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Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits

Essential Aaron Copland: 12 Greatest Hits
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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Very slowly
  2. Allegro
  3. Moderato: The Bride and her Intended
  4. Fast: The Revivalist and his Flock
  5. Allegro: Solo Dance of the Bride
  6. Meno mosso
  7. Doppio movimento: Variations on a Shaker Hymn
  8. Moderato: Coda
  9. Buckaroo Holiday
  10. Corral Nocturne
  11. Saturday Night Waltz
  12. Hoe-Down

Disc 2:

  1. New England Countryside
  2. Barley Wagons
  3. Sunday Traffic
  4. Grovers Corners
  5. Threshing Machines
  6. The Open Prairie
  7. Street in a Frontier Town
  8. Celebration - Billy in Prison - Waltz
  9. Lento - molto - adagio molto
  10. Andante moderato
  11. Allegro vivo

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #176512 in Music
  • Released on: 2003-10-14
  • Number of discs: 2

Customer Reviews

Aaron Copland: Essential Classics5
This excellent introduction to the symphonic Copland repackages an earlier "Decca Double Decker" (see B000004284). Deleted are "Old American Songs" and added are "Billy the Kid" and "Danzon Cubano". These recordings were made from 1969-1994. The sonics are exemplary. The performances are all very good to excellent. Everyone has their personal favorites of these works so your mileage may vary.

Dorati & Detroit SO > Rodeo, El Solon Mexico, Dance Symphony. Howarth & London Sinfonietta > Music for the Movies. Marriner & The Academy > Quiet City. Metha & LAPO > Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring, Lincoln Portrait with Gregory Peck, narrator. Philip Jones Brass Ensemble > Ceremonial Fanfare. Zinman & Baltimore SO > Billy the Kid, Danzon Cubano.

Gregory Peck comes across very, very well. Warm, personal, forthright. Worth the price of the disc just to hear him deliver the words wrapped in Copland's music as directed by Metha and performed by the LA Philharmonic Orchestra.

Don't expect any copious liner notes here -- there aren't any. Just a listing of what's what and who did what. Two panels of the folded sheet are needlessly occupied by advertising other "essential" CDs. I would gladly rip them out if I didn't like the overall design so much. The art direction and design of the package is stellar but lacks "essential" or any background information.

Unless I'm mistaken, there are 5 "hits" on the first disc and 6 on the second. That's 11. The subtitle here is "12 Greatest Hits". Am I missing something?

Still, judging by what's here, the selections and performances, an excellent compilation. I'm glad to have it.

THE FANFARE WAS CUT SHORT!1
MY HUBBY FOR WHOM I ORDERED THIS WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE LENGTH OF 'FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN.' HE FELT RIPPED OFF BY THE SHORTENED VERSION. I BOUGHT HIM ANOTHER 'GREATEST HITS,' I ONLY HOPE THAT HE LIKES THIS ONE BETTER.