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Florence Price: Symphony No 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony
4865137 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (15 September 2023)
Playing time: c69'
Tracks: 7
Booklet pages: 0
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: United States of America
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Florence Price: Symphony No 4; William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony published on 2 October 2023
Philadelphia Orchestra
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor
Florence Beatrice Price (1887-1953):
Symphony No 4 in D minor (1945)
1 Tempo moderato
2 Andante cantabile
3 Juba. Allegro
4 Scherzo. Allegro
William Levi Dawson (1899-1990):
Negro Folk Symphony (1934, revised 1952)
1 The Bond of Africa
2 Hope in the Night
3 O, Le' Me Shine, Shine Like a Morning Star!
No booklet was supplied with this digital only release.
Live recordings made on 9 October 2021 (Price) and 3 February 2023 (Dawson) at Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, USA.