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The Composer and His Orchestra

The Composer and His Orchestra
From Polygram Records

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. 1. Overture
  2. 2. Children's Dance
  3. 3. Love Duet
  4. 4. Prelude to Act 2 and Maypole Dances
  5. 1. Bells
  6. 2. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
  7. 3. Deserted House
  8. 4. Eccentric Clock
  9. 5. Deep Forest
  10. 6. Clowns
  11. 7. Dance
  12. 8. Serious Conversations
  13. 9. Kikimora
  14. 10. Mist
  15. 11. Fireworks
  16. 12. Dreams
  17. 1. Lento molto and molto tranquillo
  18. 2. Allegro molto ritmico
  19. 3. Andante molto espressivo
  20. 4. Allegro giocoso

Disc 2:

  1. Lecture. 1. Introduction, colors of the orchestra
  2. Lecture. 2. Woodwinds
  3. Lecture. 3. Brass
  4. Lecture. 4. Strings
  5. Lecture. 5. Harps and Percussion
  6. Lecture. 6. Putting the sections together
  7. Lecture. 1. Introduction and theme
  8. Lecture. 2. Variation 1
  9. Lecture. 3. Variation 2
  10. Lecture. 4. Variation 3
  11. Lecture. 5. Variation 4
  12. Lecture. 6. Variation 5 and conclusion
  13. Lecture. 1. Introduction, scales and intervals
  14. Lecture. 2. Bells
  15. Lecture. 3. Mist
  16. Lecture. 4. Fireworks
  17. Lecture. 5. Clowns
  18. Lecture. 6. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
  19. Lecture. 7. Deserted House
  20. Lecture. 8. Dance
  21. Lecture. 9. The Deep Forest
  22. Lecture. 10. Serious Conversation
  23. Lecture. 11. Eccentric Clock
  24. Lecture. 12. Kikimora
  25. Lecture. 13. Dreams

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #219381 in Music
  • Released on: 1996-05-14
  • Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Masterfully Recorded Must Have CD5
Everything Jean's review from 2002 is spot on, in fact,it beat Harry Pearsons sparkling review of it in The Absolute Sound mag. by 3 years. Worth buying, if just to show how good a cd can really sound.Super!

Legendary !5

MERCURY sound. At it's best, at it's fullest.

A super recording. Orchestral music like you've never heard before . . . in your home. Right, the better the stereo equipment the more you are likely to hear tons of details out of the microscopic hills and valleys of this glorious cd. However, a more modest hi-fi system will make it as well, at least to reveal the essential of the music. It all comes from the legendary "Golden Age" LP era. The album, issued by Mercury/Philips (a package of two discs), has GLORIOUS sound--as much as good as the vinyl LP. To be underlined, a very nice job at remastering those LEGENDARY archives, thanks to Wilma Cozart and the Mercury team. For orchestral music that one is a good reference cd (the sound is almost lifelike). Howard Hanson's music is delightful ; he's got a solid reputation as a composer and is a skillful conductor. One of my best picks in American music. The 'Merry Mount' is a wonderful work.*****

A Classical Composer's Tool Kit4
This 2-CD set provides a unique opportunity to hear the late American composer, Howard Hanson, talk about how he approached the orchestration of symphonic works. On disk 1, several of Hanson's works are performed (conducted by the composer), including the Merry Mount Suite, Mosaics, For the First Time and Concerto for Piano. On the second disk, Hanson de-constructs The Children's Dance from Merry Mount, explaining his intent as a composer and orchestrator, with each set of instruments highlighted by including them one at a time as their colors are blended from the composer's palette. This is an invaluable aid to aspiring composers, and also to any student of music who wants to understand orchestration in a step beyond Peter and the Wolf, and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.