Hanson: Symphony No 3, Merry Mount Suite / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
November 15, 2011
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      HANSON, HOWARD
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Seattle Symphony
    • PERFORMER
      Schwarz
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 15, 2011
    • UPC
      636943970225
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8559702
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante lamentando - Agitato

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    2. II. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    3. III. Tempo scherzando

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    4. IV. Largamente e pesante

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    5. I. Overture

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    6. II. Children's Dance

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    7. III. Love Duet

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz

    8. IV. Prelude to Act II and Maypole Dances

      Composer: Howard Hanson

      Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

      Conductor: Gerard Schwarz


Hanson’s symphonic cycle is one of the most important in American music. The Third Symphony, composed between 1936 and 1938, is imbued with the rich Nordic sensibility that runs through the First. It owes its impetus to the pioneering Swedish settlements in America, and its expansive lyricism is beautifully calibrated, with a chorale theme acting as a hopeful constant throughout the journey. Hanson wrote his opera Merry Mount, possibly his most ambitious work, in 1934. Four years later he produced this vibrant orchestral suite. “[T]he power of Hanson’s earlier works lies in the unabashed hyperbole of their gestures, the unstinting lavishness of their orchestration, and, most of all, their sincere fervor and conviction.” (Fanfare on the original Delos release)