Schuman: A Free Song; Copland: Appalachian Spring; Sowerby: The Canticle of the Sun – review

Grant Park Chorus and O/Kalmar (Cedille)In 1943, the scope of the hugely prestigious Pulitzer prizes was extended to include a category for music. This disc brings together three of the first four works to take the prize: William Schuman's A Free Song was the first winner; Aaron Copland's ballet Appalachian Spring took the award in 1945, followed a year later by Leo Sowerby's The Canticle of the Sun. (The work missing from this sequence is the Fourth Symphony of Howard Hanson, which won in 1944....

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