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Dance Panels - Copland / Dennis Russel Davies, Orchestra of St. Luke's, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Aaron Copland: Dance Panels; Poems (8) of Emily Dickinson for voice & orchestra (arr. from 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson); Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony")
Performers: Schneiderman, Helene
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

A masterful and innovative force in classical music, Dennis Russell Davies is considered among today's most inventive conductors at the forefront of the orchestral, chamber,...continue...

Copland: Music for the Theatre, Quiet City, Music for Movies, Clarinet Concerto / Davies, Blount, et al

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Aaron Copland: Music for the Theatre, suite for small orchestra; Quiet City; Our Town; Concerto for Clarinet
Performers: Blount, William; Gekker, Christopher; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

As a young man studying composition with Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the early twenties, Aaron Copland wondered, "If there is a French sounding music...continue...

EMI American Classics - Aaron Copland / Mata, Davies, Bátiz, Hubbard, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; El salón México; Old American Songs, Set 1
Performers: Hubbard, Bruce
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Slatkin, Leonard; Mata, Eduardo; Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of St. Luke's; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

The music of Aaron Copland (1900–1990) is almost every music-lover's introduction to what might be called American classical music. Either through the picture postcard that...continue...

The World So Wide / Dawn Upshaw

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 1998-05-26

Works: Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40; Aaron Copland: The Tender Land; John Adams: Nixon in China; Leonard Bernstein: Trouble in Tahiti; Tania León: Scourge of Hyacinths; Douglas Moore: ...
Performers: Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

"...American opera represents a vast repertoire that includes many works of compelling beauty and riveting drama. Most are still largely unknown to the musical public...'The...continue...