[.ca] Fanfare For The Common Man/App

Very emotional:
i totally love this Aaron Copeland classic.

Buy the Dorati on its own, elsewhere:
The only redeeming value this grabbag has are the excellent Dorati presentations. The rest is middlin' to start and it tapers off from there. It tapers very far with the raw sound of Horne and the at-sea concepts of a young Zubin Mehta who obviously recorded this material before he was ready. His LA Phil isn't anything to write home about, either, which makes you wonder how just a few years earlier it was so superb for Leinsdorf and Wallenstein. The manufacturer is just trying to make hay on some old recordings here. Dorati's are fairly recent, though, and you can buy his things elsewhere, so WHY would anyone want this?

Best Fanfare out there:
The Fanfare for a Common Man could arguably be the best recording out there. Despite it's faster tempo, the LA Phil brass play it almost flawlessly(there are two notes of the entire song that the trumpets don't quite lock in). The trombones and percussion are phenomenol as well as the horns. The Appalachian Spring is done superbly also. The lesser known songs were a fresh introduction to less familiar Copland. The entire set(with the exception of the Lincoln portrait and Rodeo) is great. Definately recommended.

A good selection of Copland pieces.:
I bought this 2-CD set because I needed a good selection of Copland pieces. It has served that purpose well. It features several less familiar pieces as well the popular Copland works. The CD contains Fanfare, Rodeo, Quiet City, El Salon Mexico and I Bought Me a Cat (to name just a few). The performance of Appalachian Spring (by Zubin Mehta and the LA Philharmonic Orchestra) is alright but not as good as the one where Copland himself conducts the Boston Symphony (check out that one on the RCA Victor Gold Seal Label -- it's marvelous). This CD does have a very beautiful performance of Portrait of Lincoln, narrated by Gregory Peck. He narrates with great dignity. I've heard at least one version where the Lincoln quotes are delivered in shouts as if from a pulpit. This one is more subtle.

• Fanfare For The Common Man
• Appalachian Spring: Very Slowly
• Appalachian Spring: Allegro
• Appalachian Spring: Moderato: The Bride And Her Intended
• Appalachian Spring: Fast: The Revivalist And His Flock
• Appalachian Spring: Allegro: Solo Dance Of The Bride
• Appalachian Spring: Meno mosso
• Appalachian Spring: Doppio movimento: Variations An A Shaker Hymn
• Appalachian Spring: Moderato: Coda
• Lincoln Portrait
• Quiet City
• Music For Movies: New England Countryside
• Music For Movies: Barley Wagons
• Music For Movies: Sunday Traffic
• Music For Movies: Grovers Corners
• Music For Movies: Threshing Machines
• Ceremonial Fanfare
• Old American Songs: I. Simple Gifts
• Old American Songs: II. Ching-A-Ring-Chaw
• Old American Songs: III. Long Time Ago
• Old American Songs: IV. I Bought Me A Cat
• Old American Songs: V. At The River
• El salon Mexico
• Dance Symphony: I. Lento -- Molto allegro -- Adagio molto
• Dance Symphony: II. Adante moderato
• Dance Symphony: III. Allegro vivo
• Rodeo: I. Buckaroo Holiday
• Rodeo: II. Corral Nocturne
• Rodeo: III. Saturday Night Waltz
• Rodeo: IV. Hoe-Down