Copland / Detroit Sym Orch / Slatkin Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes CD

While Copland's hugely successful celebration of the American West, Rodeo, has become an American classic, Dance Panels is barely known despite working beautifully as a concert work. Based on popular Mexican melodies, the glittering, even exotic El Salon Mexico is one of Copland's most frequently performed works. Of his rhythmically complex Danzon Cubano, inspired by a visit to a dance hall in Cuba, in which there were two orchestras playing at both ends, the composer himself wrote: "I did not attempt to reproduce an authentic Cuban sound but felt free to add my own touches of displaced accents and unexpected silent beats." GRAMMY -? Award-winning conductor Leonard Slatkin's recording of Copland's Lincoln Portrait (8.559373-74) received "the kind of performance that brought tears to my eyes" (Audiophile Audition).

1. Backaroo Holiday 7:52 2. Corral Nocturne 3:46 3. Ranch House Party 3:19 4. Saturday Night Waltz 5:00 5. Hoe Down 4:52 6. Introduction: Moderato (Tempo Di Valzer) - Espressivo Un Poco Rubato 3:41 7. Allegretto Con Tenerezza (Un Poco Rubato) 4:21 8. Scherzando - Moderato 4:01 9. Pas de Trois: Lento 4:10 10. Con Brio 3:35 11. Con Moto 1:33 12. Molto Ritmico - Coda - Come Prima - Moderato 4:56 13. El Sal?n M?xico 11:52 14. Danz?n Cubano 7:06