Virgil Thomson: Louisiana Story; The Plow that Broke the Plains (1992)

When leading an orchestra, Ronald Corp is a conductor often associated with light music of various kinds. The orchestral music of Virgil Thomson might be viewed as "light music with a thorn in its side," so Corp's overall approach proves an excellent match for Thomson. This Helios disc, Virgil Thomson: Louisiana Story, is a direct repackaging of a 1992 Hyperion release that was sold at full price. If the listener is unacquainted with Thomson's excellent music for orchestra, this is a reliable and gratifying place to get ... Read More

When leading an orchestra, Ronald Corp is a conductor often associated with light music of various kinds. The orchestral music of Virgil Thomson might be viewed as "light music with a thorn in its side," so Corp's overall approach proves an excellent match for Thomson. This Helios disc, Virgil Thomson: Louisiana Story, is a direct repackaging of a 1992 Hyperion release that was sold at full price. If the listener is unacquainted with Thomson's excellent music for orchestra, this is a reliable and gratifying place to get started. The title work "Louisiana Story" is represented by two suites drawn from Thomson's Pulitzer Prize winning film score, Louisiana Story Suite and Louisiana Story: Acadian Songs and Dances. In the first suite Corp's approach bit more astringent and taut than Siegfried Landau's familiar old recording for Vox, which tended toward a more lush texture in the strings. But the suite sounds good either way, and Corp is more dramatic in the concluding "Fugue: Boy fights alligator." This... Read Less

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