Copland: Grohg/Prelude For Chamber Orchestra/hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Copland: Grohg/Prelude For Chamber Orchestra/hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On this CD:

1. Grogh, ballet in 1 scene Revised in 1932
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by Oliver Knussen

2. Prelude for chamber orchestra (arr. from Symphony for Organ & Orchestra)
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Oliver Knussen

3. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!, ballet in 2 acts Version for Small Orchestra, 1935
Composed by Aaron Copland
Performed by London Sinfonietta
Conducted by Oliver Knussen

Editorial Reviews
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This music is hardly recognizable as that of America's greatest composer of ballet music. These are very early works of a composer fresh from Europe and from studying under Nadia Boulanger, who taught Copland to rely on folk sources for his music. This, for Copland, meant jazz. Grohg (written in 1922-25, revised in 1935) was Copland's first orchestral work, inspired by the German film Nosferatu, about a sorcerer bringing corpses alive to dance for his pleasure. If the only Copland you're interested in is the one who wrote Appalachian Spring, then this isn't for you. Still, the music is engaging and instructive. --Paul Cook

Copland: Grohg/Prelude For Chamber Orchestra/hear Ye! Hear Ye!, Music, Aaron Copland, Oliver Knussen, Cleveland Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, 20th/21st Century Ballet, Ballet, Classical, Classical Music, Music for Chamber Orchestra, Orchestral

Copland: Grohg/Prelude For Chamber Orchestra/hear Ye! Hear Ye!

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