Symphony No. 2 / West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) / Candide Overture

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Symphony No. 2 / West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) / Candide Overture
Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) / Florida Philharmonic Orchestra / James Judd (conductor)

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Release Date: Wednesday 26 October 2005

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"The inevitable Candide overture goes at quite a lick. So many continents. So little time. James Judd's Florida Philharmonic point and counterpoint with some aplomb and the big lyric tune is not merely glossed over but sung." - Edward Seckerson, Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue

"The inevitable Candide overture goes at quite a lick. So many continents. So little time. James Judd's Florida Philharmonic point and counterpoint with some aplomb and the big lyric tune is not merely glossed over but sung."
- Edward Seckerson, Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue

"James Judd and his Florida Philharmonic clearly revel in the endlessly inventive colouring of the double series of variations which forms Part 1 of [Age of Anxiety]; Jean-Louis Steuerman is on top of the solo part. The Symphony is complemented by two Bernstein favourites, the Candide Overture and the West Side Story Symphonic Dances: both are given lively performances, with some gorgeous quiet string playing in the finale of the Dances; the recording is first-rate throughout."
- Anthony Barton, BBC Music Magazine, November 2002

Tracks:

01. Candide Overture 04:09

02. West Side Story (Symphonic Dances) 22:37

Symphony No. 2, "The Age of Anxiety"
03. Part I: Prologue 02:44
04. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation I 01:00
05. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation II 01:33
06. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation III 01:27
07. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation IV 00:54
08. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation V 00:53
09. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation VI 01:02
10. Part I: The Seven Ages: Variation VII 01:57
11. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation VIII 01:46
12. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation IX 01:22
13. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation X 00:32
14. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation XI 00:54
15. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation XII 00:16
16. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation XIII 00:47
17. Part I: The Seven Stages: Variation XIV 00:33
18. Part II: The Dirge 06:27
19. Part II: The Masque 04:45
20. Part II: The Epilogue 07:53
Jean Louis Steuerman, piano