This album has been released in different forms, including a regular appearance in the catalog of the Naxos label and a turn in the spotlight backed by the mighty marketing apparatus of the Starbucks coffeehouse chain. It thus has been made to serve several different purposes and can be evaluated in various ways. The album offers pieces by seven contemporary composers, including Seattle Symphony conductor Gerard Schwarz himself, that are somehow based on preexisting works. As a vehicle for getting classical music and the ...
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This album has been released in different forms, including a regular appearance in the catalog of the Naxos label and a turn in the spotlight backed by the mighty marketing apparatus of the Starbucks coffeehouse chain. It thus has been made to serve several different purposes and can be evaluated in various ways. The album offers pieces by seven contemporary composers, including Seattle Symphony conductor Gerard Schwarz himself, that are somehow based on preexisting works. As a vehicle for getting classical music and the names of contemporary composers into the hands of coffee drinkers who may hear it over their frappuccinos, it works fairly well. The sequence of events is musically varied, with fresh but crowd-pleasing selections. David Schiff's somewhat rock-flavored treatment of the "Infernal Dance" from Stravinsky's Firebird makes an attention-grabbing opening. David Stock's Plenty of Horn, based on the familiar Trumpet Voluntary of Jeremiah Clarke, gives even the absolute novice a likely place to...
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Add this copy of Echoes: Classic Works Transformed to cart. $32.47, new condition, Sold by newtownvideo rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from huntingdon valley, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Naxos American Classics.
