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Still - Symphonies Nos 2 & 3, Wood Notes | Naxos - American Classics 8559676

Still - Symphonies Nos 2 & 3, Wood Notes

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Label: Naxos - American Classics

Cat No: 8559676

Barcode: 0636943967621

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 3rd January 2012

Contents

About

The life and career of the African-American composer William Grant Still qualifies as the quintessential American ‘success story'. Often referred to as the ‘dean of African-American composers', Still rose from humble beginnings to work as an arranger while studying composition with Chadwick and Varèse. Still embraced the blues, spirituals, jazz and other ethnic American musics within classical forms.

Wood Notes musically depicts Still’s love of nature. Symphony No.2, the last of a trilogy of works depicting the African-American experience, presents the vision of an integrated American society, while Symphony No.3 describes a spiritual ‘day in the life’ of a devout worshipper.

World Première Recording of Wood Notes.

This disc completes the Naxos cycle of William Grant Still’s Symphonies.

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