Tag: Phoenix Symphony
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Herrmann: Symphony No. 1, Concerto Macabre
Alto Records returns to international availability – for download and streaming – acclaimed recordings of concert works by Bernard Herrmann, music that is simultaneously sophisticated in structure and immediately appealing. “Like [Erich Wolfgang] Korngold, [Bernard] Herrmann was a consummate movie composer: his only Symphony – inventive, soundly constructed, always eventful and excitingly scored – successfully…
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Copland: The Red Pony Film Suite, The Tender Land Suite, Three Latin American Sketches, Clarinet Concerto
James Sedares and the Phoenix Symphony make a strong argument that Copland’s film music and opera suites are every bit as masterful as his most famous works. These works are coupled with Eduard Brunner’s atmospheric performance of Copland’s Clarinet Concerto. “James Sedares brilliantly conducts The Phoenix Symphony with panache, and in the recording of the…
