Copland: The Tender Land

Aaron Copland (Composer), Kirk Trevor (Conductor), Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: Kirk Trevor
• Composer: Aaron Copland
• Audio CD (January 29, 2002)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Albany Records
• ASIN: B00005YD7I
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #399,558 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A high class accomplishment for young artists, February 1, 2002

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This review is from: Copland: The Tender Land (Audio CD)

This is the fourth recording of the TenderLand and a welcomed one. Aaron Copland meant for this opera to originally be for young artists. Recordings before this have defied Copland's wishes and in my opinion never acheived the heart of this piece because of it. This new recording by the students of the University of Kentucky is a marvelous job at a challenging work. Highlights include the warmth of the orchestra overall, "Promise of Living" Quintet. As for the voices, they are young but full of a sense of character only a younger open minded singer possesses. My favorite is probably the alto which sang the part of Ma Moss. Her voice was for the the most part, extremely warm and quite passionate. A nice alto voice is so rare these days. Also the part of Laurie was well portrayed. All in all, a spectacular showing by one and all.