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| Copland conducts Copland | 
 enlarge | Creators: Julius Levine, Loren Glickman, George Ricci, Jesse Levy, Aaron Copland, Helmuth Kolbe, Harold Bennett, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Jacobs, Harold Coletta, Harold Colleta, Harry Zaratzian, Ani Kavafian, Broadus Erle, Gerald Tarack, Herbert Sorkin, Jeanne Benjamin, Marilyn Wright
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 89115
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 42431
UPC: 074644243123
EAN: 0074644243123
ASIN: B0000026GH
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Very Slowly | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Allegro | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Moderato | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Fast | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Subito Allegro | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Meno Moso; As At First (slowly) | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Doppio Movimento | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Rather Slow | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Very Deliberate | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Poco Piu Moso | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): A Trifle Slower | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Molto Allegro Ed Agitato | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Broadly | | • | Appalachian Spring (Original Version): Moderato (Like A Prayer) | | • | Lincoln Portrait: Lento | | • | Lincoln Portrait: Subito Allegro | | • | Lincoln Portrait: 'Fellow Citizens, We Cannot Escape History...' | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): Introduction: The Open Prairie | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): Street In Frontier Town | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): Prairie Night (Card Game At Night) | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): Gun Battle | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): Celebration (After Billy's Capture) | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): Billy's Death | | • | Billy The Kid ( Ballet Suite): The Open Prairie Again |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Although it has come to be much better known in Copland's arrangement for full orchestra, Appalachian Spring was originally composed for a chamber-sized complement of 13 instruments, the maximum that would fit in front of the stage at the Coolidge Auditorium in the Library of Congress, where Martha Graham's company gave the premiere of the ballet in 1944. Many listeners prefer the more vibrant and homespun sound of this original version, with its intimate expressiveness, to the splashiness and color of Copland's rescoring, brilliant as it is. Here, Copland conducts a hand-picked group of New York freelancers in what must be counted a definitive performance. The playing is energetic and expressive, the sentiment deep but not too sweet. Copland's 1968 account of his Lincoln Portrait, with Henry Fonda as narrator, and 1969 reading of the suite from Billy the Kid round out the disc most satisfactorily. All three recordings are remarkably vivid. --Ted Libbey
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Henry Fonda's Reading of Lincoln Portrait..... December 16, 2006
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
.....alone makes this cd worth the price. This may say more about me than I like, but I own several versions of Appalachian Spring. It was worth adding one more to the collection just so I could get my hands on Henry Fonda's reading of the Lincoln Portrait. I've listened to almost all of them but this one best captures Lincoln's decency and moral stature. Fonda reads it with great emotion and warmth. When you really want to understand the best of American values this is the place to start.
Wonderful! August 9, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was my first exposure to Copland. Copland is the quintessential American composer. His compositions are some of my favorites. As for this verson, Henry Fonda is by far the best orator for The Lincoln Portrait. James Earl Jones comes a close second. If you enjoy good music, you will enjoy this album.
Portrait is closer to how Lincoln would have said it July 13, 2006
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I can appreciate the previous reviewer who felt that Henry Fonda's interpretation of the Lincoln Portrait was a bit bland. I respectfully disagree.
We know from research that Abraham Lincoln was a soft spoken man with a thin reedy voice. His delivery, it has been speculated, would have been firm but with a bit of a down home quality. I believe the late Henry Fonda has the best reading of this text. The versions by Charlton Heston, James Earl Jones and William Warfield are excellent but they all have a dramatic quality that is very unlike Lincoln the man.
I will agree that the mixing on the this recording could have been better, but I still prefer that restrained yet confident sound of Henry Fonda. To me it has the same quality as his "I'll be there" speech at the conclusion of The Grapes of Wrath.
Very moving.
Best versions of Appalachian Spring /Billy the Kid! February 14, 2004
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If I had to choose one Copland album over all others in my collection, this would be the one!
When I purchased this cd many years ago, I hadn't realized at the time that this was the original, longer version of "Appalachian Spring" for chamber orchestra until I first played it, and it totally took me by surprise - what a revelation! It's become both my favorite version and recording of this piece. The orchestration in "A Lincoln Portrait" is superb, and although the late Henry Fonda's reading does have a certain, peculiar quality to it, it's a vast improvement over the sound of the vinyl. The "Billy the Kid" suite is absolutely thunderous and intensely psychotic, the BEST version ever recorded, IMHO, with the opening tympani beats guaranteed to shake your speakers and sub-woofers and the house along with it.
 Appalachian Spring, the simple version August 25, 2003
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This version of Appalachian Spring is truly the original version. If you are looking for the true American spirit in Copland's music, by all means, buy this cd. Appalachian Spring is already such a simply beautiful piece of music, but when Copland conducts, you can really hear how Copland feels about the piece. I find the simple elegance of this piece inspiring, and this cd has helped me form a good idea of the style Copland would want for when I perform this piece with an orchestra.
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