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Post Subject: Copland/BSO/CoplandPosted by Paul S on: 1/16/2010

RCA LSC-2401 (stereo)

Despite truly terrible electricity today there were some amazing moments from this LP. This is the first time I have I heard this record via my present system, and it warrants a recommendation despite the unbearable sound (due to BEP).

It seems like the most popular take on Appalachian Spring is to "mimic" animal and "nature" sounds and let these "tell the story"; but Copland himself does not use this approach here, at all. Instead, he develops the complex tumble and weave of the totally amazing modulated sonorities that he gets from instrument pairings, both tonically and texturally, and his timing and rhythms both must be heard to be believed. And the Boston Symphony has to appreciate what they are doing, because play is so "sympatico". I'm not sure when this was recorded, but it's a high point for BSO, for sure.

This is for me a new and very rewarding way of listening to Appalachian Spring, one I will re-visit until i get to hear it with good electricity. I'm really looking forward to that.

Paul S

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