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CORIGLIANO: Sym. No. 1; TORKE: Bright Blue Music; COPLAND: Appalachian Spring suite – Nat. Orch. Institute Phil./ David Alan Miller – Naxos

CORIGLIANO: Sym. No. 1; TORKE: Bright Blue Music; COPLAND: Appalachian Spring suite – Nat. Orch. Institute Phil./ David Alan Miller – Naxos

Three 20th-century American symphonic scores magnificently performed and recorded. CORIGLIANO: Symphony No. 1; TORKE: Bright Blue Music; COPLAND: Appalachian Spring (Suite) – National Orch. Institute Philharmonic/David Alan Miller – Naxos American Classics 8.559782, 73:58 *****: This is a varied cross-section of American orchestral works of the 20th century superbly performed and recorded. The amateur musicians of the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic (NOIP) are selected each year through rigorous international auditions and spend a month in intensive training at the Clarice Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Maryland. This process has continued for 29 years. Its conductor, David Alan Miller, has led the Albany Symphony since 1992 and made many recordings of significant American symphonic scores in the acoustically perfect Troy Savings Bank Music Hall in Albany, New York. The performances are the equal of any major professional orchestra. This CD is a testament to how well student musicians can perform today. John Corigliano (b. 1938) has walked the fine line of musical composing: traditional enough to appeal to current audiences (Elegy (1965), modern enough to satisfy his colleagues and (most) critics (the Clarinet Concerto of 1977), and choosing subjects for his works that connect with American culture […]