If You Liked... Coplands Rodeo
Across the Hall of Fame weekend, David Mellor presents four special editions of If You Liked That, You'll Like This, taking a couple of pieces revealed on-air as his starting point for a journey through classical music.
On Friday 2 April, David's pick is Copland's Rodeo, which features at no.288. If you like this piece, you'll love these:
AARON COPLAND: Rodeo – Saturday night waltz
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra/David Zinman
ARGO: 440 639
FERDE GROFE: Grand Canyon Suite – Painted Desert
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel
TELARC CD-80086
GEORGE GERSHWIN: Catfish Row – Porgy Sings
Timothy Berens/ Cincinnati Pops Orchestra/Erich Kunzel
TELARC CD-80086
SAMUEL BARBER: Sure on this shining night
Barbara Hendricks/London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
EMI: 7243 5 55358 2 5
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: Candide Overture
London Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein
DG: 439 251-2
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: On the town – Lucky be me
Thomas Hampson/London Voices/London Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein
DG: 439 251-2
LEONARD BERNSTEIN: West Side Story – Somewhere
Jessye Norman/London Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein
DG: 439 251-2
AARON COPLAND: Quiet City
Philip Smith/Thomas Stacey/New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Leonard Bernstein
DG: 419 170-2
