Appalachian Spring / Billy The Kid (Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo) album cover
Antal Dorati, Aaron Copland, The London Symphony Orchestra – Appalachian Spring / Billy The Kid
Label: Mercury Living Presence – SR 90246, Speakers Corner Records – SR90246
Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue, Stereo, 180 gr
Country: Germany
Released: 22 Jun 2007
Genre: Classical
Style:
Tracklist
Show Credits
A1 Appalachian Spring
A2 Billy The Kid
B1 Billy The Kid (conclusion)
Credits
Cover, Design – George Maas
Cover, Photography By – Henry Ries
Cover, Sleeve Notes – Halsey Stevens
Engineer – C. R. Fine*
Recording Supervisor – Wilma Cozart
Transferred By – George Piros
Notes
Audiophile, recorded to and mastered from 35mm film instead of magnetic tape.
Speakers Corner
Reissue from original 1962 tapes
London Symphony Orchestra unter der Leitung von Antal Dorati
Aufnahme: Juni 1961 von C.R. Fine und Robert Eberenz
Aaron Copland gehört zu jenen amerikanischen Komponisten, deren Oeuvre weltweite Beachtung findet. Gemessen am hohen Lebensalter (1900 - 1990) erscheint seine kreative Phase relativ kurz, er komponierte ab den 60er Jahren nur noch selten. Seine wichtigsten Werke entstanden in den 30er Jahren, damit war er maßgeblich an der Entwicklung der neuen Musik in den USA beteiligt.
Die Ballettwerke „Appalachian Spring“ (1944) und „Billy the Kid“ (1938) gelten als Schlüsselwerke ihrer Zeit. Beide Stücke tragen folkloristische Züge, die Copland den Ruf einer Vorliebe für geborgte Melodien eingebracht haben. In Wirklichkeit sind die bekannten Weisen sehr subtil verarbeitet und stehen im Rahmen groß angelegter geschlossener Formen. Hin und wieder blitzen melodische Anklänge an die Musik Mahlers und sogar Strawinsky auf. Sehr amerikanisch dagegen mutet das „Billy-The-Kid“-Ballett an: In orchestralen Breitbild-Sound umgearbeitet, erstrahlen Cowboy-Melodien in Wildwest-Manier, eingebettet in eine fast filmreife Dramaturgie. Das Signal an Hollywood scheint unüberhörbar. Thats America!
AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head
Speakers Corner / Mercury - SR90246 - 180 Gram Virgin Vinyl -
AAA 100% Analogue - Limited Edition - Pressed at Pallas Germany
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Copland: "Appalachian Spring", "Billy the Kid" - The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antal Dorati
If you are a classical fan, get a copy of the Speaker's Corner, Aaron Copland Appalachian Spring etc., SR 90246, Dorati/LSO, 35 MM Film Recording. This will blow you away. Positive Feedback
A old friend & wonderfully dynamic & should be in every collection - HIFI +
Aaron Copland is among those Americans whose compositions have found worldwide recognition. Measured against his long lifespan (1900–1990), his creative phase was relatively short, and indeed he hardly composed at all from the Sixties onwards. His most important works were his answer to the musical crisis of the Thirties, and he has gone down in history as having greatly influenced the development of New Music in the USA.
The ballets "Appalachian Spring" (1944) and "Billy the Kid" (1938) are considered to be key works of their day. Both have folkloric traits, which brought Copland the reputation of having a penchant for borrowed melodies. In reality, the well-known tunes are very subtly treated and modified, and are incorporated into large-scale, defined forms. Now and again, melodic echoes of Mahler’s music or highly rhythmic exposed passages reminiscent of Stravinsky flash through. The ballet "Billy the Kid" is thoroughly American. Arranged in orchestral 'wide-screen sound', as it were, cowboy melodies glow with the very best Wild West tradition, and are bedded in a dramaturgy which is almost ripe for a film soundtrack. The signal to Hollywood is virtually unmistakable. That is America.
June 1961by C.R. Fine und Robert Eberenz
Production: Wilma Cozart-Fine und Harold Lawrence
Antal Dorati conducts the London Symphony Orchestra in performing Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring as well as Billy the Kid.
This Speakers Corner production was manufactured 100% analogously, with the use of the analogue mastertape and analogue mastering. All royalties and mechanical rights have been paid.
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
Selections:
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Appalachian Spring - Ballet For Martha
Billy The Kid (Complete Ballet)
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