Celluloid Copland


Telarc (0089408058325)
Telarc (0090266370429)
Película | Fecha de lanzamiento: 2001 | Medio: CD
 

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# Pista Artista/Compositor Duración
From Sorcery to Science
1.Opening Fanfare0:10
2.The Chinese Medicine Man1:44
3.The Witch's Cauldron1:50
4.The Alchemist1:23
5.African Voodoo1:37
6.The Modern Pharmacy1:08
7.Finale: March of the Americas1:59
 
The City (Suite)
8.Main Title: New England Countryside4:42
9.The Steel Mill2:20
10.The Sorrow of the City2:44
11.Fire Engines at Lunch Hour2:13
12.Taxi Jam1:55
13.Sunday Traffic2:45
14.The New City4:10
15.End Title: The Children1:04
 
The Cummington Story
16.The Cummington Story (Suite, arr. Sheffer)9:55
 
The North Star (Suite)
17.Main Title2:17
18.Death of the Little Boy2:13
19.Going to School1:50
20.Damian is Blind2:55
21.Song of the GuerrillasThe Collegiate Chorale1:11
22.North Star Battle1:42
23.The Childrens' Return1:03
24.Guerrillas Return1:51
25.Leaving the Village2:16
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Celluloid Copland - 10/10 - Crítica de Tom Daish, Publicado en (Inglés)
You'd think that a composer/conductor who lived until 1990 would have had a chance to record all of his works, but at the time this album was made, none of the music had been released in any format. All are from films, the first three patriotic documentaries of various sorts and the fourth, The North Star, is a Hollywood film about, and made during, the Second World War and is ostensibly a propaganda piece. From Sorcery to Science was a puppetary exhibit from the World's Fair charting the history of chemistry, which doesn't seem like the most inspiring source for a musical score, but the results are still enchanting. The Opening Fanfare is immediately arresting and the warm, familiar Copland style is soon in evidence. True, some of the earlier tracks are meant to be more comedic and the whizzes, whistles and percussion hits are perhaps a touch silly. Similarly, the rousing March of the Americas may be patriotic fluff, but that doesn't detract greatly. Anyone with a fondness of John Williams' large number of celebratory anthems will discover their ancestry here (even though it's likely Williams wouldn't have heard it prior to this record).
The City is a more serious effort to accompany a film about building new cities and the happy new future they would bring. The tone is curiously muted throughout; New England Countryside (which was incorporated into his Music for Movies suite, years before Jerry Goldsmith did the same for his own music) is, however, picturesque and quite delightful, but others such as The Steel Mill and The Sorrow of the City are more introspective. The Cummington Story is about refugees and the brief suite is fairly sober, but still tuneful. It later became part of Copland's Clarinet Concerto, certainly a more fitting place for such lovely music and likely increasing its longevity considerably. As with most propaganda films, The North Star was pretty limp stuff, but Copland's ability to sum up the American spirit in music was evidently deemed ideal. The first few tracks continue the quietly stirring theme of the previous works, but Damian is Blind introduces terse brass chords and a considerable increase in the level of drama. Song of the Guerrillas, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, is a faux Russian marching song, but being sung in English sounds a bit daft in places.

The dramatic high point is reached in North Star Battle, with brass and timpani doing battle in a brief, but vibrant skirmish, although the ensuing tracks maintain the tension, right down to the finale, Leaving the Village before a final flourish brings the disc to a close. The album follows a progression from jollity into darker territory, Copland's musical and dramatic vocabulary expanding with each entry and while the films themselves are forgotten, the music is more than worth hearing. The Eos Orchestra was formed by Jonathan Sheffer to record lesser known works by important composers and even though several items were reworked into later pieces, these original arrangements appear for the first time on disc. Despite not being an established ensemble, the Orchestra put in a fine performance and, as is usual for Telarc, the recorded sound is excellent in every regard. Capped with a detailed liner note from the conductor, this should appeal to fans of Copland and film music alike.


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