Hanson Conducts McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan; Sessions: The Black Maskers; Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, The Feast of Love

Mcphee (Artist), Hanson (Artist), Eastman Rochester Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 12, 1992)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mercury Living Presence / Polygram Records
• ASIN: B0000057LL
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #107,330 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 1. Ostinatos

2. 2. Nocturne

3. 3. Finale

4. 1. Dance: Stridente-sarcastico

5. 2. Scene: Agitato molto

6. 3. Dirge: Larghissimo

7. 4. Finale: Andante moderato un poco agitato

8. 1. Introduction and Allegro

9. 2. Andante cantabile

10. 3. Allegretto

11. 4. Allegro

12. The Feast of Love, song for baritone & orchestra (or piano)

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An American Classic, June 10, 2002

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Frank J. Figora (Lakeland, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hanson Conducts McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan; Sessions: The Black Maskers; Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, The Feast of Love (Audio CD)

During the '50's and early '60's Mercury recorded some of the lesser known American composers. This particular selection which I originally had on a mono-LP is one of my favorites, and probably the best of Colin McPhee's compositions. Roger Sessions' "The Black Maskers" is also an excellant little heard American Classic. As a bonus the CD includes Virgil Thomson's "Symphony On A Hymn Tune" which was not on the LP.
For anyone interested in American composers, any of the Howard Hanson conducting the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra - American Composer series are excellantly recorded CD's and highly recommended.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars American Gamelan Music from 1936!, May 29, 2001

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Matrina Lesko - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hanson Conducts McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan; Sessions: The Black Maskers; Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune, The Feast of Love (Audio CD)

This will not be a review of the CD, since it is unavailable. I do want to pass on, however, my enthusiasm for Tabuh-Tabuhan. WGBH radio played it this morning (May 29, 2001) and I was mesmerized. An American composition from 1936 from Colin McPhee -- but it sounded like Lou Harrison or Alan Hovhannes, 50 or 60 years later. If anyone is tempted to believe that minimalism 'sprung fully armed from the head of Zeus' sometime in the '60s, he should listen to this wonderful totally American work and disabuse himself of the idea immediately.

Bring it back, Mercury. There is an overwhelming resurgance of interest in American classical music of the 20th century and labels are raking it in reissuing these recordings of everyone, including Foss, Bowles, Blitzstein, Schuman, etc. etc.