Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Throughout his very productive career, American composer Meredith Willson became known for Broadway successes like "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "The Music Man".
He also composed a couple of serious symphonies among other orchestral works. Willson's Symphony No. 2 "The Missions of California" (1940) was inspired by Fray Junipero Serra and the various missions established along El Camino Real. There are four movements:
I. Junipero Serra
II. San Juan Bautista
III. San Juan Capistrano
IV. El Camino Real
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William T. Stromberg
For more information: naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559006
Throughout his very productive career, American composer Meredith Willson became known for Broadway successes like "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "The Music Man".
He also composed a couple of serious symphonies among other orchestral works. Willson's Symphony No. 2 "The Missions of California" (1940) was inspired by Fray Junipero Serra and the various missions established along El Camino Real. There are four movements:
I. Junipero Serra
II. San Juan Bautista
III. San Juan Capistrano
IV. El Camino Real
Performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by William T. Stromberg
For more information: naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559006
