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Author: rollercoastermike
Date: 2008-06-17 08:39
Can anyone tell me which editions of the Copland concerto and the Poulenc sonata you prefer, or are generally regarded as the best?
Also, what are the best recordings of these?
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Author: mrn
Date: 2008-06-17 15:40
Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that there is only one edition of each of these pieces still in print. These pieces are still protected under the original copyrights and, consequently, still published by the original publishers.
The Poulenc sonata has been revised at least twice, and the latest one is the one I own (2006 edition). It is published by Chester Music. I have a recording by Karl Leister of this piece, which I think is pretty good.
The Copland concerto is published by Boosey & Hawkes, and as far as I know, there's only been one version published.
For years, the Benny Goodman recording of the Copland concerto (with Aaron Copland conducting) was the standard (the piece was written for Benny Goodman). Then along came Richard Stoltzman, whose Copland recording set a new standard for this piece. The Goodman recording is not bad, but it does not reach the same level of polish and expressiveness as Stoltzman's. On the other hand, Stoltzman takes some liberties with interpretation that not everyone would agree with (extra pitch bending and swing rhythms), so you have to take that into account when listening to him. So I would recommend you buy BOTH the Goodman recording and the Stoltzman recording and adopt what you like out of both.
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Author: HudsonAD
Date: 2008-06-18 21:00
I love Stoltzman's recording of the Copland, but my favorite recording would have to be Robert Spring with the ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, from the CD American Jazz Concertos. Definitely give it a listen.
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Author: Ryder
Date: 2008-06-18 21:11
my copy of Poulenc is published by Chester music limited.
Which Copland are you looking for? Full orchestra or piano and harp?
I have the piano and harp. It's published by Boosey and Hawkes
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San Antonio, Texas
"We pracice the way we want to perform, that way when we perform it's just like we practiced"
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Author: mrn
Date: 2008-06-19 16:40
Ryder:
As I recall, there are two instrumentations of the Copland. One (the original) is for string orchestra with piano and harp, and the other one is Copland's piano reduction of the original (so just clarinet and piano--no harp). Does that mean there's a third version of this that includes the harp, but not the orchestra?
Incidentally, from the clarinet player's point of view, I consider the piano reduction and string orchestra versions to be the same "edition," since the clarinet part is exactly the same for both (just as Copland wrote it).
You are less likely to see different "editions" of a 20th century or contemporary piece because in most cases the piece is still protected by the original copyright (meaning you have to get the permission of the copyright owner to create a new edition). Some exceptions to this would be where the composer himself revises a score (Stravinsky used to do this) or, as in the case of Poulenc, the composer died before completing his final draft of the piece (so there are ambiguities that have to be resolved through careful scholarship).
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Author: classicalguss
Date: 2008-06-19 17:29
I'm curious if anyone out there has noticed some wrong (or at least different) notes in Chester's latest edition of the Poulenc. I've compared my old edition with the one that some of my students have and there are differences in the first movement. I usually change them to what I have always played.
Am I wrong?
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