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Born in Chicago, James Sedares studied in St Louis with the Polish conductor Jerzy Semkow and the
late Walter S�sskind. In 1979 he was appointed Associate Conductor and later Music Advisor of the San
Antonio Symphony. He joined the Phoenix Symphony as Resident Conductor in 1986 and three years later
became its Music Director. In this latter position, he has made a distinguished name for himself as one of
the most outstanding of a new generation of American conductors. He has enjoyed equal acclaim as a guest
conductor in the United States and abroad, the latter engagements including appearances with major
orchestras in Europe, in Central and Southern America and in New Zealand. His recordings include Grammy-
nominated releases with the London Symphony Orchestra and with the Louisville Orchestra, and a
series of some fifteen recordings with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. With the Phoenix
Symphony he has won particular success in the recording studio, with acclaimed award-winning releases,
in particular, of works by leading American composers.
This collection includes:
Aaron Copland: The Tender Land Suite, The Red Pony Suite, Three Latin-American Sketches
Randall Thompson: Symphony No.1
Morton Gould: Suite from the Ballet "Fall River Legend"
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No.3, Oboe Concerto, Concerto Grosso
Music Composed by
Aaron Copland
Randall Thompson
Morton Gould
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Played by the
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra
The Phoenix Symphony
With
John Mack (oboe)
Conducted by
James Sedares
"Aaron Copland was the composer who best personified the American style of classical music,
having composed works that reflected all aspects of America: its big cities ("Music For A Great City");
its small towns ("Our Town") and its wide open spaces ("Rodeo"; "Billy The Kid"). But there is
even more to this greatest of composers that our nation has ever produced, as personified on
this 1991 recording by the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and its music director James Sedares.
The recording contains a three-part orchestral suite from the composer's surprisingly unsuccessful
1954 opera "The Tender Land"; a suite from his score for the 1948 film version of John Steinbeck's
novel "The Red Pony"; and a true rarity among rarities, the "Three Latin American Sketches"
(Estribillo; Paisaje Mexicano; Danza De Jalisco), which were premiered in 1972. This suite,
sandwiched between "The Tender Land" and "The Red Pony", makes for a thoroughly interesting
comparison with Copland's two earlier Latin-oriented sojourns, "El Salon Mexico" and "Danzon Cubano."
Under Sedares' crisp direction, the Phoenix Symphony shows itself to be very much at home in this
great American composer's works. They are almost certainly one of the great regional orchestras
in the U.S., capable of standing tall with their bigger bretheren in cities like Los Angeles, Dallas,
and New York. This is a wonderful recording for anyone with a taste for Americana and the
occasional Latin spicing."
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Born in Chicago, James Sedares studied in St Louis with the Polish conductor Jerzy Semkow and the
late Walter S�sskind. In 1979 he was appointed Associate Conductor and later Music Advisor of the San
Antonio Symphony. He joined the Phoenix Symphony as Resident Conductor in 1986 and three years later
became its Music Director. In this latter position, he has made a distinguished name for himself as one of
the most outstanding of a new generation of American conductors. He has enjoyed equal acclaim as a guest
conductor in the United States and abroad, the latter engagements including appearances with major
orchestras in Europe, in Central and Southern America and in New Zealand. His recordings include Grammy-
nominated releases with the London Symphony Orchestra and with the Louisville Orchestra, and a
series of some fifteen recordings with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. With the Phoenix
Symphony he has won particular success in the recording studio, with acclaimed award-winning releases,
in particular, of works by leading American composers.
This collection includes:
Aaron Copland: The Tender Land Suite, The Red Pony Suite, Three Latin-American Sketches
Randall Thompson: Symphony No.1
Morton Gould: Suite from the Ballet "Fall River Legend"
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No.3, Oboe Concerto, Concerto Grosso
Music Composed by
Aaron Copland
Randall Thompson
Morton Gould
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
Played by the
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra
The Phoenix Symphony
With
John Mack (oboe)
Conducted by
James Sedares
"Aaron Copland was the composer who best personified the American style of classical music,
having composed works that reflected all aspects of America: its big cities ("Music For A Great City");
its small towns ("Our Town") and its wide open spaces ("Rodeo"; "Billy The Kid"). But there is
even more to this greatest of composers that our nation has ever produced, as personified on
this 1991 recording by the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra and its music director James Sedares.
The recording contains a three-part orchestral suite from the composer's surprisingly unsuccessful
1954 opera "The Tender Land"; a suite from his score for the 1948 film version of John Steinbeck's
novel "The Red Pony"; and a true rarity among rarities, the "Three Latin American Sketches"
(Estribillo; Paisaje Mexicano; Danza De Jalisco), which were premiered in 1972. This suite,
sandwiched between "The Tender Land" and "The Red Pony", makes for a thoroughly interesting
comparison with Copland's two earlier Latin-oriented sojourns, "El Salon Mexico" and "Danzon Cubano."
Under Sedares' crisp direction, the Phoenix Symphony shows itself to be very much at home in this
great American composer's works. They are almost certainly one of the great regional orchestras
in the U.S., capable of standing tall with their bigger bretheren in cities like Los Angeles, Dallas,
and New York. This is a wonderful recording for anyone with a taste for Americana and the
occasional Latin spicing."
Amazon Reviewer
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