- Richard Freed, WETA
EIJI OUE
MINNESOTA ORCHESTRA
RR-93CD
[HDCD]
Aaron Copland, America's best-known and best-loved composer would have been 100 years old this centennial year. Reference Recordings® is pleased to honor his memory with this memorial CD of three of his most renowned and memorable works.
Fanfare for the Common Man has become emblematic of state and major sports occasions. Its majestic strains for brass and percussion inevitably raise goosebumps wherever they are heard. Appalachian Spring is Copland's mosy beloved scroe dance score, and is indelibly associated with Marht Graham, who gave it birth. It sings of earlier Amercan's whose lives were tied to the land, and it features the timless folksong "Simple Gifts". The Third Symphony is considered to be Copland's masterpiece, and the finest symphony produced by any 20th century American. Its finale brings back the Fanfare, scored for full symphony orchestra, to bring the program to a spine-tingling climax.
Eiji Oue has a direct link with Copland, being a protégé of Leonard Bernstein, the conductor most closley associated with Copland's music. Oue and the Minnesota Orchestra have performed these pieces in concert many times recently, to standing ovations and rave reviews.
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Related back catalog on Reference Recordings featuring Eiji Oue & the Minnesota Orchestra RR-92 - Bolero! RR-91 - Valentino Dances RR-88 - Mahler - Das Lied RR-87 - Bernstein RR-83 - Richard Strauss RR-82 - Mephisto & Co. RR-80 - Ports of Call RR-79 - Pictures at an Exhibition RR-71 - Exotic Dances RR-70 - Stravinsky |
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1. Fanfare for the Common Man 2. Appalachian Spring Suite 3. - 6. Third Symphony Total Time: 72:22 |
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