Peter Mennin - Moby Dick / Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Peter Mennin was a leading member of the school of American symphonic composers who came of age in the 1930 's and 1940 's, a group that includes David Diamond, William Schuman and others. Cast in a traditional design of three movements in a fast-slow-fast pattern, Symphony No. 3 is a work of great contrapuntal energy, percussive accents and propulsive rhythms. The composer described the passionate slow movement as Inchan extended song... making use of sustained voice-weaving.Inch Symphony No. 7 develops in a single movement of remarkable contrasts and intensity. An exception to Mennin's InchpureInch compositional approach, the concertato Moby Dick depicts Inchthe emotional impact of the novel as a whole.Inch This recording has been acclaimed as Incha fine tribute to an inexplicably neglected figure of the century's American music sceneInch (Chicago Tribune). Album Tracks 1. Symphony No 3 - Seattle Symphony Orchestra 2. Symphony No 7, Variation-Symphony - Seattle Symphony Orchestra