| Copland Conducts Copland |  | Creators: William Warfield, Aaron Copland, London Symphony Orchestra, Columbia Symphony Orchestra
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 61,720
Format: Original recording remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 827969040324
UPC: 827969040324
EAN: 0827969040324
ASIN: B0000CF32H
Release Date: September 30, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3) | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Very Slowly | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Allegro | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Moderato | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Fast | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Subito Allegro | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: As at first (Slowly) | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Doppio movimento | | • | Appalachian Spring, concert suite for full orchestra: Moderato - Coda | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: The Boatmen's Dance | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: The Dodger | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: Long Time Ago | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: Simple Gifts | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: I Bought Me a Cat | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: The Little Horses | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: Zion's Walls | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: The Golden Willow Tree | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: At the River | | • | Old American Songs for voice & piano, Books 1 & 2: Ching-a-Ring Chaw | | • | Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Four Dance Episodes. I. Buckaroo Holiday | | • | Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Four Dance Episodes. II. Corral Nocturne | | • | Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Four Dance Episodes. III. Saturday Night Waltz | | • | Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Four Dance Episodes. IV. Hoedown | | • | Symphony No. 3: Fanfare for the Common Man | | • | Billy the Kid, orchestral suite from the ballet: Celebration (after Billy's capture) |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
A Masterworks Expanded Edition with bonus material and Sony s DSD System for best possible sound quality. Songs include Fanfare for the Common Man, Appalachian Spring Rodeo, Old American Songs, and more. Conductor: Aaron Copland (1900-1990)Baritone: William WarfieldPlaying Time: 78 minutesPublisher: Spring Arbor/IngramISBN: 2796904032
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| Customer Reviews:
Excellent Copeland May 10, 2010
R. E. Statham (Atlanta, GA)
Before purchasing this CD recently, I had the old vinyl album. Very nice recording. Don't let it's age, or it's being an analog recording, turn you off. Copeland conducts the music the way he wanted in played, which is something we rarely get to hear in this day and age. (When's the last time you heard an CD of Beethoven conducting his 9th Symphony? I rest my case.)
His choice of orchestration as well as the selections are a good cross-selection of Copeland, of whom I had the pleasure of hearing perform some of these selections live back in the 70's.
This is a very nice addition to your library, and if you're like me, I suspect you will find yourself playing many of the selections again and again.
 A direct line from mind to music January 10, 2010
Rich Needham (Tempe, AZ USA)
There is no opportunity to hear Beethoven or Mozart conducting their own works, so one must hear modern interpretations of the music, and no-one can say which performance most closely matches what was imagined by the composer. We are fortunate, however, to have surviving recordings of Stravinsky and Copland conducting their own works, and we can listen to those works purely and directly from the mind of the composer through the orchestra under his control. Of course, we often fall in love with the first performance we hear of a favorite piece, so perhaps Copland's interpretation isn't how you remember it. But it is the standard by which all other performances should be judged. These are wonderful recordings of groundbreaking music, and you would be remiss to pass up this opportunity to hear exactly what Copland meant.
 Copland conducts Copland February 18, 2009
Caritina C., Braun (Bedford, OH 44146)
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
Item was recommended by a radio announcer. I think is okay. I thought that if Copland conducted his own works would be exciting but it was not. It is very boring.
A spectacular performance August 10, 2008
FB101 (USA)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
For once Sony did a spectacular job at remastering this historical performance. The opening percussions of Fanfare for the Common Man are just explosive but the whole disc is full of colors and a tribute to Copland's masterpieces.
Don't be afraid to listen to this disc at concert levels, that's how it is best enjoyed and the best way to discover one of the most impressive American contemporary composers.
I am less enamored with Warfield's performance of the Old American songs but in all fairness they've never been my cup of tea to start with.
The real gems here are the "Old American Songs" December 29, 2007
Joe Anthony (a.k.a. JAG 1) (Massachusetts, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
There are few composers who capture the American spirit as much as Aaron Copland; Jewish; born in Brooklyn; educated to some extent in Paris; and gay-nobody brings alive the colors and sounds of the Old West and American country life quite like him. Indeed almost every soundtrack to an old Western movie is a re-write of "Rodeo" or "Billy the Kid" Suite.
Copland's "Appalacian Spring" is an American "Pastorale", painting the deep green hills of America's heartland. But the real gems here are the "Old American Songs" which Copland arranges in a way that maintain the integrity and simplicity of each miniature while making them undoubtedly "Coplanesque". The delicate handling of these tunes by the expressive bass-baritone William Warfield makes for perfection, especially on the hymns "Simple Gifts" and "At the River".
Comparisons for instrumental pieces: Bernstein/NYPO (also outstanding)
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