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Special offer. Morton Gould: Symphonettes Nos. 2-4, Spirituals for Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen
If this doesn’t put you in a good mood, nothing will. Gould’s symphonettes are sunny, rowdy, with just a touch of attitude and full of terpsichorean flair. In short, a hugely enjoyable listen.
Special offer. Morton Gould: Symphonettes Nos. 2-4, Spirituals for Orchestra
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arthur Fagen
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If this doesn’t put you in a good mood, nothing will. Gould’s symphonettes are sunny, rowdy, with just a touch of attitude and full of terpsichorean flair. In short, a hugely enjoyable listen.
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Morton Gould was an American musical phenomenon, equally at home in classical, crossover and film genres, and the recipient of both GRAMMY and Pulitzer awards during his long and distinguished career. The Symphonettes represent Goulds best crossover work the Symphonette No. 4 deriving its character from Latin-American dance forms to make it one of his most popular compositions. The first movement of Symphonette No. 3 has been described as a collection of dance band licks, full of bent notes and syncopations and the central Pavanne of Symphonette No. 2 with its bluesy trumpet motif is one of Goulds biggest hits. Spirituals for Orchestra utilizes the strings as a choir, with antiphonal responses in the rest of the orchestra.
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July 2020
If this doesn’t put you in a good mood, nothing will. Gould’s symphonettes are sunny, rowdy, with just a touch of attitude and full of terpsichorean flair. In short, a hugely enjoyable listen.
July 2020
There are a number of competing recordings of these works, with David Alan Miller and the Albany Symphony Orchestra the main competition in Symphonettes Nos 2 and 3. Fagen and the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra are just as idiomatic as interpreters and are better served by Naxos’s bright recording.
