Paine: Symphony No. 1, As You Like it Overture and The Tempest JoAnn Falletta & The Ulster Orchestra

• 1 As You Like It Overture, Op. 28 10:25
• 2 I. The Storm 03:40
• 3 II. Calm and happy scene before Prospero s cell 04:54
• 4 II. Ariel 00:37
• 5 III. Prosperos Tale 03:16
• 6 IV. The happy love of Ferdinand and Miranda 02:27
• 7 IV. Episode with Caliban - Triumph of Prospero s potent art 05:07
• 8 I. Allegro con brio 10:34
• 9 II. Allegro vivace 08:50
• 10 III. Adagio 09:45
• 11 IV. Allegro vivace 11:00
• Total Runtime 01:10:35

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John Knowles Paine was one of the ‘Boston Six’, a group of important American composers active in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. His German training equipped him with considerable formal skill and he soon rose to become a pioneer of the symphonic tradition in America. Paine’s Symphony No 1 received a tremendous reception at its première on account of its attractive themes, skilful orchestration and accomplished design. The Overture As You Like It is notable for its graceful and tuneful themes, whereas Shakespeare’s Tempest is a more adventurous and powerful Lisztian tone poem.

The first recording of these pieces appeared on New World 21 years ago, so it’s about time for a new one. The symphony, Paine’s first orchestral work of any kind, is based on Beethoven and you’ll hear rhythmic elements from the Fifth in the first movement and the Seventh in the scherzo; after all, Brahms had not had his first symphony performed at the time Paine was working on his (1872-75). The 20-minute tone poem Shakespeare’s Tempest (1877) fully embraces the Lisztian formal ideal if not exactly the latter’s style while the 1876 As You Like It is a graceful and tuneful ten-minute confection.

The Ulster Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor

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