Howard Hanson - The Composer and His Orchestra (1996)
BAND/ARTIST: Howard Hanson
- Title: The Composer and His Orchestra
- Year Of Release: 1996
- Label: Mercury Living Presence
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: APE (image+.cue,log)
- Total Time: 02:27:26
- Total Size: 771 Mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
CD 1:
Merry Mount, suite from the opera, Op. 31
1. 1. Overture
2. 2. Children's Dance
3. 3. Love Duet
4. 4. Prelude to Act 2 and Maypole Dances
5. Mosaics for orchestra
For the First Time, suite for orchestra
6. 1. Bells
7. 2. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
8. 3. Deserted House
9. 4. Eccentric Clock
10. 5. Deep Forest
11. 6. Clowns
12. 7. Dance
13. 8. Serious Conversations
14. 9. Kikimora
15. 10. Mist
16. 11. Fireworks
17. 12. Dreams
Concerto for piano & orchestra in G, Op 36
18. 1. Lento molto and molto tranquillo
19. 2. Allegro molto ritmico
20. 3. Andante molto espressivo
21. 4. Allegro giocoso
CD 2:
Howard Hanson: The Composer Talks
Merry Mount Suite
1. Lecture. 1. Introduction, colors of the orchestra
2. Lecture. 2. Woodwinds
3. Lecture. 3. Brass
4. Lecture. 4. Strings
5. Lecture. 5. Harps and Percussion
6. Lecture. 6. Putting the sections together
Mosaics
7. Lecture. 1. Introduction and theme
8. Lecture. 2. Variation 1
9. Lecture. 3. Variation 2
10. Lecture. 4. Variation 3
11. Lecture. 5. Variation 4
12. Lecture. 6. Variation 5 and conclusion
For the First Time
13. Lecture. 1. Introduction, scales and intervals
14. Lecture. 2. Bells
15. Lecture. 3. Mist
16. Lecture. 4. Fireworks
17. Lecture. 5. Clowns
18. Lecture. 6. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
19. Lecture. 7. Deserted House
20. Lecture. 8. Dance
21. Lecture. 9. The Deep Forest
22. Lecture. 10. Serious Conversation
23. Lecture. 11. Eccentric Clock
24. Lecture. 12. Kikimora
25. Lecture. 13. Dreams
Performers:
Mouledous Alfred, Eastman Philharmonia
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Hanson Howard (Direction)
CD 1:
Merry Mount, suite from the opera, Op. 31
1. 1. Overture
2. 2. Children's Dance
3. 3. Love Duet
4. 4. Prelude to Act 2 and Maypole Dances
5. Mosaics for orchestra
For the First Time, suite for orchestra
6. 1. Bells
7. 2. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
8. 3. Deserted House
9. 4. Eccentric Clock
10. 5. Deep Forest
11. 6. Clowns
12. 7. Dance
13. 8. Serious Conversations
14. 9. Kikimora
15. 10. Mist
16. 11. Fireworks
17. 12. Dreams
Concerto for piano & orchestra in G, Op 36
18. 1. Lento molto and molto tranquillo
19. 2. Allegro molto ritmico
20. 3. Andante molto espressivo
21. 4. Allegro giocoso
CD 2:
Howard Hanson: The Composer Talks
Merry Mount Suite
1. Lecture. 1. Introduction, colors of the orchestra
2. Lecture. 2. Woodwinds
3. Lecture. 3. Brass
4. Lecture. 4. Strings
5. Lecture. 5. Harps and Percussion
6. Lecture. 6. Putting the sections together
Mosaics
7. Lecture. 1. Introduction and theme
8. Lecture. 2. Variation 1
9. Lecture. 3. Variation 2
10. Lecture. 4. Variation 3
11. Lecture. 5. Variation 4
12. Lecture. 6. Variation 5 and conclusion
For the First Time
13. Lecture. 1. Introduction, scales and intervals
14. Lecture. 2. Bells
15. Lecture. 3. Mist
16. Lecture. 4. Fireworks
17. Lecture. 5. Clowns
18. Lecture. 6. Tamara and Peter Bolshoi
19. Lecture. 7. Deserted House
20. Lecture. 8. Dance
21. Lecture. 9. The Deep Forest
22. Lecture. 10. Serious Conversation
23. Lecture. 11. Eccentric Clock
24. Lecture. 12. Kikimora
25. Lecture. 13. Dreams
Performers:
Mouledous Alfred, Eastman Philharmonia
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Hanson Howard (Direction)
This 2-CD set provides a unique opportunity to hear the late American composer, Howard Hanson, talk about how he approached the orchestration of symphonic works. On disk 1, several of Hanson's works are performed (conducted by the composer), including the Merry Mount Suite, Mosaics, For the First Time and Concerto for Piano. On the second disk, Hanson de-constructs The Children's Dance from Merry Mount, explaining his intent as a composer and orchestrator, with each set of instruments highlighted by including them one at a time as their colors are blended from the composer's palette. This is an invaluable aid to aspiring composers, and also to any student of music who wants to understand orchestration in a step beyond Peter and the Wolf, and Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra.
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