Virgil Thomson: Louisiana Story (Hyperion Audio CD)

Hyperion Thomson CD Thomson: Louisiana Story

The New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp (conductor)

CDH55169 (Originally issued on CDA66576)

Recording details: October 1991
All Hallows, Gospel Oak, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Christopher Palmer
Engineered by Mike Clements
Release date: July 2004
Total duration: 67 minutes 46 seconds

Track listing
The Plow that Broke the Plains. Suite (Thomson)
CD1 1 Part 1: Prelude. Prologue 1:51
2 Part 2: Grass. Pastorale 1:27
3 Part 3: Cattle 3:08
4 Part 4: Blues 2:54
5 Part 5: Drought 1:00
6 Part 6: Devastation 5:42

Louisiana Story. Suite (Thomson)
7 Part 1: Pastoral. The bayou and the marsh buggy 6:56
8 Part 2: Chorale. The derrick arrives 3:30
9 Part 3: Passacaglia. Robbing the alligator's nest 6:37
10 Part 4: Fugue. Boy fights alligator 3:34

Louisiana Story. Acadian Songs and Dances (Thomson)
11 Part 1: Sadness 2:44
12 Part 2: Papa's Tune 0:59
13 Part 3: A Narrative 2:01
14 Part 4: The alligator and the 'coon 2:22
15 Part 5: Super-sadness 1:42
16 Part 6: Walking Song 1:45
17 Part 7: The Squeeze Box 3:25

Power Among Men. Fugues and Cantilenas (Thomson)
18 Part 1: Prelude with Fugal Exposition 1:58
19 Part 2: Fugue No 1 1:35
20 Part 3: Ruins and Jungles 2:40
21 Part 4: Fugue No 2 3:30
22 Part 5: Joyous Pastorale 2:08
23 Part 6: Finale 4:18