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Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid & Rodeo - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (2005) {RCA-BMG}

Posted By: ruskaval

Date: 14 May 2018 17:15:44

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid & Rodeo - San Francisco Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas (2005) {RCA-BMG}
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© 2005 RCA / BMG Music | 82876-65840-2
Claccical / Contemporary Classical

I'm a big fan of Copland. His music can be dramatic, sad, joyful, and just plain fun. I also think his music is a good vehicle for personal expression of the performer/conductor. I don't think this is true for all composers–-I cringe at some interpretations of Bach–-but I usually enjoy it when a performance of Appalachian Spring or Bill the Kid contains some individual stamp that indicates the performer is really feeling and enjoying what they are doing. The combination of Copland's timeless compositions and subtle playing effects can be very sophisticated indeed.

Michael Tilson Thomas is truly crafting this music, measure by measure. His ability to get organic effects from the orchestra is wonderful. In Billy the Kid, when the music is exciting, you can just feel every player bound together in energy… and then the mood changes character, it becomes slow and soft, and the transformation is astonishing, every instrument now singing a sad song together.

Some reviewers have said that his Appalachian Spring is too dramatic. First you have to realize that the sound on this recording is extremely dynamic. Too often modern recordings of orchestras sound pinched or constrained. Orchestral fortississimos don't have their true impact. Here, RCA has captured much of the power and impact of the low drums and the brass. So any part in the music that calls for drums and brass (and Appalachian Spring often does) is going to be very powerful. If you don't like it, maybe you would have liked it at an actual concert. Recordings never "work" perfectly–-effects which sound great live sometimes fail to translate.

For me, I'm very glad to have a recording with such dynamics and impact.

Overall I like the Appalachian Spring here. It's quiet and tender parts are tender indeed. It's exciting parts are very exciting. Although I'd rather have the performer take chances than do what is expected, perhaps MTT goes a bit too far, letting the piece lose some of its integrity. This is just a matter of taste.

Billy the Kid starts and ends with a tone-painting of the "open plain." I've noticed that some conductors play this with a dramatic quality that is very nice, but somehow missed the "open plain" idea. Here MTT makes it sound like an open plain. Very clear tone-painting.

Hoe-Down from Rodeo is really a terrific piece and it's too bad it got used in that commercial. I can hardly hear it now without thinking of bleepin beef. So I really, really appreciate his alive and energetic interpretation. You can just tell how much fun the musicians were having. That's the antidote to the damn commercial we need–-make people realize this is wonderful, complex, and most of all fun.

Performers

Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas

Tracklist

01 - Billy the Kid
02 - Appalachian Spring
03 - Rodeo - I. Buckaroo Holiday
04 - Rodeo - II. Corral Nocturne
05 - Rodeo - III. Saturday Night Waltz
06 - Rodeo - IV. Hoe-Down

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Aaron Copland / Appalachian Spring, Billy the Kid & Rodeo

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