Bernstein, Gershwin & Copland: Works Classical Orchestral & Concertos Naxos

Bernstein, Gershwin & Copland: Works

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NA 9859

Bernstein, Gershwin & Copland: Works

Label Catalogue Number:
8.559859

Running Time: 01:08:51

Release Date: April 2020
Originally recorded in 2019

Genre:
Classical
Orchestral & Concertos

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"Striking musicianship in this feast of American splendour ... it's Gershwin's original arrangement of An American in Paris which truly thrills." ****

Oliver Condy - BBC Music magazine (Brief Notes section) - July 2020

"... I enjoyed this disc very much. It’s especially recommendable for Songfest, not least because to the best of my knowledge it’s the only single-disc version currently available and it’s a work that is very well worth getting to know, especially in this fine performance."

John Quinn - MusicWeb-International.com - 1 June 2020

“…. James Judd is using the new Critical Edition, which sounds much fuller and more colourful than the castrated version, which was created in the 1940s and has been played almost every time since then. The conductor and the musicians of the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic … are aware of the importance of their innovative interpretation. Their performance is outstanding, and this dazzling recording will make it difficult to hear in the future any castrated performance of An American in Paris. After this impressive interpretation, James Judd conducts the short Outdoor Overture by Aaron Copland, followed by Leonard Bernstein’s 40-minute Songfest, a cycle for six singers and orchestra… With the singers of Wolf Trap Opera, James Judd succeeds in a powerful and extremely attractive interpretation.” *****

Remy Franck – Pizzicato.lu – 10 May 2020

“…the best thing about this Songfest is tenor Alexander McKissick’s snappy, characterful take on Gregory Corso’s “Zizi’s Lament … every piece here is impressively recorded, and balances between voices and orchestra in Songfest are judiciously handled… Their [NOIP] account of the Gershwin features the 2019 critical edition (which was recently given its debut recording by the Cincinnati Symphony). In this performance, the NOIP, led by James Judd, turns in a performance marked, at the start, by a strong sense of character, style, and shape, as well as plenty of rhythmic energy… the best thing about this Songfest is tenor Alexander McKissick’s snappy, characterful take on Gregory Corso’s “Zizi’s Lament.” … every piece here is impressively recorded, and balances between voices and orchestra in Songfest are judiciously handled …”

Jonathan Blumhofer – The Artsfuse.org – 14 April 2020

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