Starter Packs

Complete your collection with these curated titles, grouped at a special discount.

Shop Now
Copland: Billy the Kid & Grohg / Slatkin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Naxos

Copland: Billy the Kid & Grohg / Slatkin, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

$19.99 Only 1 left

Details

Composer
COPLAND, AARON
Artist
Slatkin
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Mar 08, 2019
Catalog #
8559862
UPC
636943986226

About


Leonard Slatkin’s Copland is always first rate, and this release is no exception. He already recorded the complete Billy the Kid in St. Louis for EMI, but that disc could be anywhere right now, except readily available, and so if you want the entire work this performance is just the ticket. I actually prefer the full-length ballet to the suite. You get about ten minutes more music, all of it worth hearing, and the result is a work that has a more compelling range of narrative and less of that picture postcard Americana feel that just might be starting to sound a tad old. It only remains to be said that throughout the disc the Detroit Symphony plays terrifically.

Grohg is early Copland, but much of it got reused in the Dance Symphony. Inspired by the silent film Nosferatu, the music is aptly dark and spooky, with a decadent sheen similar to what we find in, say, Bartók’s The Miraculous Mandarin. That said, you can plainly hear the composer to come in such numbers as the Dance of the Street-Walker, with its angular sonorities and burlesque atmosphere. As with Billy, Slatkin proves a completely convincing guide to a remarkably assured piece of writing. The coupling of these two works also makes for a more interesting release than usual, and justifies purchase even if you already own a Billy the Kid or three. First rate sonics too.

– ClassicsToday (David Hurwitz)

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction and Cortège - Entrance of Grohg 07:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction and Cortège - Entrance of Grohg
    Duration
    07:55
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  2. 2 Dance of the Adolescent 06:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    Dance of the Adolescent
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  3. 3 Dance of the Opium-Eater (Visions of Jazz) 03:40
    Track
    3
    Title
    Dance of the Opium-Eater (Visions of Jazz)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  4. 4 Dance of the Street-Walker 04:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    Dance of the Street-Walker
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  5. 5 Grohg Imagines the Dead Are Mocking Him 05:00
    Track
    5
    Title
    Grohg Imagines the Dead Are Mocking Him
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  6. 6 Illumination and Disappearance of Grohg 02:04
    Track
    6
    Title
    Illumination and Disappearance of Grohg
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  7. 7 Introduction: The Open Prairie 03:17
    Track
    7
    Title
    Introduction: The Open Prairie
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  8. 8 Street in a Frontier Town 03:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    Street in a Frontier Town
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  9. 9 Mexican Dance and Finale 07:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    Mexican Dance and Finale
    Duration
    07:07
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  10. 10 Prairie Night (Card Game at Night) - Billy Cheats Garrett at Cards - They Quarrel 03:39
    Track
    10
    Title
    Prairie Night (Card Game at Night) - Billy Cheats Garrett at Cards - They Quarrel
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  11. 11 Gun Battle - Billy is Captured by Garrett, Turned Sheriff 02:34
    Track
    11
    Title
    Gun Battle - Billy is Captured by Garrett, Turned Sheriff
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  12. 12 Celebration 03:00
    Track
    12
    Title
    Celebration
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  13. 13 Billy in Prison - Murder of the Prison Guard and Escape 01:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    Billy in Prison - Murder of the Prison Guard and Escape
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  14. 14 Billy in the Desert: Waltz 03:46
    Track
    14
    Title
    Billy in the Desert: Waltz
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  15. 15 Billy's Death 01:09
    Track
    15
    Title
    Billy's Death
    Duration
    01:09
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  16. 16 Billy's Funeral: Mourning Mexicans 01:24
    Track
    16
    Title
    Billy's Funeral: Mourning Mexicans
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin
  17. 17 The Open Prairie Again 02:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    The Open Prairie Again
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Aaron Copland
    Ensemble
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leonard Slatkin