The classic recording of Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" is the one conducted by Hanson himself on Mercury's Living Presence imprint in the early stereo era. Nice as that one is, it turns out that Erich Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops, and Telarc, with its reputation for excellent sound, are the perfect team for undertaking a new recording of Hanson's popular symphony. The recording captures all the swells and crests of emotion of the symphony in an extremely rich way that is even more satisfying than Hanson's. In ...
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The classic recording of Howard Hanson's Symphony No. 2 "Romantic" is the one conducted by Hanson himself on Mercury's Living Presence imprint in the early stereo era. Nice as that one is, it turns out that Erich Kunzel, the Cincinnati Pops, and Telarc, with its reputation for excellent sound, are the perfect team for undertaking a new recording of Hanson's popular symphony. The recording captures all the swells and crests of emotion of the symphony in an extremely rich way that is even more satisfying than Hanson's. In addition to the symphony, the disc also features the first recording of Hanson's Bold Island Suite, a picturesque tribute to an island off the coast of Maine near islands where Hanson had and Kunzel happens to have, a home. The suite's depictions of birds, broad strokes of orchestral color, and the final movement's inspiration by an ancient text all bring to mind the music of Respighi, one of Hanson's teachers. It works very well as a bridge between the Merry Mount Suite and the...
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Add this copy of Howard Hanson: Bold Island Suite / Symphony No. 2 to cart. $25.00, good condition, Sold by Prime Goods Outlet rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Troy, OH, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Telarc Distribution.
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