Deems Taylor/ Griffes: Through Looking Glass (Poem/ The Pleasure Dome Of Kubla Khan) (Scott Goff/ Seattle Symphony/ Gerard Schwarz) (Naxos: 8.559724)
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The opulent and sensual expressiveness in these composers' works has long been obscured by more turbulent developments in music of the 20th century. One of Deems Taylor's most successful compositions,
Through the Looking Glass celebrates
Alice in Wonderland, each of its five sections corresponding to passages or episodes from this enchanting tale. Influenced by the German Romantics and French Impressionists, Charles Tomlinson Griffes' rich harmonic palette and orchestral colors can be heard in the
Poem written for flutist Georges Barrere, the landscapes of the
Three Tone Pictures and poetry of
The White Peacock, while
Kubla Khan and the
Bacchanale share exotic oriental inspiration.