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Chadwick: Symphony No. 2 / Symphonic Sketches

10/1/2005, 8 Tracks, 1:05:44

Featuring

  • Theodore Kuchar
  • National Radio Company of Ukraine Symphony Orchestra
  • George Whitefield Chadwick

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Album & Artwork

The cover image for this album is "A Romantic Landscape" by Arthur Bowen Davies (1862-1928), sourced from Phillips, Fine Art Auctioneers, New York.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Chadwick demonstrated that there could be a distinctively American style of classical music comparable in quality to European music.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Chadwick's Symphonic Sketches is described as a symphony in all but name, blending neo-romanticism with contemporary modernism.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

George Whitefield Chadwick (1854-1931) is considered one of America's greatest symphonists between the Civil War and the 1920s.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Grand Concert Studio of the National Radio Company of Ukraine in Kiev, from December 17th to 21st, 2003.

Source: Booklet

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