Joan Tower: Made in America
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Composer: Joan TowerConductor: Leonard Slatkin
Orchestra: Nashville Symphony
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-05-29
Music Label: Naxos American
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Free Music Review: A real discovery!
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This powerful compositions are designed to get a grip on you and rush you through an almost visual experience, full of dramatic moments and contrast.
For me listening to this pieces was a very pleasant surprise.
Made in America plays very suggestively with the suggestion of the unofficial anthem, America the Beautiful, but then this is achieved from a very contemporary point of view, where America the Beautiful in some sort of way, in dramatic conflict. In an interview Joan Tower says that this is not a political but rather a musical statement, but then, just taking such a source as inspiration is at the very least, provocative. In this I guess Joan Tower could easily cross the line into some kind of Shostakovitch-like debate. To me, this pieces have enough power and magnetism to enter in such a boxing ring in same terms with Dimitri. Now who precisely would be her present day Stalin?
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Two of the works recorded here are world premiere recordings: "Made in America" and "Tambor." The first uses "America the Beautiful" as its first melodic theme, and bits of it appear throughout the work. Tower interweaves the melodic fragments with many other original tunes, and she colors the work in what could be called the American idiom, with wide-open spaces. There is a central section of a darker nature, but the work ends in glory. "Tambor" is dominated by percussion of all kinds - drums, blocks, etc. - and is an exciting, propulsive work. There are long periods of solos for percussion instruments that act almost as mini-cadenzas. The Concerto for Orchestra is a terrific work that uses the sections of the orchestra as solos, duets and in bunches. Standout moments are a remarkable tuba solo, a dueling duet for trumpets, and a part for the cellos alone. It's a flavorful, fascinating work. Leonard Slatkin leads the Nashville Symphony in excellent performances. --Robert Levine2008 GRAMMY Award Winner: Classical Album, Orchestral Performance and Classical Contemporary Composition.
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