Mosaics

[sdtom]

http://sdtom.wordpress.com/2011/11/07/mosiacshoward-hanson/

This is a new reissue of a Hanson work that is definitely obscure. It was originally recorded by Delos (#3130). It is coupled with a very popular work of Hanson his 2nd Symphony. I'd not heard this one before.
Tom

[albion]

Having collected the Delos Hanson discs, Mosaics is one of my favourite works in that entire series - then again, I'm a sucker for orchestral variations! I hadn't until now registered the fact that Naxos had acquired these recordings, and it's good to see them reissued for a wider market.

[Alan Howe]

I'm glad you're not one of those mosiacs maniacs...

[eschiss1]

I think that'd be some of my ancestors. Not sure. Actually, come to think of ... the spelling is... hrm!

[eschiss1]

*reads of an interview ? in which Hanson speaks of the Palermo Cathedral Mosaics which inspired at least the title and maybe the work also*

[sdtom]

Having collected the Delos Hanson discs, Mosaics is one of my favourite works in that entire series - then again, I'm a sucker for orchestral variations! I hadn't until now registered the fact that Naxos had acquired these recordings, and it's good to see them reissued for a wider market.

I find it a bit odd that Delos didn't do something with them but Naxos has been somewhat featuring the Seattle Symphony lately.
Tom

[chill319]

Furnace problems yesterday resulted in the shifting of storage shelves, which resulted in a browse through Webern's Symphony, Variations, and other later orchestral works and a reminder of how, decades ago, like so many other students, I faithfully numbered pitches to indicate their position in dodecaphonic rows.  It was in an academic world that valued such activities that Hanson developed his ingenious algorithms for musical composition--in terms of rigor, something of a cross between Schoenberg and Hindemith. Mosaics was, if memory serves, one of his first and best works written in that system.