Copland the Modernist is every bit as great a composer as Copland the Populist. With virtuoso pianist Garrick Ohlsson on the Piano Concerto, Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco perform Copland's vulgar, cerebral, harsh, and complex music with ease, assurance, and extraordinary panache, making it sound as brilliant, as beautiful, and as endearing as any of his later Populist music.
- James Leonard, AllMusic Review
1. Concerto for Piano
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson (Piano)
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; USA
Date of Recording: 06/25/1996
Venue: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Length: 16 Minutes 57 Secs.
2. Orchestral Variations
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1957; USA
Date of Recording: 06/25/1996
Venue: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Length: 13 Minutes 28 Secs.
3. Symphony no 2 “Short Symphony”
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1932-1933; USA
Date of Recording: 06/25/1996
Venue: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Length: 15 Minutes 15 Secs.
4. Symphonic Ode
Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas
Orchestra/Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927-1929; USA
Date of Recording: 06/25/1996
Venue: Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, CA
Length: 20 Minutes 7 Secs.
