Description
These modern examples of the “classical music ethnic dance craze” are simply adorable. Their inspiration comes from those two great Romantic compositions, Brahms’s
Hungarian Dances
and
Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances
; and like those two vivacious and popular works, these jolly little pieces helped put their composer on the musical map. Arnold began his career as a trumpeter, composed music for several films (including
The Bridge on the River Kwai
), and has since gone on to create an imposing orchestral legacy. But for many people, he’s still the guy who wrote the
English Dances
, and they make the perfect introduction to his expertly crafted and brilliantly orchestrated musical universe.
–David Hurwitz
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