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In Reply to: RE: No Copland 3rd! (nt) posted by jdaniel@jps.net on March 21, 2015 at 18:44:25
I personally think Copland's Third was the greatest of all symphonies by an American composer. Hanson's 2nd being second.
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As I mentioned below, I like Copland's Third Symphony myself, but I do know some listeners who aren't (or weren't) too thrilled by it. One was our friend, composer Don Cobb (no longer with us), who wrote the entry on Roy Harris for one of the Grove's Dictionary editions (perhaps "The New Grove" - can't remember now). Anyway, I remember playing him a recording of Copland's Third Symphony - he refused to listen to the end of the last movement, saying "I don't need to listen to any more - I already know what he's going to do!". He could not understand Copland's popularity! ;-)
There are not a lot of performances of Cop's Third, but most of them are "bombastic" or "brassy", it sounds more like a thrill showpiece than serious music. Leonard Bernstein one of many offenders here. (Could be why this work misses the cut with some people.)
What really got me going with this work was Copland's own interpretation..... This work needs the "Brahms treatment" if you will.... A lyrical "introspective" read of this work just transforms it.
I believe the recording I played was this one:
I suspect the later recording conducted by Copland (in your post below) is better. The one above has some patches of iffy orchestral execution. I also have the Eiji Oue / Minnesota recording on Reference, but I'm not sure I had it at that time. I've never owned Bernstein's recording.
he keeps the weightiness up until the very end.
I sampled some other performances on YT.... I found another good read, at least w the final movement................ (The good reads of this work seem to be somewhat sloppy or under-rehearsed, in regard to the orchestral playing.)
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