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Mennin: Moby Dick, Symphonies 3 & 7 / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

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Composer
MENNIN, PETER
Artist
Schwarz
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Jul 31, 2012
Catalog #
8559718
UPC
636943971826

About

Peter Mennin was a leading member of the school of American symphonic composers who came of age in the 1930s and 1940s, a group that includes David Diamond, William Schuman and others. Cast in a traditional design of three movements in a fast-slow-fast pattern, Symphony No 3 is a work of great contrapuntal energy, percussive accents and propulsive rhythms. The composer described the passionate slow movement as “an extended song…making use of sustained voice-weaving.” Symphony No 7 develops in a single movement of remarkable contrasts and intensity. An exception to Mennin’s “pure” compositional approach, the concertato Moby Dick depicts “the emotional impact of the novel as a whole.” This recording has been acclaimed as “a fine tribute to an inexplicably neglected figure of the century’s American music scene”. - Chicago Tribune

"...along with Symphony No. 7 of Peter Mennin...may be the greatest of all American Traditionalist symphonies." - Walter Simmons, Voices in the Wilderness, page 377, (describing both the Symphony No. 1 of Nicolas Flagello and the Symphony No. 7 of Peter Mennin.)

Tracklist 5 tracks

  1. 1 Concertato, "Moby Dick" 10:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Concertato, "Moby Dick"
    Duration
    10:53
    Composer
    Peter Mennin
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  2. 2 I. Allegro robusto 04:50
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Allegro robusto
    Duration
    04:50
    Composer
    Peter Mennin
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  3. 3 II. Andante moderato 08:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Andante moderato
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Peter Mennin
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  4. 4 III. Allegro assai 07:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegro assai
    Duration
    07:25
    Composer
    Peter Mennin
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz
  5. 5 Symphony No. 7, "Variation-Symphony" 26:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Symphony No. 7, "Variation-Symphony"
    Duration
    26:18
    Composer
    Peter Mennin
    Ensemble
    Seattle Symphony
    Conductor
    Gerard Schwarz