Cowell: Variations For Orchestra/Symphony Nos. 7 & 16
On this CD:
1. Variations for orchestra
Composed by Henry Cowell
Performed by Katowice Polish Radio Orchestra & Chorus
Conducted by William Strickland
2. Symphony No. 16 "Icelandic"
Composed by Henry Cowell
Performed by Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William Strickland
3. Symphony No. 7
Composed by Henry Cowell
Performed by Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William Strickland
Cowell: Variations For Orchestra/Symphony Nos. 7 & 16, Music, Henry Cowell, William Strickland, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Polish Radio Orchestra & Chorus Katowice, Wiener Symphoniker, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Classical, Classical Music, Orchestral, Orchestral Music, Symphonic
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Cowell: Variations For Orchestra/Symphony Nos. 7 & 16
Manufacturer: Composers Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
 Symphonies
| Forms & Genres
| Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
| Historical Periods
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Symphonies
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
Modern & 20th Century
| Symphonies
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
General
| Classical
| Styles
| Music
ASIN: B000005TYI
Release Date: 1997-03-18 |
Tracks:
- Variations For Orchestra
- Symphony No.16 ('Icelandic'): I - Moderato con moto
- Symphony No.16 ('Icelandic'): II - Allegro
- Symphony No.16 ('Icelandic'): III - Adagio Cantabile
- Symphony No.16 ('Icelandic'): IV - Vivace
- Symphony No.16 ('Icelandic'): V - Maestoso
- Symphony No. 7: I - Maestoso
- Symphony No. 7: II - Andante
- Symphony No. 7: III - Presto
- Symphony No. 7: IV - Maestoso
Customer Reviews:
Cowell Rarities.......2001-08-27
I have been intertested in Cowell for many years and must applaud the producers for issuing these old recordings on compact disc. As a Cowell enthusiast, I obtained the LPs of these works some years ago, but it is good to have them in the more convenient CD format. Praise for this disc must be qualified, however. Even by the standards of the time (they date from the 1960s) these recordings are not distinguished, and can only really be recommended to those with a special commitment to American music. Those who are interested enough to buy the disc may find themselves wishing - as I do - that some 21st century record company would give us modern recordings of these works. Vigorous, intense and plangently tuneful, Cowell's post-1939 orchestral works may come as a surprise to those who associate H.C. with the cutting-edge experimentation of the 20s and 30s. Around 1940, he turned to a more conventional mode of expression, taking his inspiration from a wide range of international influences, as well as American folk song and old hymns. I have not managed to hear all of H.C.'s symphonies, but numbers 4, 5, 7, 10 and 11 are all highly attractive works. No one would claim that they are masterpieces, but they are deeply felt, sincere and strangely affecting utterances by an American master who does not deserve his current neglect.
Music Track:
- Daniel Roth Plays Marcel Dupre
- Drawn from Life
- El Madrid de Chueca, Zarzuela Orchestral Arrangements
- Ernst Krenek: String Quartets Nos. 5 & 8
- Franz Schubert: Octet in F Major, D.803
- French Delights/Ravel - Concerto in G Major for Piano
- Goetz: Der Widerspenstigen Zähmung
- Guus Janssen: Keer; Dans van de Malic Matrijzen; Verstelwerk; Passevite; Bruuks
- Hans Huber: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 6
- Helen Lawrence: Portrait of an Artist
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