Compact Discoveries 135: Score 2 for Virgil

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Compact Discoveries 135: Score 2 for Virgil

Series: Compact Discoveries
From: Fred Flaxman
Length: 00:57:30

Fred Flaxman presents new recordings of two film scores by Virgil Thomson. Read the full description.

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The American composer Virgil Thomson wrote the scores for two Great Depression-era U.S. government propaganda films: "The Plow that Broke the Plains" and "The River." Host Fred Flaxman presents the first complete recordings made of this award-winning film music since the soundtracks were created in 1936 and 1937. The new all-digital Naxos CD is by Washiington, D.C.'s Post-Classical Ensemble conducted by Angel Gil-Ordonez. Full script with playlist available at www.compactdiscoveries.com.