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Costello: II Sogno.(Sound Recording Review)
Costello: II Sogno. Michael Tilson Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra. DG B0003284-02.
The name "Elvis Costello" probably isn't the first thing that leaps into to most people's minds when they think of big-scale, classical orchestral works, but I suppose if Paul McCartney could do it, so could Costello. The rocker was asked in 2000 by the Italian dance company Aterballetto if he would compose an original ballet score for their production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream," and he went for it. What we have on this recording is a revised concert version of the score, conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra.
Since the score was written for a ballet, it is necessarily episodic, although with the help of Tilson Thomas, the composer was able to connect the various disparate elements together into something acceptably seamless. There is but one slightly jarring element, however. The first ...
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