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Harris - Symphonies Nos 7 & 9
~ Roy Harris (Composer), Theodore Kuchar (Conductor)
4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
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  • Composer: Roy Harris
  • Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
  • Audio CD (1 Jul 2002)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B000069CV1
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 213,092 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Symphony No. 7
2. Epilogue To Profiles In Courage - J.F.K.
3. I. 'We, The People'
4. II. '...To Form A More Perfect Union'
5. III. '...To Promote The Gernal Welfare', Part I: 'Of Life Immense In Passion, Pulse, Power', Part II: 'Cheerful For Freest Action Formed', Part III: 'The Modern Man I Sing'
On this CD:
  1. Symphony No. 7
    Composed by Roy Harris
    Conducted by Theodore Kuchar

  2. Symphony No 9
    Composed by Roy Harris
    Conducted by Theodore Kuchar

  3. Epilogue to Profiles in Courage JFK
    Composed by Roy Harris
    Conducted by Theodore Kuchar

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4.0 out of 5 stars A composer who deserves re-discovery, 3 Mar 2005
By Richard James (Oxford, Oxon United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
In his hey-day in the 1930s and 40s Roy Harris was regarded pretty much on the level of Copland and Gershwin as a significant US composer. His one-movement 3rd symphony (well worth a listen) was acclaimed as the first great American symphony. While Copland and Barber (and even the more challenging Ives) have gone from strength to strength in terms of recordings and attention, Harris has yet to be taken up in any big way. This is a pity, because at his best he has a refreshing approach to harmony which once heard can't be mistaken for anyone else, though his 'Memories of a Child's Sunday', for example, should appeal to people who like John Barry.

I'll confess I can't get much from the 9th on this disc (or any other), but the 7th is an enjoyable one-movement symphony with a delightful rhythmic conclusion. The real gem on this disc is Harris' beautiful elegy for John F. Kennedy. Clocking in at a mere 8 minutes, it effortlessly side-steps all the musical cliches which the genre of elegy invites. Harris divides the piece into a first half of broad dramatic gestures before taking things into a lyrical but taut semi-march sequence where bell-like sounds are left hanging after the main chords have been stopped. It's beautiful, eerie, touching, and is superbly resolved in the last few bars. For this piece alone this Naxos CD is one I couldn't be without.

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