Bosque Bill
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« on: July 26, 2013, 04:44:11 pm » |
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Yes, cilgwyn, and the classical music review publication Fanfare gave a very positive review of the Dutton/Lockhart collaboration (but then again, it's an American magazine) and even profiled the conductor, who talked about future recordings that might include music by the long-neglected but substantial American composer Louis Gruenberg. And you're absolutely right about Chadwick's "Tam O' Shanter," which is a real barn-burner of a piece, and the wonderfully mysterious "Gods of the Mountains" suite by Arthur Farwell. My own suggestions for the Dutton/Lockhart collaboration would be a disc of orchestral music devoted entirely to Henry F. Gilbert, a spirited sort of Mark Twain of American music who busily assimilated African-American and Indian influences in his utterly charming compositions of the early 20th century, and the rambunctious Anthony Philip Heinrich, whose brash, jocular, downright fun music neatly captures the untamed spirit of Manifest Destiny of the 19th century. (One 50-minute symphony, "Mastodon," includes the composer's reaction to being rebuffed by President John Tyler!) In the old days, Naxos might have undertaken these, but the label's American Series seems to have gone off in different directions as of late. Hope Dutton isn't doing the same. They probably just have a lot on their plate right now.
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