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[JBS]

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I think this is all the Copland I'll ever need. OTOH, it is rather convenient to have it all in this set, with the added allure of the original covers.

I'm not sure, but I think almost everything Copland wrote is included in that set except Grohl and some of the film scores. And some of it is done more than once...

[akebergv]

I'm not sure, but I think almost everything Copland wrote is included in that set except Grohl and some of the film scores. And some of it is done more than once...

Actually I was curious about that, and before buying the box I compared its content to a listing I found on the net of his complete works, and this is what I found. The works in the box are marked in boldface. (I first missed two entries in the final section, but then the quick edit did not seem to allow adding boldface, so I had to write BOLD in letters after the entries.)

List of Compositions by Aaron Copland
1920–1929
•    Old Poem for voice (1920)
•    The Cat and the Mouse for piano (1920)
•    Pastorale for voice (1921)
•    Honkytonk Blues (1921)
•    Three Moods for piano (1921)
•    Four Motets for mixed voices (1921)
o    Help us, O Lord
o    Sing ye Praises to our King
o    Have Mercy on us, O My Lord
o    Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
•    Piano Sonata (No. 1) in G Major (1921)
•    Petit Portrait for piano (1921)
•    Alone for voice (1922)
•    Passacaglia for piano (1922)
•    Cortege Macabre for orchestra (1923)
•    As It Fell Upon a Day for voice, flute, and clarinet (1923)
•    Movement for String Quartet (1924)
•    Symphony for organ and orchestra (1924)
•    Grohg; ballet (1925, revised 1932)
•    Music for the Theatre for Orchestra (1925)
•    Two Choruses ("The House on the Hill," "An Immortality") for chorus (1925)
•    Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra (1926)
•    Two Pieces for violin and piano (1926)
•    Sentimental Melody for piano (1926)
•    Four Piano Blues for piano (1926–48)
•    Poet's Song for voice and piano (1927)
•    Vocalise No.1 for voice (1928)
•    Symphony No.1 for Orchestra (1928)
•    Two Pieces for String Quartet (1928)
•    Two Pieces for String Orchestra (1928)
•    Dance Symphony for Orchestra (1929)
•    Symphonic Ode for Orchestra (1929, revised in 1955)
•    Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme for violin, violoncello, and piano (1929)
•    Shall we gather by the river (1929)
1930–1939
•    Piano Variations (1930)
•    Miracle at Verdun (1931)
•    Elegies for violin and viola (1932), later partially used as "Subjective" for Statements
•    Short Symphony for orchestra (1933)
•    Love your neighbor as your self
•    Statements for orchestra (1934)
•    Into the Streets May First for chorus (1934)
•    What Do We Plant? for chorus (1935)
•    Sunday Afternoon Music for piano (1935)
•    The Young Pioneers for piano (1935)
•    Hear Ye! Hear Ye!; ballet (1935) [??]
•    El Salón México for orchestra (1936)
•    Sextet for clarinet, two violins, viola, violoncello, and piano (1937)
•    The Second Hurricane; high school opera (1937)
•    Prairie Journal, originally called Music for Radio for orchestra (1937)
•    Waltz and Celebration for concert band (1938)
•    Billy the Kid; ballet (1938)
•    An Outdoor Overture for orchestra (1938)
•    Lark for chorus (1938)
•    The City; documentary film score (1939)
•    Of Mice and Men; film score (1939)
•    From Sorcery to Science; incidental music for puppet play (1939)
1940–1949
•    Quiet City; for trumpet, cor anglais, and string orchestra (1940)
•    Our Town; film score (1940)
•    John Henry for orchestra (1940, revised in 1952)
•    Piano Sonata (No. 2, 1941)
•    Episode for organ (1941)
•    Arrangement of An Outdoor Overture for concert band (1941)
•    Lincoln Portrait for narrator and orchestra (1942)
•    Arrangement of Lincoln Portrait for concert band (1942)
•    Rodeo; ballet (1942)
•    Fanfare for the Common Man for brass and percussion (1942)
•    Las Agachadas for chorus (1942)
•    Music for Movies; for small orchestra (1942) ("New England Countryside" from The City, "Barley Wagons" from Of Mice and Men, "Sunday Traffic" from The City, "The Story of Grovers Corner" from Our Town, and "Threshing Machines" from Of Mice and Men)
•    Danzón cubano for two pianos (1942)
•    Song of the Guerillas for orchestra (1943)
•    Sonata for Violin (or Clarinet) and Piano (1943)
•    The North Star; soundtrack (1943)
•    Appalachian Spring; ballet (1944)
•    Arrangement of Appalachian Spring for orchestra (1944)
•    Letter from Home for orchestra (1944, revised in 1962)
•    Midday Thoughts for piano (1944/82)
•    Jubilee Variations for orchestra (1945)
•    The Cummington Story; film score (1945)
•    Symphony No. 3 for orchestra (1946)
•    Arrangement of Danzón cubano for orchestra (1946)
•    In the Beginning for mezzo-soprano and chorus (1947)
•    Midsummer Nocturne for piano (1947/77)
•    The Red Pony; film score (1948)
•    Clarinet Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra with harp and piano (1948)
•    The Heiress; soundtrack (1948)
•    Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for orchestra (1949)
1950–1959
•    Quartet for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano (1950)
•    Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson for medium voice and piano (1950)
•    Old American Songs First set for voice and piano (also adapted for voice and orchestra) (1950)
•    Old American Songs Second set for voice and piano (also adapted for voice and orchestra) (1952)
•    Arrangement of Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for organ (1953)
•    Dirge in the Woods for voice and piano (1954)
•    The Tender Land; opera (1954)
•    Canticle of Freedom for chorus and orchestra (1955)
•    Variations on a Shaker Melody for concert band (1956)
•    Fantasy for piano (1955–57)
•    Orchestral Variations (arrangement of Piano Variations) for orchestra (1957)
•    Arrangement of The Tender Land for orchestra (1957)
•    The World of Nick Adams; soundtrack (1957)
•    Dance Panels, ballet (1959, revised in 1962)
1960–1969
•    Nonet for 3 violins, 3 violas, and 3 cellos (1960)
•    Something Wild; soundtrack (1960)
•    Connotations for orchestra (1961–62)
•    Down a Country Lane for piano (1962)
•    Danza de Jalisco (in Latin American Sketches) for two pianos (1963)
•    Arrangement of Down a Country Lane for orchestra (1964)
•    Emblems for concert band (1964); orchestral transcription D. Wilson Ochoa (2006)[1]
•    Music for a Great City for orchestra (1964)
•    In Evening Air for piano (1966)
•    Signature: C B S Playhouse [TV theme] for orchestra (1966)
•    Inscape for orchestra (1967)
•    Arrangement of Variations on a Shaker Melody for orchestra (1967)
•    Inaugural Fanfare for concert band (1969, revised in 1975)
•    Happy Anniversary for orchestra (1969)
1970–1990
•    Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (1958–70) (orchestral arrangement of part of Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson)
•    Duo for flute and piano (1970–71) BOLD
•    Threnody No.1: In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for flute, violin, viola, and cello (1971)
•    Three Latin American Sketches for orchestra (1972) BOLD
•    Night Thoughts: Homage to Ives for piano (1972)
•    Threnody No.2: In Memoriam Beatrice Cunningham for flute, violin, viola, and cello (1973)
•    Midday Thoughts for piano (1944/82)
•    Proclamation for piano (1973/82)
•    Proclamation for orchestra (orchestrated 1985 by Phillip Ramey)

[JBS]

@akebergv
Thanks for that!
Although I seem to remember the Orchestral Variations are included in the set.
The recording of The Tender Land is an abridged version.

[akebergv]

Yes I could have missed
@akebergv
Thanks for that!
Although I seem to remember the Orchestral Variations are included in the set.
The recording of The Tender Land is an abridged version.

Yes I could have missed those. I did not spend hours on it nor intend it for publication.

[DavidW]

Presto order!





Btw the Byrd Belder set is way discounted right now.  I had it in my cart but I would go over budget.

[André]

👍 I finished listening to the Elgar-Barbirolli just yesterday (Gerontius). Everything in it is just magical. One of the best compendiums of a composer's work ever issued.

[André]

This is a new, different version of the Berlioz. Lemieux' earlier account was not satisfactory IMO. A friend has strongly recommended this new one, so here we are.



This is a live performance from Carnegie Hall, 1959. I wouldn't have taken a chance on it but after listening to a 7 min extract on YT I was satisfied that the sound was actually quite good, clear and wide ranging. Forrester's angel sent goosebumps all over. What a voice ! Another live Gerontius by Barbirolli with Vickers in the title role is my favourite version. I yet have to listen to the Svetlanov and McCreesh sets that are waiting in the pile...🫨

[Irons]

Actually I was curious about that, and before buying the box I compared its content to a listing I found on the net of his complete works, and this is what I found. The works in the box are marked in boldface. (I first missed two entries in the final section, but then the quick edit did not seem to allow adding boldface, so I had to write BOLD in letters after the entries.)

List of Compositions by Aaron Copland
1920–1929
•    Old Poem for voice (1920)
•    The Cat and the Mouse for piano (1920)
•    Pastorale for voice (1921)
•    Honkytonk Blues (1921)
•    Three Moods for piano (1921)
•    Four Motets for mixed voices (1921)
o    Help us, O Lord
o    Sing ye Praises to our King
o    Have Mercy on us, O My Lord
o    Thou, O Jehovah, Abideth Forever
•    Piano Sonata (No. 1) in G Major (1921)
•    Petit Portrait for piano (1921)
•    Alone for voice (1922)
•    Passacaglia for piano (1922)
•    Cortege Macabre for orchestra (1923)
•    As It Fell Upon a Day for voice, flute, and clarinet (1923)
•    Movement for String Quartet (1924)
•    Symphony for organ and orchestra (1924)
•    Grohg; ballet (1925, revised 1932)
•    Music for the Theatre for Orchestra (1925)
•    Two Choruses ("The House on the Hill," "An Immortality") for chorus (1925)
•    Piano Concerto for piano and orchestra (1926)
•    Two Pieces for violin and piano (1926)
•    Sentimental Melody for piano (1926)
•    Four Piano Blues for piano (1926–48)
•    Poet's Song for voice and piano (1927)
•    Vocalise No.1 for voice (1928)
•    Symphony No.1 for Orchestra (1928)
•    Two Pieces for String Quartet (1928)
•    Two Pieces for String Orchestra (1928)
•    Dance Symphony for Orchestra (1929)
•    Symphonic Ode for Orchestra (1929, revised in 1955)
•    Vitebsk: Study on a Jewish Theme for violin, violoncello, and piano (1929)
•    Shall we gather by the river (1929)
1930–1939
•    Piano Variations (1930)
•    Miracle at Verdun (1931)
•    Elegies for violin and viola (1932), later partially used as "Subjective" for Statements
•    Short Symphony for orchestra (1933)
•    Love your neighbor as your self
•    Statements for orchestra (1934)
•    Into the Streets May First for chorus (1934)
•    What Do We Plant? for chorus (1935)
•    Sunday Afternoon Music for piano (1935)
•    The Young Pioneers for piano (1935)
•    Hear Ye! Hear Ye!; ballet (1935) [??]
•    El Salón México for orchestra (1936)
•    Sextet for clarinet, two violins, viola, violoncello, and piano (1937)
•    The Second Hurricane; high school opera (1937)
•    Prairie Journal, originally called Music for Radio for orchestra (1937)
•    Waltz and Celebration for concert band (1938)
•    Billy the Kid; ballet (1938)
•    An Outdoor Overture for orchestra (1938)
•    Lark for chorus (1938)
•    The City; documentary film score (1939)
•    Of Mice and Men; film score (1939)
•    From Sorcery to Science; incidental music for puppet play (1939)
1940–1949
•    Quiet City; for trumpet, cor anglais, and string orchestra (1940)
•    Our Town; film score (1940)
•    John Henry for orchestra (1940, revised in 1952)
•    Piano Sonata (No. 2, 1941)
•    Episode for organ (1941)
•    Arrangement of An Outdoor Overture for concert band (1941)
•    Lincoln Portrait for narrator and orchestra (1942)
•    Arrangement of Lincoln Portrait for concert band (1942)
•    Rodeo; ballet (1942)
•    Fanfare for the Common Man for brass and percussion (1942)
•    Las Agachadas for chorus (1942)
•    Music for Movies; for small orchestra (1942) ("New England Countryside" from The City, "Barley Wagons" from Of Mice and Men, "Sunday Traffic" from The City, "The Story of Grovers Corner" from Our Town, and "Threshing Machines" from Of Mice and Men)
•    Danzón cubano for two pianos (1942)
•    Song of the Guerillas for orchestra (1943)
•    Sonata for Violin (or Clarinet) and Piano (1943)
•    The North Star; soundtrack (1943)
•    Appalachian Spring; ballet (1944)
•    Arrangement of Appalachian Spring for orchestra (1944)
•    Letter from Home for orchestra (1944, revised in 1962)
•    Midday Thoughts for piano (1944/82)
•    Jubilee Variations for orchestra (1945)
•    The Cummington Story; film score (1945)
•    Symphony No. 3 for orchestra (1946)
•    Arrangement of Danzón cubano for orchestra (1946)
•    In the Beginning for mezzo-soprano and chorus (1947)
•    Midsummer Nocturne for piano (1947/77)
•    The Red Pony; film score (1948)
•    Clarinet Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra with harp and piano (1948)
•    The Heiress; soundtrack (1948)
•    Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for orchestra (1949)
1950–1959
•    Quartet for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano (1950)
•    Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson for medium voice and piano (1950)
•    Old American Songs First set for voice and piano (also adapted for voice and orchestra) (1950)
•    Old American Songs Second set for voice and piano (also adapted for voice and orchestra) (1952)
•    Arrangement of Preamble for a Solemn Occasion for organ (1953)
•    Dirge in the Woods for voice and piano (1954)
•    The Tender Land; opera (1954)
•    Canticle of Freedom for chorus and orchestra (1955)
•    Variations on a Shaker Melody for concert band (1956)
•    Fantasy for piano (1955–57)
•    Orchestral Variations (arrangement of Piano Variations) for orchestra (1957)
•    Arrangement of The Tender Land for orchestra (1957)
•    The World of Nick Adams; soundtrack (1957)
•    Dance Panels, ballet (1959, revised in 1962)
1960–1969
•    Nonet for 3 violins, 3 violas, and 3 cellos (1960)
•    Something Wild; soundtrack (1960)
•    Connotations for orchestra (1961–62)
•    Down a Country Lane for piano (1962)
•    Danza de Jalisco (in Latin American Sketches) for two pianos (1963)
•    Arrangement of Down a Country Lane for orchestra (1964)
•    Emblems for concert band (1964); orchestral transcription D. Wilson Ochoa (2006)[1]
•    Music for a Great City for orchestra (1964)
•    In Evening Air for piano (1966)
•    Signature: C B S Playhouse [TV theme] for orchestra (1966)
•    Inscape for orchestra (1967)
•    Arrangement of Variations on a Shaker Melody for orchestra (1967)
•    Inaugural Fanfare for concert band (1969, revised in 1975)
•    Happy Anniversary for orchestra (1969)
1970–1990
•    Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson (1958–70) (orchestral arrangement of part of Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson)
•    Duo for flute and piano (1970–71) BOLD
•    Threnody No.1: In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky for flute, violin, viola, and cello (1971)
•    Three Latin American Sketches for orchestra (1972) BOLD
•    Night Thoughts: Homage to Ives for piano (1972)
•    Threnody No.2: In Memoriam Beatrice Cunningham for flute, violin, viola, and cello (1973)
•    Midday Thoughts for piano (1944/82)
•    Proclamation for piano (1973/82)
•    Proclamation for orchestra (orchestrated 1985 by Phillip Ramey)

Excellent piece of research.

[André]

[Le Buisson Ardent]

Just bought from JPC, 3 discs on the elusive/expensive (but not this time !!) Camerata Asia label of music by Isang Yun. One of my favourite modern composers.





I already know some of these works, but Yun's cd output is widely duplicated, so it's not like there was a ton of options - especially since JPC'S 'specials' are so short-lived: blink or sneeze and you have to wait another 2-3 years 🫣

Lovely, André. I bought this Yun box set a couple of years ago --- (10 CDs in all):

[Que]

These two just arrived. I've kept the habit of buying recordings that I really like on disc.
I'm not sure if that is entirely rational behaviour, but there it is...


 

[Harry]

These two just arrived. I've kept the habit of buying recordings that I really like on disc.
I'm not sure if that is entirely rational behaviour, but there it is...


 

Not rational no, emotional @Que  yes, understandable! I stopped altogether with buying CD'S, that saved me already thousands of euros, even if I consider the streamers I bought, plus cables, plus subscriptions, I will get even in 2 years, and start earning. Two years are almost over. Besides the space to store all those CD'S was running at a end.

[Que]

Not rational no, emotional @Que  yes, understandable! I stopped altogether with buying CD'S, that saved me already thousands of euros, even if I consider the streamers I bought, plus cables, plus subscriptions, I will get even in 2 years, and start earning. Two years are almost over. Besides the space to store all those CD'S was running at a end.

 

In your case, you already had a collection big enough to last you a lifetime.. Streaming only adds infinite possibilities to that!

BTW I still have save a lot of money (and effort) - my purchases of discs has gone down 80% - 90%.

Great invention, streaming!

[Mookalafalas]

Just bought from JPC, 3 discs on the elusive/expensive (but not this time !!) Camerata Asia label of music by Isang Yun. One of my favourite modern composers.

  Never heard of him, but appetite whetted. Rounding up some things now online. Thanks for the tip...

[André]

Lovely, André. I bought this Yun box set a couple of years ago --- (10 CDs in all):

Fantastic John, this set is not available anymore and if it was it'd be very expensive.

[André]

Never heard of him, but appetite whetted. Rounding up some things now online. Thanks for the tip...

Try Glissées for solo cello. It's a superb piece available on various cds with good programs.

[Peter Power Pop]

Grétry: Suites & Overtures (Orchestre de Bretagne / Stefan Sanderling)

[Traverso]

Grétry: Suites & Overtures (Orchestre de Bretagne / Stefan Sanderling)

[Irons]

A fan of the composer but must admit 'Egyptian Nights' is unknown to me (coupling too).

£3 Oxfam Cobham.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

A fan of the composer but must admit 'Egyptian Nights' is unknown to me (coupling too).

£3 Oxfam Cobham.

Don't know those ones either!  Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on them.

PD