Among fanciers of symphonic wind band music, one of the most respected mid-twentieth century American composers is Vincent Persichetti, whose Symphony No. 6 and Divertimento, for band, Op. 42, are acknowledged masterworks of the genre. That his purely orchestral music is not accorded the same degree of respect is no fault of the Louisville Orchestra and its director Robert Whitney, whose decades-old Louisville Orchestra subscription recordings remain the gold standard for such works. This First Edition Music release, ...
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Among fanciers of symphonic wind band music, one of the most respected mid-twentieth century American composers is Vincent Persichetti, whose Symphony No. 6 and Divertimento, for band, Op. 42, are acknowledged masterworks of the genre. That his purely orchestral music is not accorded the same degree of respect is no fault of the Louisville Orchestra and its director Robert Whitney, whose decades-old Louisville Orchestra subscription recordings remain the gold standard for such works. This First Edition Music release, Vincent Persichetti, restores to the catalog classic recordings of Persichetti's Serenade No. 5, Op. 43, Symphony for strings, Op. 61, and the Symphony No. 8. Persichetti's basic tonal language is diatonic, often colored by the tart addition of polytonal harmonies, reserving the use of dissonance mainly for quasi-fugal sections.The Serenade No. 5 employs a freely ranging adaptation of the classical period divertimento as its model, and manages to cram six short and pithy movements into a...
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