The second volume in Chandos' audiophile series of the orchestral works of Aaron Copland is devoted to four seldom recorded compositions: the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924), the Symphonic Ode (1927-1929), the Symphony No. 2, "Short Symphony" (1931), and the Orchestral Variations (1957), which is an arrangement of the Piano Variations (1930). The dates may give clues to the experimental nature of these early works, which Copland composed well before discovering his American vernacular style in Billy the Kid, Rodeo, ...
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The second volume in Chandos' audiophile series of the orchestral works of Aaron Copland is devoted to four seldom recorded compositions: the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra (1924), the Symphonic Ode (1927-1929), the Symphony No. 2, "Short Symphony" (1931), and the Orchestral Variations (1957), which is an arrangement of the Piano Variations (1930). The dates may give clues to the experimental nature of these early works, which Copland composed well before discovering his American vernacular style in Billy the Kid, Rodeo, and Appalachian Spring. Instead of the broad, folk-like themes and homespun character of those pieces, here Copland's music is knottier and more abstruse, and his tonality at times borders on atonality, particularly in the Orchestral Variations. Yet Copland's mastery of orchestration and skill at developing even the thorniest material into meaningful expressions makes the music accessible, even in the rather cerebral and meandering Organ Symphony, which seems to explore chromaticism...
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