Paris
Donald Macleod looks at the works Copland wrote as a student of Nadia Boulanger in Paris in the early 1920s.
Copland left New York in 1921 to study in Paris with Nadia Boulanger. He lived in the Montparnasse area of the city, among a large number of expatriate American writers, including Hemingway, and also travelled more widely in Europe, attending concerts and meeting composers. Donald Macleod explores Copland's experience of Paris, the outlook it gave him, and the pieces he worked on there.
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Aaron Copland
Alone
Performer: Roberta Alexander (soprano), Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)
- Etcetera: KTC 1100.
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Aaron Copland
Passacaglia
Performer: Charles Fierro (piano),
- Delos: D/CD 1013.
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Aaron Copland
Grohg (extract Introduction)
Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra, Performer: Oliver Knussen (cond)
- Argo: 443 203-2.
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Aaron Copland
Dance of the adolescent for two pianos
Performer: Marcelo Bratke (piano), Performer: Marcela Roggeri (piano)
- Etcetera: KTC 1223.
- 10.
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Aaron Copland
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Performer: Wayne Marshall (organ) Performer: Dallas Symphony Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)
- DELOS: DE 3221.
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Aaron Copland
Alone
Performer: Roberta Alexander (soprano), Performer: Roger Vignoles (piano)
- Etcetera: KTC 1100.
- 6.
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Aaron Copland
Passacaglia
Performer: Charles Fierro (piano),
- Delos: D/CD 1013.
- 2.
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Aaron Copland
Grohg (extract Introduction)
Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra, Performer: Oliver Knussen (cond)
- Argo: 443 203-2.
- 1.
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Aaron Copland
Dance of the adolescent for two pianos
Performer: Marcelo Bratke (piano), Performer: Marcela Roggeri (piano)
- Etcetera: KTC 1223.
- 10.
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Aaron Copland
Symphony for Organ and Orchestra
Performer: Wayne Marshall (organ) Performer: Dallas Symphony Performer: Andrew Litton (conductor)
- DELOS: DE 3221.
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- Tue 7 May 201312:00BBC Radio 3
- Tue 7 May 201318:30BBC Radio 3
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