George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches/Melpomene Overture/Tam O'Shanter [Enhanced]

George Whitefield Chadwick (Composer), José Serebrier (Conductor), Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
• Conductor: José Serebrier
• Composer: George Whitefield Chadwick
• Audio CD (July 5, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Label: Reference Recordings
• ASIN: B00000159Z
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #455,564 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

2. Symphonic Sketches: Noel

3. Symphonic Sketches: Hobgoblin

4. Symphonic Sketches: A Vagrom Ballad

5. Melpomene Overture

6. Tam O'Shanter, Symphonic Poem

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great "American" Music, September 15, 2007

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M. Baldwin "rlbaldwin2" (Salt Lake City, UT United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches/Melpomene Overture/Tam O'Shanter (Audio CD)

George Chadwick may be one of the underrepresented composers of the late 19th/early 20th centuries. His orchestral scores are colorful, exciting and new. His biggest detractors argue that he is merely a conglomeration of German and French influences, but what better represents the music of a nation of immigrants? Listeners will not get the "Copland/Gershwin" sound from his music, but given half a chance, most will come to enjoy this important early composer of American Classical Music. Tam O'Shanter is probably the best work on the disc, but the others are worthy of listening and performance.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great american anthology from Serebrier, October 25, 2009

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Carlos Quintero "quinmal" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphonic Sketches/Melpomene Overture/Tam O'Shanter (Audio CD)

This is one of a 2 disc anthology collection that samples the best
of Chadwick's symphonic works. Performances by Serebrier are colorful
and very heartfelt. A first recommendation to know Chadwick's musical
arts.