Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition

 
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PISTON / GOULD / HANSON
Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition
Carlos Kalmar, Oregon Symphony Orchestra

[ Pentatone / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 20 March 2020

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Oregon Symphony and Carlos Kalmar continue their acclaimed Aspects of America series with this second instalment, featuring three symphonic works that were all awarded a Pulitzer Prize. Walter Piston's Symphony No. 7 (Pulitzer Prize 1961) is a pastoral and jubilant glorification of nature, while Morton Gould's Stringmusic (Pulitzer Prize 1995) was composed for star cellist Rostropovich, and showcases all possible sounds and colors of the string orchestra. In his Symphony No. 4 "Requiem" (Pulitzer Prize 1944), Howard Hanson explores the mysteries of life and death in an American musical idiom that simultaneously reveals the composer's Nordic roots.

Oregon Symphony and its music director Carlos Kalmar have a vast Pentatone discography, including Music for a Time of War (2011), This England (2012), Spirit of the American Range (2015), Haydn Symphonies 53, 64 & 96 (2017), Aspects of America (2018), as well as Gospel Christmas (2018), with conductor Charles Floyd.

"Excellent live recordings of three American works that won the Pulitzer prize - and well deserved it. The live recordings are of excellent quality, lending a bloom and depth to the sound, and the strings shine in the Gould piece. The booklet is informative, both biographically and musically." MusicWeb May 2020

Tracks:

Walter Piston: Symphony No. 7
1) I. Con moto 7.00
2) II. Adagio pastorale 10.19
3) III. Allegro festevole 6.22

Morton Gould: Stringmusic
4) I. Prelude 5.40
5) II. Tango 4.10
6) III. Dirge 6.39
7) IV. Ballad 4.02
8) V. Strum (perpetual motion) 5.04

Howard Hanson: Symphony No. 4, Op. 34 "Requiem"
9) I. Andante inquieto (Kyrie) 7.22
10) II. Elegy: Largo (Requiescat) 4.41
11) III. Presto (Dies irae) 2.40
12) IV. Largo pastorale (Lux aeterna) 7.07