Louisiana Story (Includes 'the Plow that Broke the Plains')
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VIRGIL THOMSON
Louisiana Story (Includes 'the Plow that Broke the Plains')
The New London Orchestra / Ronald Corp (conductor)
[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]
Release Date: Wednesday 11 August 2004
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'Hyperion's recording is faultless; the notes... are sagacious and rewarding. If your interest is in American music or in film scores, this is indispensable'
- American Record Guide
'Not to be missed'
- Classic CD
Tracks:
The Plow that Broke the Plains Suite [16'07]
Prelude: Prologue [1'51]
Grass: Pastorale [1'27]
Cattle [3'08]
Blues [2'54]
Drought [1'00]
Devastation [5'42]
Louisiana Story Suite [20'44]
Pastoral: The bayou and the marsh buggy [6'56]
Chorale: The derrick arrives [3'30]
Passacaglia: Robbing the alligator's nest [6'37]
Fugue: Boy fights alligator [3'34]
Louisiana Story Acadian Songs and Dances [14'59]
Sadness [2'44]
Papa's Tune [0'59]
A Narrative [2'01]
The alligator and the 'coon [2'22]
Super-sadness [1'42]
Walking Song [1'45]
The Squeeze Box [3'25]
Power Among Men Fugues and Cantilenas [16'04]
Prelude with Fugal Exposition [1'58]
Fugue No 1 [1'35]
Ruins and Jungles [2'40]
Fugue No 2 [3'30]
Joyous Pastorale [2'08]
Finale [4'18]
