Composer: Aaron Copland, Avner Dorman, Igor Stravinsky, Toru Takemitsu, Craig Urquhart
Performer: Stathis Karapanos, Chen Reiss
Orchestra: Berlin Academy of American Music
Conductor: Garrett Keast
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Onyx
Catalogue: ONYX4223
Release: 2021
Size: 1.46 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-Flat, W 70 “Dumbarton Oaks”
01. I. Tempo giusto
02. II. Allegretto
03. III. Con moto
04. Urquhart: Lamentation for Flute & String Orchestra
Dorman: Four Songs for Soprano, Flute, Percussion, Violin & Piano
05. I. Mitkavetz Halev
06. II. Rikud Hashedim
07. III. Chikiti Lashemesh
08. IV. Levaya
Takemitsu: Toward the Sea II for alto flute, harp & strings
09. I. The Night
10. II. Moby Dick
11. III. Cape Cod
12. Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress, W 88, Act 1 Scene 3: No Word from Tom
Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite (Ballet for Martha)
13. I. Very Slowly
14. II. Allegro
15. III. Moderato
16. IV. Fast
17. V. Allegro subito
18. VI. Meno mosso
19. VII. Doppio movimento
20. VIII. Moderato (Like a prayer)
A beautifully curated album that reflects the attraction of America to composers of many nationalities – the Russian born Stravinsky became a US citizen like so many European musicians fleeing war and persecution.
Dorman, an Israeli composer now domiciled in the US, and the Japanese Takemitsu’s delicate and touching musical depiction of Melville’s masterwork ‘Moby Dick’ are programmed alongside two American born composers: Urquhart, who was Bernstein’s assistant and pupil and Copland, whose ballet score ‘Appalachian Spring’ projects what many consider the quintessential American sound of big landscapes. The big country that has provided a home to so many composers, and in turn given the world so much great music – a two-way transatlantic musical affair.