Curved Air presents:
Symphonic Music From William Levi Dawson (1899-1990), Anton Bruckner (1824-1896), and Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
Naxos just released a new recording of Dawson’s 1935 Negro Folk Symphony. Tonight we listen to all three movements of this extraordinary composition. The composer himself said this: “This Symphony is based entirely upon Negro folk-music. The themes are taken from what are popularly known as Negro spirituals, and the practiced ear will recognize the recurrence of characteristic themes throughout the composition… . In this composition the composer has employed three themes taken from typical melodies over which he has brooded since childhood, having learned them at his mother’s knee.”
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Arturo Toscanini & NBC Symphony Orchestra, “Wagner - Lohengrin, Act I: Prelude”
from Toscanini Conducts Wagner
RCA Red Seal - 1953
recorded 1951
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Rudolf Kempe & Vienna Philharmonic, “Wagner - Parsifal: Prelude Act I”
from Wagner: Orchestral Music From The Operas
Testament - 2002
recorded 1958
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Arthur Fagen & ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, “Dawson - Negro Folk Symphony”
from William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
Naxos - 2020
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Otto Klemperer & Philharmonia Orchestra, “Bruckner - Symphony No. 7, II. Adagio”
Warner Classics - 2012
recorded 1960
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Wilhelm Furtwängler & Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, “Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Prelude & Liebestod”
EMI Classics - 2004
recorded 1938
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Günter Wand, “Bruckner - Symphony No. 4, I. Bewegt, nicht zu schnell”
from Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 1-9
RCA Red Seal - 1977
DJbob Curved Air July 20th, 2020
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