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The City
Score by Aaron Copland
Post-Classical Ensemble • Angel Gil-Ordóñez, conductor • Francis Guinan, narrator Naxos Presents a landmark in American Film Making now on DVD: Made for the 1939 New York World’s Fair (“The World of Tomorrow”), The City is a seminal documentary fi lm distinguished for the organic integration of narration (scripted by city planner Lewis Mumford), cinematography (Ralph Steiner and Willard Van Dyke), and music (Aaron Copland). The score, arguably Copland’s highest achievement in fi lm, was also his ticket to Hollywood; it has been called “an astonishing missing link not only in the genesis of Copland’s Americana style but in American music and cinema” (Mark Swed, The Los Angeles Times). As the fi lm contains no dialogue, it is possible to create a fresh soundtrack and discover musical riches inaudible on the original monaural recording. As Copland created no suite from The City, the present DVD at the same time marks the World Premiere Recording of this music in its entirety. See page 42 for more. Bach Transcriptions, Vol. 2 Leopold Stokowski arranged nearly 40 works from Bach’s catalog for the modern symphony orchestra, and José Serebrier’s second volume of transcriptions is as colorful and wide-ranging as the fi rst (8.557883). This collection SEE PG 9 begins with the most famous Bach orchestration of all, Toccata and Fugue in D minor. John Corigliano: Circus Maximus The largest arena in the world, the Circus Maximus entertained over 300,000 spectators daily for nearly a thousand years. Chariot races, SEE PG 3 hunts and battles satisfi ed the public’s need for amusement as the Empire declined. Circus Maximus was written both to embody and comment on this massive and glamorous barbarity.
World Premiere Recording
SEE PG 15 Humori Les Voix Baroques returns for their third ATMA release; the previous two albums have been award winners, and bestsellers (Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri in 2007 [ACD2 2563]; Canticum canticorum in 2008 [ACD2 2503]). London Philharmonic Orchestra These live recordings of three modern classics refl ect the LPO’s commitment to contemporary composers. First are two breakthrough works by British composers Thomas Adès SEE PG 33 and James MacMillan. The third is a spectacular concerto by Jennifer Higdon, one of
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’s fi nest. Marin Alsop and Colin Currie give impassioned performances. SEE PG 31 DISTRIBUTOR FOR: Sonatas for Violin: Mikhail Simonyan “...breadth, lyricism and fl eet technique...” — —The New York Times “...the poise, perfection and inner-burning fi re of a master like David Oistrakh—in his prime on a good night.” —The Miami Herald And If the Song Be Worth a Smile This new PentaTone SACD recording is a song cycle with works by living American composers (William Bolcom, Gordon Getty, Jake Heggie, David Garner, John Corigliano, SEE PG 36 and Luna Pearl Woolf). Sung by Lisa Delan with guest appearances by Susanne Mentzer and Matt Heimowitz. Naxos • American Classics • Wind Band Classics • Milken Archive • Naxos World • Naxos Audiobooks • Naxos Film Music Classics • Ambroisie • Artek • ATMA Classique • La Borie • Canary Classics • CBC • Chandos • CPO • Dacapo • Delos • ERM Media • Early-Music.com• First Edition • Glyndebourne • Ideale Audience • Klavier • LPO • Marco Polo • Naïve Classique • Medici Arts • Andante • PentaTone • Phoenix Edition • Profi l • Arthaus Musik • Opus Arte • EuroArts • Juxtapositions • The Christopher Nupen Films • Michael Nyman • Tony Palmer Films • Storyville Films • OKTAV • TDK
