IDAGIO | Organ Recital: Quinn, Iain – Copland, A. / Ives, C. / Cowell. H. / Still, W.G. / Barber, S. / Paulus, S. (Variations On America) 5059864148934

Featuring

Iain Quinn
Aaron Copland
Charles Ives
Henry Dixon Cowell
William Grant Still
Samuel Barber

Stephen Paulus

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Album & Artwork

This album features both well-known American organ repertoire and previously unrecorded works, aiming to offer welcome discoveries to listeners.

Notable Performances

The premiere of Copland's Preamble took place at Carnegie Hall with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein, with Laurence Olivier reading the text of the Declaration of Human Rights.

Composer Biography

Charles Ives, composer of Variations on 'America', developed an intrepid musical voice early in life but later worked in the insurance industry, only gaining full recognition for his compositions after his death.

Compositional Technique

Ives's Variations on 'America' includes famous Interludes added nearly two decades after its initial composition, which feature the bitonality for which he is renowned.

Composer Biography

William Grant Still, composer of Reverie, was the first African-American to conduct a major symphony orchestra and to have an opera, Troubled Island, performed by a major opera house.

Recording & Production

This recording was made possible through the generous support of the Simon Yates and Kevin Roon Foundation.

Composition History

Aaron Copland's Preamble (For a Solemn Occasion) was originally an orchestral work commissioned by the United Nations in 1949 to mark the first anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.