Herrmann: Symphony No. 1; Schuman: New England Triptych

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Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) was one of America's greatest composers of film scores. Most notably, he wrote scores for many of the great Alfred Hitchcock films--Psycho, Vertigo, Torn Curtain, and North by Northwest. He always wanted to write music that had its own visual character, that could stand apart from any film. Which it does. Here, in his Symphony 1, he has taken all his film-score talent and put it to good use in a symphonic work. Herrmann was influenced by the generation of American composers of the '30s, particularly Copland, as well as William Schuman. Schuman's New England Triptych is already a classic. --Paul Cook

Herrmann: Symphony No. 1; Schuman: New England Triptych, Music, Bernard Herrmann, William Schuman, James Sedares, Phoenix Symphony, 20th/21st Century Symphony, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Orchestral, Suite for Orchestra, Symphonic
Herrmann: Symphony No. 1; Schuman: New England Triptych
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful music magnificently recorded
  • Herrmann's Symphony! Excellent.
 Herrmann: Symphony No. 1; Schuman: New England Triptych

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ASIN: B000001SF8
Release Date: 1993-06-16

Tracks:

  1. Symphony No. 1: Maestoso - Allegro
  2. Symphony No. 1: Scherzo
  3. Symphony No. 1: Andante sostenuto
  4. Symphony No. 1: Rondo - Finale
  5. New England Triptych: Be Glad Then, America
  6. New England Triptych: When Jesus Wept
  7. New England Triptych: Chester

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Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975) was one of America's greatest composers of film scores. Most notably, he wrote scores for many of the great Alfred Hitchcock films--Psycho, Vertigo, Torn Curtain, and North by Northwest. He always wanted to write music that had its own visual character, that could stand apart from any film. Which it does. Here, in his Symphony 1, he has taken all his film-score talent and put it to good use in a symphonic work. Herrmann was influenced by the generation of American composers of the '30s, particularly Copland, as well as William Schuman. Schuman's New England Triptych is already a classic. --Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful music magnificently recorded.......2005-12-20

I didn't expect something this wonderful from the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra when I found this performance of Bernard Herrmann's Symphony No. 1. Herrmann is doubtless most well known for his fantastic film music ranging from "Psycho" to "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

His musical imagination is effectively on display in sonata form in the symphony, a boisterous piece where the brass prevail in all four movements. The obvious influence of Mahler and Bruckner show through the symphonic canvass, which is rich in detail and interesting throughout. The other American music on the disk, Schumann's "New England Tryptich", is better performed than when I last heard it on a Naxos CD that accompanied a recording of that composer's Violin Concerto.

Special plaudits go to the recording itself, which was made in the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra's home hall. It is clear, rich, detailed and has marvelous depth. It is one of the best recordings I have ever heard of brass-domainated music given that reverb is kept to a minimum and there is wonderful clarity throughout the recording.

I don't know anything about conductor James Sedares but he seems to very well understand the combined canon of Herrmann and Schuman, which sound very much alike in this recording. No lover of 20th century American music should let this remarkable issue pass without at least one hearing.

5 out of 5 stars Herrmann's Symphony! Excellent........2004-10-06

Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, Herrmann wrote this marvelous symphony in 1941. It is a distinctly rich work for full scale orchestra. Each of the four movements has a character of its own ranging from introspective searching to joyfull triumph. There is no specific thematic material that ties the movements together but the whole is quite satifying. Herrmann knew how to use orchestral color across a broad canvass. He was a master composer. And his symphony merits more exposure in the orchestral repertoire.

Schuman's New England Triptych, written in 1956, compliments the Herrmann very well on this disc. Again, each of the three movements have their own identity and work together nicely. The whole bears repeated listening.

James Sedares and the Phoenix Symphony perform both works admirably. The 1992 recording is DDD. Informative liner notes and a great photograph of Herrmann at the Grand Canyon. A keeper.
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Gian Carlo Menotti , Paul Creston , Bernard Herrmann , Quincy Porter , Franz Waxman , Howard Hanson , Miklos Rozsa , William Schuman , James Sinclair , James Sedares , Andrew Schenck , Donald Teeters , Jordania, Vakhtang , Clark, Richard Auldon , and Falletta, Joann
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ASIN: B000001SH2
Release Date: 1994-08-23

Tracks:

  1. Country Band March - J. Sinclair/Orch New England
  2. Fall River Legend Movt III-Church Social - J. Sedares/New Zealand SO
  3. Sym No.3 in a Movt III-Allegro vivace - A. Schenck/New Zealand SO
  4. Christmas Cantata Movt III-Allegro - B. Cecilia/D. Teeters
  5. To the Green Mountains Movt I-Prelude - V. Jordania/KBS SO
  6. Adagio for Strs - J. Sedares/New Zealand SO
  7. Persian Set Movt IV-Presto - R.A. Clark/Manhatten CO
  8. I Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child - Alexa Still/Susan DeWitt Smith
  9. The Last Judgement Movt I-The Resurrection of Eve - J. Falletta/London SO
  10. Three Latin American Sketches Third Sketch-Danza de Jalisco - J. Sedares/Pheonix SO
  11. Some Other Time - New York Festival of Song
  12. Apocalypse Movt III-Gli Angel Militanti - J. DePreist/Oregon Sym
  13. Fanfare for Paratroopers - J. Mester/London PO
  14. The Lovers-Close Your Eyes - A. Schenck/Chicago SO & Chorus
  15. Sym Movt II-Scherzo - J. Sedares/Pheonix SO
  16. Blue Lontains - Alexa Still/Susan DeWitt Smith
  17. Sin for Str Orch & Timp Movt II-Lento - I. Jackson/Berliner Sym
  18. Serenade, Op.35 - N. Braithwaite/A. Still/New Zealand CO
  19. The Vintner's Daughter Variation 7-Alla marcia ongarese - J. Sedares/New Zealand SO
  20. New England Tryptich Movt III-Chester - J. Sedares/Pheonix SO

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5 out of 5 stars A Must-Have CD.......2000-11-14

This is a must-have album. Why is this not available? You have Copland, Ives, Gould, Herrmann, Moross and others. These are great American composers. I have never seen such a well rounded and representive body of works from so many great Americans. Go out and find a copy of this one. It's great!

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