American Record Guide Praises 'The City' DVD

In its May/June 2009 issue, American Record Guide offers this praise:

... The main interest for most ARG readers is probably going to be the new recording of Copland’s complete score for the film by Gil- Ordonez and his committed band of players. Rarely has music been more closely interwoven with cinematography, even in straight dramas, let alone a documentary. Excerpts from the score have been recorded, but they’re less interesting and evocative when separated from the visual element. So praise to executive producer Joseph Horowitz and Naxos for giving us the opportunity to experience the score in its intended setting—and in modern sound (Dolby and DTS Surround)...

Fanfare Magazine Lauds 'The City' DVD

Fanfare's Lynn René Bayley says:

This DVD gives us two complete versions of the film, one with the original soundtrack conducted by Max Goberman and narration by Morris Carnovsky, the second with an all-new soundtrack by the Post-Classical Ensemble conducted by Gil-Ordóñez with narration by Francis Guinan. Gil-Ordóñez is the better conductor, and, of course, the modern digital sound does wonders for the music...

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Film Threat Reviews Post-Classical Ensemble's 'The City'

Pop Matters: The City Is Most-Watched Documentary

Angel Gil-Ordonez Among WDC Chefs

Super Chef online magazine cited P-CE musical director Angel Gil-Ordonez among those important to Washington, DC-based chef and restaurateur Jose Andres.

Chef Andres had been listed among this year's Power 150 in the October issue of Washingtonian Magazine.

Gramophone: P-CE's DVD a "Vivid New Reading"

The upcoming April 2007 issue of Gramophone contains a review by Philip Kennicott of the DVD release by Naxos' of The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) and The River, with a new recording of Virgil Thomson's musical score by Washington's own Post-Classical Ensemble.

Washingtonian: Horwitz Loves P-CE

Ask AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center's chief Murray Horwitz about his favorite Washington band, and what will he tell you?

At the top of the list is classical and that means the Post-Classical Ensemble!

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Wesleyan celebrates DVD of P-CE's Music Director

The Wesleyan Connector celebrates the re-release of the 1930s classics The Plow That Broke the Plain and The River, whose scores are directed by the university's music director, Angel Gil-Ordonez, who is also musical director for the Post-Classical Ensemble (P-CE).

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