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Composer(s): Adams, John; Antheil, George; Barber, Samuel; Beach, Amy; Bernstein, Leonard; Cadman, Charles Wakefield; Cage, John; Carter, Elliott; Chadwick, George Whitefield; Confrey, Zez; Copland, Aaron; Foote, Arthur; Fry, William Henry; Gershwin, George; Glass, Philip; Gottschalk, Louis Moreau; Griffes, Charles Tomlinson; Hadley, Henry; Hovhaness, Alan; Ives, Charles; Joplin, Scott; MacDowell, Edward; Piston, Walter; Rochberg, George; Schuller, Gunther; Schuman, William; Sousa, John Philip; Torke, Michael
Lyricist(s): Agee, James; Sondheim, Stephen
Arranger(s): Yost, Gaylord
Conductor(s): Alsop, Marin; Brion, Keith; Fagen, Arthur; Hovhaness, Alan; Judd, James; Lyndon-Gee, Christopher; Rosenberg, Richard; Rowe, Tony; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José; Sinclair, James; Spalding, Daniel; Williams, John McLaughlin; Yuasa, Takuo
Orchestra(s): Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra; Ireland National Symphony Orchestra; Nashville Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia; Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra; Ulster Orchestra
Ensemble(s): Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio
Artist(s): Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Posnak, Paul; Prutsman, Stephen; Sheppard Skærved, Peter; Wait, Mark; Zazofsky, Peter; Peskanov, Alexander
Label: Naxos Educational
Genre: Chamber Music; Concerto; Instrumental; Musicals; Orchestral; Vocal; Wind Ensemble/Band Music
Period: 20th Century; Contemporary; Romantic
Catalogue No: 8.558164-65
Barcode: 636943816424
Release Date: 06/2005
STORY OF AMERICAN CLASSICAL MUSIC (THE)
Think ‘American classical music’ and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Scott Joplin, Stephen Foster, John Philip Sousa? These composers deserve their worldwide popularity. But from colonial times to our time, America’s concert legacy also contains riches unfamiliar even to sophisticated music lovers. This entertaining, fact-filled Story of American Classical Music celebrates that legacy. An authoritative 130-page booklet investigates the greatest composers familiar and unfamiliar: American Romantics like Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Edward MacDowell, visionary modernists like Charles Ives and John Cage, buoyant spirits like Sousa, Joplin and Ferde Grofé, as well as figures at today’s cutting edge like John Adams, Philip Glass and Michael Torke. Setting their work against America’s tempestuous history, the essay is illustrated by over two hours of selected masterpieces on two CDs.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Fry, William Henry
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1 | Overture to Macbeth | 10:37 |
Gottschalk, Louis Moreau
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2 | Symphonie romantique, "A Night in the Tropics": Festa Criolla | 06:03 |
MacDowell, Edward
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3 | Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23: III. Largo - Molto allegro | 07:36 |
Foote, Arthur
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4 | Piano Quartet in C Major, Op. 23: I. Allegro comodo | 06:42 |
Chadwick, George Whitefield
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5 | Angel of Death | 13:30 |
Hadley, Henry
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6 | Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 64: III. South (Allegretto giocoso) | 06:39 |
Beach, Amy
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7 | Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo | 05:21 |
Griffes, Charles Tomlinson
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8 | 3 Preludes: Prelude No. 2 | 01:00 |
Cadman, Charles Wakefield
Yost, Gaylord - Arranger
Yost, Gaylord - Arranger
Posnak, Paul (piano)
Zazofsky, Peter (violin)
Zazofsky, Peter (violin)
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9 | 4 American Indian Songs, Op.45: No. 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (arr. G. Yost) | 02:31 |
Posnak, Paul (piano)
Zazofsky, Peter (violin)
Zazofsky, Peter (violin)
Ives, Charles
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10 | Symphony No. 2: IV. Lento maestoso | 02:23 |
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11 | The Unanswered Question | 04:37 |
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12 | Country Band March | 04:15 |
Sousa, John Philip
Royal Artillery Band (Orchestra)
Brion, Keith (Conductor)
Brion, Keith (Conductor)
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13 | King Cotton | 02:55 |
Royal Artillery Band (Orchestra)
Brion, Keith (Conductor)
Brion, Keith (Conductor)
Joplin, Scott
Peskanov, Alexander (piano)
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14 | Maple Leaf Rag | 03:10 |
Peskanov, Alexander (piano)
Disc 2
Gershwin, George
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1 | Cuban Overture | 10:40 |
Antheil, George
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2 | Symphony for Five Instruments: III. Presto | 02:28 |
Piston, Walter
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3 | The Incredible Flutist: Spanish Waltz | 01:04 |
Copland, Aaron
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4 | Billy the Kid, Suite: Finale | 03:22 |
Confrey, Zez
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5 | Kitten on the Keys | 02:31 |
Schuman, William
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6 | New England Triptych: III. Chester | 03:16 |
Barber, Samuel
Agee, James - Lyricist
Agee, James - Lyricist
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
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7 | Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24: Orchestral Introduction - It has become that time of evening (1947 version for voice and orchestra) | 03:40 |
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Gauvin, Karina (soprano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra)
Cage, John
Berman, Boris (piano)
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8 | Totem Ancestor | 02:03 |
Berman, Boris (piano)
Bernstein, Leonard
Sondheim, Stephen - Lyricist
Sondheim, Stephen - Lyricist
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9 | West Side Story, Act I: Tonight | 03:54 |
Schuller, Gunther
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10 | Piano Trio: III. With Swing | 03:25 |
Hovhaness, Alan
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11 | Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light": II. Angel of Light (Largo) | 03:53 |
Carter, Elliott
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12 | Piano Concerto: Movement I | 10:52 |
Rochberg, George
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13 | Violin Concerto (original version): Introduction | 06:51 |
Glass, Philip
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14 | Violin Concerto No. 1: Movement III | 09:25 |
Adams, John
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
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15 | Short Ride in a Fast Machine | 04:05 |
Alsop, Marin (Conductor)
Torke, Michael
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16 | Percussion Concerto, "Rapture": III. Metals (excerpt) | 06:29 |
Total Playing Time: 02:35:17