Park Avenue Chamber Symphony: Symphonic Dances
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.RC2061415

By Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. By Aaron Copland, Igor Stravinsky, and Maurice Ravel. Classical. Listening CD. Naxos #RC2061415. Published by Naxos (NX.RC2061415).

UPC: 804879601616. Conducted by David Bernard.

A procession of acclaimed releases on Recursive Classics now reaches this celebratory album, launching the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony's 20th anniversary season. Conductor David Bernard leads explorations of three brilliant approaches to symphonic ballet music. Copland's Appalachian Spring Suite brings a deeply personal account of a life's journey through trials and challenges to blissful happiness fueled with strength, integrity and perseverance. Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe Suite No. 2 transfixes listeners with a brilliant and passionate celebration of love that contains the greatest of all musical sunrises. Stravinsky's Firebird Suite tells the tale of Prince Ivan's defeat of the evil Koschei the Immortal with the help of the magical Firebird through a vivid and enchanting musical narrative.

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