Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Klavierkonzert

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+Old American Songs Vol. 1 & 2;The Tender Land

  • Artist: Benjamin Pasternack, St Charles Singers, Elgin SO, Robert Hanson
  • Label: Naxos , DDD, 2007
  • Order number: 2841203
  • Release date: 30.5.2008
  1. 1 Act 3. 1. Introduction and Love Music Start
  2. 2 Act 2. 2. Party Scene Start
  3. 3 Act 1. 3. Finale: The Promise of Living Start
  4. 4 1. Andante sostenuto Start
  5. 5 2. Molto moderato, Allegro assai Start
  6. 6 The Boatmen's Dance (Minstrel Song - 1843) Start
  7. 7 The Dodger (Campaign Song) Start
  8. 8 Long Time Ago (Ballad) Start
  9. 9 Simple Gifts (Shaker Song) Start
  10. 10 I Bought Me a Cat (Children's Song) Start
  11. 11 The Little Horses (Lullaby) Start
  12. 12 Zion's Walls (Revivalist Song) Start
  13. 13 The Golden Willow Tree Start
  14. 14 At the River (Hymn Tune) Start
  15. 15 Ching-a-ring Chaw (Minstrel Song) Start

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Aaron Copland's little-known opera The Tender Land takes place on a farm in the American South during the Depression. The composer later wrote, "I was trying to give young American singers material that they do not often get in the opera house... The result was closer to musical comedy than grand opera." The suite that Copland extracted from The Tender Landis in three movements, with the second and third linked without pause. The 1926 Piano Concerto, like Gershwin's Concerto of the previous year, is a 1920s "New York" piece - brassy, exuberant, ever confident in its bluesy swagger. Copland composed two sets of Old American Songs, originally for voice and piano but heard here transcribed for chorus and orchestra."

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