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Copland the Populist.(Review)
Copland the Populist. Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. RCA 09026-63511-2.
Is Michael Tilson Thomas America's answer to Sir Simon Rattle? MTT is certainly one of our finest conductors, and here I want to say "young" conductors but, of course, like Rattle he has been around for a while. He just seems young to us fogies, and his music making is filled with youthful exuberance. The man has given us numerous fine albums, and this one, Copland the Populist, is among his very best.
It appears odd in retrospect that a city boy like Aaron Copland should today be so strongly associated with the American Old West, but his Billy the Kid and Rodeo from 1938 and 1942 respectively have established him so. Fact is, he was simply thrust a handful of cowboy folk tunes and asked to arrange them in both cases. And what a magnificent job he did! Tilson Thomas presents the ballets with a gusto, humor, and repose matched only by Leonard Bernstein (Sony) and by the composer himself (also Sony). It's interesting to note, by the way, the similarity in ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Copland the Populist.(Review)