: Virgil Thomson

      Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    9. IV. Blues

      Composer: Virgil Thomson

      Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    10. V. Drought

      Composer: Virgil Thomson

      Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    11. VI. Devastation

      Composer: Virgil Thomson

      Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

      Conductor: Leopold Stokowski

    12. I. Prologue and Waltzes

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    13. II. Elegy

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    14. III. Church Social

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    15. V. Hymnal Variations

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    16. VI. Cotillion

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    17. VII. Epilogue

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    18. Symphonette No. 4, "Latin-American Symphonette": III. Guaracha

      Composer: Morton Gould

      Ensemble: Morton Gould Orchestra

      Conductor: Morton Gould

    19. El salón México

      Composer: Aaron Copland

      Ensemble: Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra

      Conductor: Antal Doráti


Abravanel's account highly recommendable.. played with great conviction [Thomson] "colours glowing, resonantly atmospheric.most enjoyable" [Gould] "so vivid and atmospheric.. astonishing recorded sound. Guaracha irresistibly catchy" [Copland] "orchestral vitality and rhythmic power" (all 3 stars Penguin Guide)