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Out West: Copland, Grofe
Grand Canyon Suite Billy The Kid
Out West: Copland, Grofe
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Classical
 
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Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony went right to the top of the pile with their pairing of a complete Billy the Kid and the "Four Dance Episode" from Rodeo. The accounts are stunningly well-recorded and well-played, v...  more »

     
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All Artists: Grand Canyon Suite Billy The Kid
Title: Out West: Copland, Grofe
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Label: Delos Records
Original Release Date: 12/11/1992
Release Date: 12/11/1992
Genres: Folk, Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 013491310428

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Gerard Schwarz and the Seattle Symphony went right to the top of the pile with their pairing of a complete Billy the Kid and the "Four Dance Episode" from Rodeo. The accounts are stunningly well-recorded and well-played, vivid, colorful, and imaginatively characterized. --Ted Libbey

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dzane@whidbey.net | Oak Harbor, WA USA | 02/10/2001
(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Seattle Symphony and Maestro Schwarz do a marvelous job on this classic masterpiece. They almost, but not quite, make up for the low quality recording. DELOS recorded this cd in the Opera House in Seattle 10 years ago. At the beginning of the "Sunrise" and "Painted Desert" movements the music is barely there and unless you have high quality playback equipment the accompanying noise almost overpowers the music. The same can be said of the horn echoes at the beginning of "Sunset." Playback on better equipment yields far better results but it seems DELOS would have known to "hold the microphones a little closer.""Billy the Kid" and "Rodeo" are exceptional, particularly the familiar, "Hoedown". The Seattle Symphony is magnificent as always. I would love to hear them do The Grand Canyon Suite live, WOW! I believe this performance should be considered "definitive." If only..."