This is the fourth in John Wilson’s Aaron Copland series, combining works in his populist ‘wide open spaces’ style of Americana with more serious, dissonant scores. Each emphasises the composer’s stylistic consistency, despite his differing aims: the clean thematic lines, airy textures and propulsive rhythms. Wilson’s is the best played and most sympathetically conducted Copland on disc since Bernstein led the New York Philharmonic back in the 1960s (and better than the composer’s own recordings with the LSO a decade later). Needless to say, Chandos’s sound is light years ahead, even in regular stereo.

The major work here is the monumental Symphony No 3. Premiering in 1946, it reflects America’s post-war jubilation with more than...