Copland - Music for the Theater

Copland was no stranger to the world of film scoring, and this disc by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under Andrew Litton presents a suite from his evocative score for the 1949 adaptation of... — Jame Longstaffe, Presto Music, January 2015 More…

In terms of sheer elegance the first movement of the Clarinet concerto - written for the legendary Benny Goodman - has seldom sounded so beguiling. Although Blount gives a low-key performance... — MusicWeb International More…

David Shifrin's account of the Clarinet Concerto is among the best, the opening radiant in timbre and showing a natural fluency of phrasing, the later jazzy elements also well caught. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…