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Copland - Quiet City
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Quiet City
RecommendedAlison Balsom (trumpet), Tom Poster (piano), Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman
Revisiting the improvisatory practice of jazz icons with highly idiosyncratic techniques can fall flat, but Balsom and the Britten Sinfonia make it work. They are entirely idiomatic and wonderfully... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 26th August 2022
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Standards
Haydn, Hummel, Copland, Arutiunian
Simon Höfele (trumpet), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Duncan Ward
Forget the dictionary definition of ‘standard’ on the cover: these are ‘standards’ in the jazz sense – pieces that form the central core of a repertoire…Overall, this disc is an impressive calling-card... —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Instrumentalist of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Concerto (Trumpet)
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Special offer. Copland: Appalachian Spring
Susan Palma (flute), David Singer (clarinet), Frank Morelli (bassoon), Wu Han (piano), Raymond Mase (trumpet), Stephen Taylor (english horn)
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
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William Boughton approaches both ballets clearly and objectively, which is Copland's own tradition. The discovery of the whole record - which at 75 minutes is very good measure - ought to be... —
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Special offer. Americana
Celia Nicklin (oboe & cor anglais) & Michael Laird (trumpet)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Few anthologies find room for a symphony; but this one does, and in doing so offers us a very good one, Ives's Third: three gently affectionate movements (for once no jokes, no revolutions)... —
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Special offer. American Classics - Aaron Copland
Laura Arden (clarinet)
Nashville Chamber Orchestra, Paul Gambill
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Special offer. Landscapes
Ji Hye Jung (marimba), Steve Leisring (trumpet) & Margaret Marco (cor anglais)
University of Kansas Wind Ensemble, Paul Popiel
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Copland: Appalachian Spring/Quiet City/Rodeo etc.
Ross Pople, London Festival Orchestra, Anthony Pike (clarinet), Michael Freyhan (piano), Ferenc Szucs (cello), Amanda Smith (violin), Robert Gibbs (violin), Ian Rathbone (viola)
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Mozart in Love
Rachel Tolmie (cor anglais/oboe), Amanda Muir (flute)
The Bourbaki Ensemble, David Angell
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Copland: Father Copland
Appalachian Spring, Quiet City & Clarinet Concerto
Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn, Case Scaglione
