Back to home page
|Listed in category:

Picture 1 of 1

Marin Alsop - Philadelphia Stories / UFO [New CD] - Picture 1 of 1
Have one to sell?
Sell it yourself

Marin Alsop - Philadelphia Stories / UFO [New CD]

Collectors Choice Music
(3395804)
Registered as a business seller
Seller's other items
Contact seller
US $21.46
Approximately£16.00
Condition:
New
More than 10 available
Breathe easy. Free postage and returns.
Postage:
Free Economy Shipping.
Located in: Shepherdsville, Kentucky, United States
Delivery:
Estimated between Wed, 23 Jul and Mon, 28 Jul to 94104
Delivery time is estimated using our proprietary method which is based on the buyer's proximity to the item location, the delivery service selected, the seller's delivery history and other factors. Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods.
Returns:
60 days return. Seller pays for return postage.
Payments:
    Diners Club

Shop with confidence

Direct from DirectToU
Item sold directly by the brand. 
eBay Money Back Guarantee
Get the item you ordered or your money back. Learn moreeBay Money Back Guarantee - opens new window or tab
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:145637821668
Last updated on 08 Jul, 2025 01:16:12 BSTView all revisionsView all revisions

Item specifics

Condition
New: An item that is still in its original shrink wrap from the manufacturer and the original ...
Custom Bundle
No
Duration
Album
Modified Item
No
Title
Philadelphia Stories / UFO
Album Name
Philadelphia Stories / UFO
Type
Album
Brand
Naxos American
UPC
0636943916520

About this product

Product Identifiers

Record Label
Naac, Naxos American
UPC
0636943916520
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26046075456

Product Key Features

Release Year
2004
Format
CD
Genre
Classical
Artist
Daugherty / Glennie / Alsop / Colorado So
Release Title
Philadelphia Stories / UFO

Dimensions

Item Height
0.35 in
Item Weight
0.21 lb
Item Length
5.60 in
Item Width
4.98 in

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs
1
Number of Tracks
7
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Tracks
1.1 Sundown on South Street 1.2 Tell-Tale Harp 1.3 Bells for Stokowski 1.4 Traveling Music 1.5 Unidentified 1.6 Flying 1.7 Objects
Notes
Philadelphia Stories (2001) for orchestra was commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The world première was given by the Philadelphia Orchestra under the direction of David Zinman at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia on 15th November 2001. A musical travelogue of the sounds and rhythms of Philadelphia, my third symphony is divided into three movements: the first movement begins at sundown, the second movement after midnight, and the third movement at sunrise. In Sundown On South Street, I recreate the groove of people cruising down one of the most popular streets of Philadelphia, where one finds nightclubs and musicians from all walks of life. The many generations of musicians who lived in Philadelphia and walked down this musical street include Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Fabian, Mario Lanza, and Patti LaBelle. In the 1980s I too was a frequent visitor to South Street, playing jazz piano and performing experimental electronic music in various nightclubs. Not only is Philadelphia said to be one of America's most haunted cities but it is also where Edgar Allan Poe penned The Tell-Tale Heart, one of his most famous tales of horror. In his lyric poetry Poe also often invoked the lute and the lyre. Tell- Tale Harp is an arabesque for two solo harps and orchestra. Arranged stereophonically on the stage, the solo harpists play obsessive rhythms, rolling chords, and ghostly echoes in a periodic heart-like pulse. To quote Poe himself, we hear "spirits moving musically, to a lute's well-tuned law". In Bells for Stokowski I imagine Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977), one of the most influential and controversial conductors/arrangers of the twentieth century, visiting the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia at sunrise and listening to all the bells of the city resonate. As maestro of the Philadelphia Orchestra (1912-36) he created a sensation by conducting world premières of orchestral works by composers such as Stravinsky and Varèse, and enraged classical purists by conducting his lavish Romantic orchestral transcriptions of J.S. Bach. In my rousing tribute to Stokowski, I have composed an original theme in the style of Bach that is modulated through a series of canonic tonal and atonal variations in my own musical language. Later I also introduce my own transcription of Bach's C major Prelude from The Well- Tempered Klavier. In the coda I evoke the famous over the- top "Stokowski sound," by making the orchestra resound like an enormous, rumbling gothic organ. UFO (1999) for solo percussion and orchestra is inspired by unidentified flying objects and sounds. The concerto was commissioned by the National Symphony Orchestra through a grant from the John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund and written for Evelyn Glennie. The world première was performed by Evelyn Glennie, solo percussion, and the National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin, at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C. on 10th April 1999. The concerto begins with Traveling Music where the percussion soloist, in the guise of an alien from outer space, mysteriously enters the concert hall playing a water phone and mechanical siren. The second movement, Unidentified, refers to the famous UFO crash in 1947 near Roswell, New Mexico. Large scraps of unidentifiable metal were discovered in the desert and quickly moved by the U.S. military to Area 51 in Nevada, where it's secret base was reputed to be the repository for alien objects. What happened to those scattered scraps? They resonate on the concert stage, as the percussion soloist plays on xylophone and eight pieces of unidentified metal. In Flying, the third movement, we hear a virtuoso performance by the solo percussionist on vibraphone, mark tree, and cymbals that hover and shimmer in the air like flying saucers. In the fourth movement, the percussion soloist performs sleight-of-hand improvisations with strange sounding percussion instruments accompanied by a contrabassoon soloist and the percussion section, which

Item description from the seller

Seller business information

I certify that all my selling activities will comply with all EU laws and regulations.
About this seller

Collectors Choice Music

99.3% positive Feedback•10.5M items sold

Joined Sep 2004
Registered as a business seller
We are dedicated to providing heavily discounted prices when shopping for CDs,Vinyl and Cassettes online. Please add me to your list of favorite sellers and visit often. Thank you for your business.
Visit shopContact

Detailed seller ratings

Average for the last 12 months
Accurate description
5.0
Reasonable postage cost
5.0
Delivery time
5.0
Communication
4.9

Popular categories from this shop

See allcategories
BooksDVD and otherMusicOther

Seller Feedback (4,706,663)

All ratings
Positive
Neutral
Negative
  • -***9 (170)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past 6 months
    Verified purchase
    I had a wonderful experience with this seller! My item arrived on time and was very well packaged for it's trip through the mail. It arrived in the exact condition stated in the listing and was perfectly priced. The seller was also very communicative when I had a question about shipping. Thank you, ebay seller!
    PRE-ORDER Sixpence None the Ri - Live From Gruene Hall [New CD] (#146554794070)
  • 2***2 (160)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past 6 months
    Verified purchase
    Fast shipping in careful, thoughtful packaging. Product matched the listing condition (new), but didn't match the listing description. There was an article missing; however, the item received was brand new in factory seal so I blame the manufacture for the error. Regardless, spoke with customer service and they were very fast and friendly in response. I've bought a fair amount of stuff from them in the past and can't wait to buy from them again. 100%. Great company.
    Vance Joy - Dream Your Life Away [New Vinyl LP] Bonus CD (#146081656526)
  • h***f (8460)- Feedback left by buyer.
    Past month
    Verified purchase
    I had a very positive experience. My three box sets were shipped quickly with UPS signature required, the price was very good and they were well packaged, this is a very big company and I sent a few messages and didn’t get a response from a person. I did get a prompt return message but each time it was a computer generated message. Other than that I received excellent service. 5STARS*****
    Pink Floyd - Pulse (Live) [New Vinyl LP] Oversize Item Spilt, 180 Gram, With Boo (#364555899469)
See all Feedback

More to explore: