Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: 1. Morning on the Ranch
2. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: 2. The Gift
3. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: 3. Dream March and Circus Music
4. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: 4. Walk to the Bunkhouse
5. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: 5. Grandfather's Story
6. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: 6. Happy Ending
7. Preamble for a Solemn Occasion, for speaker & orchestra (also arr. for organ 1953)
8. Orchestral Variations, for orchestra (based on Piano Variations): Theme. Grave
9. Orchestral Variations, for orchestra (based on Piano Variations): Variation 1 - Variation 20
10. Orchestral Variations, for orchestra (based on Piano Variations): Coda. Subito lento moderato
11. Dance Panels, ballet: 1. Introduction. Moderato. Tempo di Valzer. Espressivo un poco rubato
12. Dance Panels, ballet: 2. Allegretto con tenerezza. Un poco rubato
13. Dance Panels, ballet: 3. Scherzando. Moderato
14. Dance Panels, ballet: 4. Pas de trois. Lento
15. Dance Panels, ballet: 5. Con brio
16. Dance Panels, ballet: 6. Con moto
17. Dance Panels, ballet: 7. Molto ritmico. Coda. Come prima. Moderato

Disc 2:

1. Connotations, for orchestra
2. Down a Country Lane, for piano (or school orchestra)
3. Music for a Great City, for orchestra (based on film 'Something Wild'): 1. Skyline
4. Music for a Great City, for orchestra (based on film 'Something Wild'): 2. Night Thoughts
5. Music for a Great City, for orchestra (based on film 'Something Wild'): 3. Subway Jam
6. Music for a Great City, for orchestra (based on film 'Something Wild'): 5. Toward the Bridge
7. Inscape, for orchestra
8. Latin American Sketches (3), for orchestra: 1. Estribillo
9. Latin American Sketches (3), for orchestra: 2. Paisaje Mexicano
10. Latin American Sketches (3), for orchestra: 3. Danza de Jalisco

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50764 in Music
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 1991-09-26
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .43 pounds

Customer Reviews

Another masterpiece...
The third of the Copland Collection from Sony is much like the other two: Wonderful playing, orchestration, recording, and booklet. This is my favorite of the three of the CD sets though. Music is very 'Copland' like. The Red Pony is from the movie is an excellent suite. Dance Panels is the least known of the 4 ballets by Copland. But just like Appalachian Spring and Billy the Kid, it is very Copland, very exciting, and very good. Unlike the other three you may find on the 2nd CD set of this series, this is the entire ballet not just the suites. Down A Country Lane is now one of my favorite Copland works. So soothing, it can really paint the picture of a beautiful country road on a spring day. Music for a great city is actually from a movie (booklet tells all). Each of the four movements describes the big city just as we all have known it. All the other works are nothing to look down upon either. Most works are conducted by Copland with the London Symphony (he really knocked them into shape). A couple were conducted by Bernstein which are still up to standard. Great CD collection! Buy all three.

Copland's conduction of GREAT CITY is better than Slatkin's
SKYLINE is a fun track that's based on the premise of Big City Overload. And naturally it's immediately followed by the low-key introspective NIGHT THOUGHTS.

Consider Lenny Bernstein's main theme from his MASS. I'm talking about the tune that was done klezmer-style and chorale-style. When the chorale sings it, it contains a descending 4-note phrase. Followed by a descending 5-note phrase. Okay--now listen for a certain passage in NIGHT THOUGHTS that sounds similar to Bernstein's passage. The only basic difference is that both of Copland's phrases are 5-note phrases. And let me add that Copland's NIGHT THOUGHTS was written years before Bernstein's MASS.