Paul Creston (1906-1985)

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vandermolen

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June 07, 2020, 09:38:08 PM
Quote from: deprofundis on March 27, 2020, 11:30:25 AM
I'm a fan of Paul Creston, I only have his 3 first symphony on NAXOS yet I  really dig it and will probably buy the fifth symphony once again on the same label.
Great American classical composer.
Do you know Symphony No.2 - his greatest I think?
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

vandermolen

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June 07, 2020, 09:49:30 PM
This review of the Naxos CD of symphonies 1-3 might be of interest to Creston's admirers or others, complete with David Wright's characteristically opinionated statement at the end:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/june00/creston.htm
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

kyjo

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June 08, 2020, 11:02:03 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 07, 2020, 09:49:30 PM
This review of the Naxos CD of symphonies 1-3 might be of interest to Creston's admirers or others, complete with David Wright's characteristically opinionated statement at the end:
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2000/june00/creston.htm

I always get a good laugh out of David Wright's overtly opinionated and extreme reviews, even if I agree with them! ;D His attacks on Rob Barnett's reviews are quite childish, to say the least. ::)
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

vandermolen

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June 08, 2020, 11:11:35 AM
Quote from: kyjo on June 08, 2020, 11:02:03 AM
I always get a good laugh out of David Wright's overtly opinionated and extreme reviews, even if I agree with them! ;D His attacks on Rob Barnett's reviews are quite childish, to say the least. ::)
Yes, I agree. He's really got it in for Barbirolli as well!
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).
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