Thomson, Virgil > Orchestral

American Classics - Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-02-01

Works: Virgil Thomson: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Pilgrims and Pioneers, for orchestra (arrangement of the film score "Journey to America"); Symphony on a Hymn Tune ("Symphony no 1")
Conductors: Sedares, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

The four works included on this disc are among Virgil Thomson's most immediately attrative scores. The 'Symphony on a Hymn Tune' dating from 1928 takes...continue...

Thomson: Symphony no 2, etc / James Bolle, Budapest Symphony

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-04-08

Works: Virgil Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune ("Symphony no 1"); Symphony no 2; Lord Byron, opera; From Byron's Don Juan, for tenor & orchestra; A Solemn Music, for orchestra; A Joyful Fugue, for orchestra
Performers: Hill, Martyn
Conductors: Bolle, James
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra; Monadnock Festival Orchestra