Description
“Abravanel’s account highly recommendable … played with great conviction” [Thomson] “colours glowing, resonantly atmospheric ..most enjoyable” [Gould] “so vivid and atmospheric …astonishing recorded sound .. Guaracha irresistibly catchy” [Copland] “orchestral vitality and rhythmic power” (all 3 stars Penguin Guide)
| Ferde Grofé – Grand Canyon Suite [31:59] |
| [1] Sunrise 5:26 [2] Painted Desert 5:37 [3] On the Trail 7:42 |
| [4] Sunset 5:00 [5] Cloudburst 8:12 |
| Utah Symphony Orchestra / Maurice Abravanel (1-5) rec 1959 |
| Virgil Thomson – The Plow that Broke the Plains [13:57] |
| [6] Prelude 1:26 [7] Pastorale (Grass) 1:10 [8] Cattle 2:54 |
| [9] Blues (Speculation) 2:35 [10] Drought 0:57 [11] Devastation 4:52 |
| Symphony of the Air / Leopold Stokowski (6-11) rec 1961 |
| Morton Gould – Fall River Legend [20:16] |
| [12] Prologue and Waltzes 3:17 [13] Elegy 3:19 |
| [14] Church Social 3:25 [15] Hymnal Variations 4:29 |
| [16] Cotillion 3:27 [17] Epilogue 2:16 |
| [18] Morton Gould – Guaracha (Latin-American Symphonette) |
| Morton Gould and his Orchestra (12-18) rec 1960 3:13 |
| [19] Aaron Copland – El Salon Mexico [9:42] |
| Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra / Antal Dorati (19) rec 1957 |
