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 The Best Copland CD! Dec 30, 2009
I, like the other two reviewers, thought that this is a great cd that features the "best" of Copland. I have to disagree, though, with the reviewer that said the intonation in Fanfare for the Common Man is seriously off. I happen to think that this recording from Ormandy & The Philly Orchestra sounds great, and, in my opinion, is probably the best recording of the work that there is. The rest of this cd features, as I said, the "best" of Copland - Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring, Rodeo from Hoedown, The Tender Land, and El Salon Mexico. The Tender Land & Appalachian Spring are conducted by Copland himself so you really get the feel for how he wanted the music to sound. Those two performances are great, as is the rest of the Cd that has performances from Ormandy & The Philly Orchestra and Arthur Fiedler & The Boston Pops. As the other reviewer said, this is the best "best" of Copland cd out there, and a cd that doesn't disappoint!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent Performance of the Boston Pops Aug 08, 2003
This is a very fine collection of recordings of Copland. The performances of Boston with Copland conducting his own music is a sure-fire guarantee you'll hear the music as he intended.The only reason I give this CD 4 stars instead of five is the less than perfect performance of "Fanfare for the Common Man" done by Philly under Ormandy and the "jumpstart" into Hoedown from Rodeo. The intonation of the brass in the Philly performance is seriously off, and there seems to be no lead-in to "Hoedown". Minor problems on an otherwise excellent CD.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
The best Copland 'bests' CD...... Jun 18, 2000
Out of all of the CDs which contain the 'best' Copland works, this one is the best for your money. You get nice quality, nice selections, and a confusing CD case (which is confusing to open). The Tender Land excerpts introduced me to one of the best operas ever. Copland, who conducts this and Appalachian Spring, did a marvelous job capturing his own spirit of the rural American life. Don't stop at this CD though! There's so much more great Copland! Tender Land is wonderful! Also his Symphony no. 3, which incorporates Fanfare for the Common Man into it, Red Pony, Down a Country Lane, and the Old American Songs (which contains a couple of familar tunes you'll hear from this CD). This is a good one! Not perfect (stuiped CD case) but good.
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