One of the two or three great Piston discs of the last decade of the twentieth century, Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 1991 release of Piston's two most popular works coupled with what may be his greatest symphony is an ideal place to start listening to the knottiest and gnarliest of the Great American Symphonists. The Suite from The Incredible Flutist is the most often recorded of Piston's works, but Slatkin's interpretation is lighter and more graceful than most, and the St. Louis plays with deft ...
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One of the two or three great Piston discs of the last decade of the twentieth century, Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's 1991 release of Piston's two most popular works coupled with what may be his greatest symphony is an ideal place to start listening to the knottiest and gnarliest of the Great American Symphonists. The Suite from The Incredible Flutist is the most often recorded of Piston's works, but Slatkin's interpretation is lighter and more graceful than most, and the St. Louis plays with deft control and vivid colors. New England Sketches (3) are almost as popular, but again, Slatkin and the St. Louis perform with singular strength, vigor, and tenderness. Symphony No. 6 has had only a couple recordings since its disc premiere in 1962, but Slatkin and the St. Louis are simply more polished and more powerful than Schwarz and the Seattle and they make a more compelling case for the depth and stature of the work as one of the two of three Great American Symphonists. RCA's...
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