Orchestral Works

Copland (Artist), Ormandy (Artist), Previn (Artist), Stevenson (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 16, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Mod - Afw Line
• ASIN: B0000029Q5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,296 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #12 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Marches
  • #18 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music > Overtures
  • #46 in Music > Classical > Ballets & Dances > Historical Periods > Modern & 20th Century

Track Listings

1. Fanfare for the Common Man, for brass & percussion (from Symphony No. 3)

2. Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Buckaroo Holiday

3. Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Saturday Night Waltz

4. Rodeo, selections from the ballet (including 'Four Dance Episodes'): Hoe-Down

5. An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band

6. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: Morning on the Ranch

7. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: The Gift

8. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: Dream March

9. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: Circus Music

10. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: Walk to the Bunkhouse

11. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: Grandfather's Story

12. The Red Pony, suite for orchestra: Happy Ending

13. Lincoln Portrait, for speaker & orchestra

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this one for Lincoln Portrait, November 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Orchestral Works (Audio CD)

Leonard Bernstein is still the one to look for on Rodeo, but unfortunately, he never made a recording of Lincoln Portrait, which came as a shock to me, since he was probably the greatest interpreter of Copland's music. Fortunately, I found this recording with the great statesman Adlai Stevenson giving an emotional reading accompanied by the great Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy. If you're looking for Lincoln Portrait, this is the CD to look for. Look to Bernstein for Rodeo.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best performance of Lincon Portrait on record, October 10, 2008

By 

Robert Levine (Milwaukee WI United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Orchestral Works (Audio CD)

This is probably the best performance of the Copland "Lincoln Portrait" available on recordings. Stevenson reads Lincoln's wonderful prose with both dignity and intensity, and Ormandy's pacing (and the solo wind and brass playing of the Philadelphia Orchestra musicians) is impeccable, capturing completely the melancholy and darkness of the opening without being bombastic in the more overtly patriotic passages.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I bought it for the "Lincoln Portrait", December 29, 2007

By 

Joe Anthony "Joe Anthony" (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Orchestral Works (Audio CD)

In my mind there is only one conductor who "owns" the music of Aaron Copland and that is Leonard Bernstein. However, since, Maestro Bernstein never redorded (as far as I know) Copland's "Lincoln Portrait", I would suggest this recording by the outstanding Eugene Ormandy with Senator Adlai Stevenson as narrator. It's a quite passionate homage to our most beloved president.

Comparison for Lincoln Portrait: William Warfield/David Effron/Eastman Phil. Orch (Also very good but out of print and only ever released on LP)