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US composer and arranger Maria Schneider's new album for jazz orchestra 'The Thompson Fields'. Maria Schneider was in Sydney for the 2015 Sydney Festival, and ABC Jazz recorded her set with Australia's Jazzgroove Mothership Orchestra. At the show, they performed a number of tunes from Schneider's then up-and-coming album The Thompson Fields.
As the review below mentions, this CD soundtrack for a Spike Lee film acts as sort of Copland’s Greatest Hits and all the selections within are also available in the various composer-conducted collections that you can find in the pages of this blog. However, we do have one “new” item on this CD, and that is the reason for this posting. This disc includes the wonderful “Lincoln Portrait”, for the first time ever (to my knowledge) WITHOUT narration! The text that Copland selected for this stirring piece is essential to its very being but, it is indeed fascinating to hear the music alone: quite beautiful and majestic. This is an excellent sampler for those who wish to quickly experience the most popular music Copland wrote in his most mainstream Americana manner.
Scoredaddy Director Spike Lee states, 'When I listen to Aaron Copland's music, I hear America, and basketball is America.' That may be far-fetched for those who saw Lee's film, especially when the only other music in the film was that of Public Enemy. On its own, though, this album is a welcome 'greatest hits' collection of Copland's Americana. The CD and the movie start off with John Henry, a slow-building, beguiling melody that works effortlessly with Lee's montage of basketball images. More spirited numbers such as 'Hoe-Down' from Rodeo and Fanfare for the Common Man are also featured on the soundtrack.
Unlike many Copland compilation CDs, this collection features abridged selections, allowing for more variety of source material: symphonies, soundtracks from movies (Of Mice and Men, Our Town), and ballets. Maybe not the CD for the purist, but a welcome first album for those who were introduced to Copland's music by the film. At over 60 minutes, it's a worthwhile investment.
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