| Naxos | Born to a poor immigrant family in 1906, Paul Creston was twenty-six before he decided on a career in composition, his formal musical training consisting of nothing more than the basic techniques of playing the piano and organ. Yet he was to become one of most famous and widely performed American composers of the 20th century. It was with the First Symphony, composed in 1940, that he came to widespread public attention, the work receiving the prestigious New York Music Critics' Award. There followed a period of twenty years when he produced works in almost every field of classical music, his symphonies, shaped around long florid melodies, forceful rhythmic structures and an instinctive use of vivid primary colours, forming a major part of his orchestral scores. |
| Disc No: 8.559034 | |
| Price: Sek. 74 | |
| Name: Paul Creston | |
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| Order |
| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Creston, Paul | Symphony No. 1 | National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine - Theodore Kuchar | ||
| Creston, Paul | Symphony No. 2 | |||
| Creston, Paul | Symphony No. 3 |