Thomas Schippers – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 – Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Thomas Schippers – Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, Op. 100 – Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:23:21 minutes | 890 MB | Genre: Classical
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Thomas Schippers was a talented American conductors and a particular champion of the music of Samuel Barber. He played at a public piano recital at the age of six and was a church organist when he was 14. He continued his piano studies at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia (1944-1945). He also studied privately with Olga Samaroff (1946-1947). He went on to Yale University, where he had some lessons in composition with Paul Hindemith.

In 1948 he took second prize in the Philadelphia Orchestra’s young conductor’s contest. He took a job as organist of the Greenwich Village Presbyterian Church in New York. He and group of other young musicians formed a group called the Lemonade Opera Company, which he conducted for several years.

Tracklist:
01. Thomas Schippers – I. Andante (13:46)
02. Thomas Schippers – II. Allegro marcato (08:05)
03. Thomas Schippers – III. Adagio (12:35)
04. Thomas Schippers – IV. Allegro giocoso (09:17)
05. Thomas Schippers – Prologue. Once There Lived a Man in a Castle (00:57)
06. Thomas Schippers – Interlude (1) (01:31)
07. Thomas Schippers – No. 1, Every Sunday Afternoon (01:50)
08. Thomas Schippers – Interlude (2) (01:14)
09. Thomas Schippers – No. 2, One Sunday Afternoon the Proud Man of the Castle (02:10)
10. Thomas Schippers – No. 3, Unicorn! Unicorn! (02:48)
11. Thomas Schippers – No. 4, Why Are You Sad, My Darling? (1) (03:12)
12. Thomas Schippers – Interlude (3) (01:13)
13. Thomas Schippers – No. 5, Behold the Gorgon (02:18)
14. Thomas Schippers – No. 6, Wicked Is Man (02:15)
15. Thomas Schippers – No. 7, Why Are You Sad, My Darling (2) (02:52)
16. Thomas Schippers – Interlude (4) (02:38)
17. Thomas Schippers – No. 8, Do Not Caress the Lonely Manticore (01:36)
18. Thomas Schippers – No. 9, And What Is That? This Is the Manticorn (00:56)
19. Thomas Schippers – Interlude (5) (00:59)
20. Thomas Schippers – No. 10, Why Are You Sad, My Darling (3) (02:20)
21. Thomas Schippers – Interlude (6) (01:13)
22. Thomas Schippers – No. 11, Have You Noticed the Man in the Castle Was Seen No More (00:48)
23. Thomas Schippers – The March to the Castle (02:08)
24. Thomas Schippers – No. 12, Oh, Foolish People (04:29)