George Crumb: A Haunted Landscape / William Schuman: Three Colloquies for Horn & Orchestra - New York Philharmonic / Arthur Weisberg / Zubin Mehta

George Crumb (Performer), William Schuman (Composer), Arthur Weisberg (Composer), Zubin Mehta (Conductor), Philip Myers (Conductor), New York Philharmonic (Performer, Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: George Crumb, New York Philharmonic
• Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
• Conductor: Zubin Mehta, Philip Myers
• Composer: William Schuman, Arthur Weisberg
• Audio CD (December 8, 1992)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: New World Records
• ASIN: B0000030DA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great works premiered by the N.Y. Philharmonic, August 4, 2010

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This review is from: George Crumb: A Haunted Landscape / William Schuman: Three Colloquies for Horn & Orchestra - New York Philharmonic / Arthur Weisberg / Zubin Mehta (Audio CD)

I was present for the premieres many years ago of George Crumb's "A Haunted Landscape" and William Schuman's "Three Colloquies for Horn and Orchestra," of course, on different days. Of all Crumb's pieces, this is the one I like the best. It is not diffuse but rather is concentrated and structured. Some of Crumb's other pieces lose me. This one never has. It is eerie like many of his other works, but it is also fun and fascinating.
The Schuman has three movements, slow, fast, slow. The last movement utilizes material from what was originally the slow movement in the first of three versions of his violin concerto. It is Schuman at his lyrical best. It is really a concerto for horn and orchestra. It is my favorite horn concerto. It goes by so fast because there is no padding.
Over four decades I have heard numerous premieres by this orchestra. These works have long been two of my favorite late twentieth century orchestral works.