Foss: Time Cycle/Phorion/Song of Songs

Foss: Time Cycle/Phorion/Song of Songs

On this CD:

1. Time Cycle for soprano and orchestra
Composed by Lukas Foss
Performed by Columbia Symphony Orchestra with Lukas Foss, Richard Dufallo
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

2. Phorion, for harpsichord, electric organ, electric guitar, and strings
Composed by Lukas Foss
Performed by New York Philharmonic
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

3. Song of Songs (4) for mezzo & orchestra
Composed by Lukas Foss
Performed by New York Philharmonic, Jennie Tourel
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Editorial Reviews
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This is one of the Sony gems from the backlist, documenting Leonard Bernstein's foray into conducting the New York Philharmonic as well as the Columbia Symphony. Foss's Time Cycle is a set of four songs set to the poems of W.H. Auden and A.E. Housman and readings from Kafka and Nietzsche. It's mostly atonal with 12-tone patterning, and it has an air of rapt improvisation. Phorion is both a homage to Bach and a deconstruction of Bach's music. "Song of Songs" is a 1940s composition, mostly tonal but still run through with cranky Americanisms. A diverse--and excellent--selection. --Paul Cook

Foss: Time Cycle/Phorion/Song of Songs, Music, Howard D. Colf, Richard Dufallo, Lukas Foss, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic, Jennie Tourel, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Lukas Foss, Adele Addison, Charles DeLancey, Classical, Classical Music, Miscellaneous, Miscellaneous Vocal Music, Music for Assorted/Unusual Instrumentation, Vocal, Vocal Music

Foss: Time Cycle/Phorion/Song of Songs

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