Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
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Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 20 May 2022
In 1933, Florence Price's 'Symphony No. 1' was the first symphonic work by a Black woman to be played by a major American orchestra. Steeped in American folk music, spirituals, and church hymns, Price's celebrated work reflects her experience as a Black woman raised in the post-Civil War South. Florence Price composed her 'Third Symphony' in the midst of the Chicago Renaissance and it reflects her growth as a composer, taking more risks, adding modern techniques, and expanding emotional elements as compared to her more traditional 'First Symphony'. The 2 symphonies, played by the Philadelphia Orchestra and conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, were recorded in Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia in early 2021.
"The Philadelphia polish helps to highlight one of Price's most endearing qualities: those kaleidoscopic orchestrations, with piquant detailing from all corners, including celesta and slide whistle... there's a special joy in hearing its wind and brass sections caressing the soulful melodies generously strewn through these symphonies from both ends of the 1930s." (BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted - Orchestral)
"Nézet-Séguin and his Philadelphia Orchestra are body and soul into the joy and resolve of this music. Price can only have dreamt of performances like these." (Gramophone Magazine November 2021 Recording of the Month)
"Nézet-Séguin's army of admirers will love the young Canadian conductor's affectionate homage to Leopold Stokowski, his greatest predecessor as maestro of the Philadelphia Orchestra...The playing is crystal clear in a dry acoustic, though stolid at times." (The Times)
Tracks:
Symphony No. 1 in E minor
Symphony No. 3 in C minor
