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Notes & Reviews:
50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs, and operas. This next installment of five releases features everything from the greatest American Classics to a collection of Wagner's greatest works.
Works:
Disc 1
01 Bamboula (1992 - Remaster) - Leonard Pennario
02 My Old Kentucky Home (2011 - Remaster) - Salli Terri
03 Oedipus Tyrannus Prelude, Op.35 - London Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Klein
04 Festival Overture on “The Star Spangled Banner” - London Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Klein
05 To a Wild Rose (No. 1 of Woodland Sketches Op. 51) - Dame Moura Lympany
06 The Liberty Bell - Timothy Foley - The Great American Main Street Ban
07 The Entertainer - Joshua Rifkin
08 Pizzicato and Adagietto (Capriccioso. Allegretto): Suite in E for Strings, Op.63 - London Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Klein
09 The Half-Ring Moon - Deborah Voigt
10 At the River - Marni Nixon/John McCabe
11 Opening: Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version) - Wayne Marshall/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest
12 No. 2 in C sharp minor: Three Preludes - Leonard Pennario
13 Skyscrapers - London Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Klein
14 II. Andante Con Tenerezza: Symphony No. 2 “Romantic” - Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Disc 2
01 Mood Indigo (I. Mills - A. Bigard) (Mills Music, Inc.) - Barbara Hendricks - Monty Alexander Trio
02 On The Trail: Grand Canyon Suite (1997 Digital Remaster) - Felix Slatkin/The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestr
03 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Roberta, 1933) (1996 - Remaster) - Barry Tuckwell/Sir Richard Rodney Bennett/Ensemble
04 Overture: Anything Goes - London Symphony Orchestra/John McGlinn
05 Adagio for Strings Op. 11 - London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas
06 Pastorale (Grass): The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite - Sir Neville Marriner/Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
07 Cattle: The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite - Sir Neville Marriner/Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
08 Blues (Speculation): The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite - Sir Neville Marriner/Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
09 Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Pal Joey) - Frederica von Stade/London Symphony Orchestra/John
10 Take the ‘A’ Train - Sir Simon Rattle/City of Birmingham Symphony Orche
11 Fanfare for the Common Man (1999 - Remaster) - Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México/Enriqu
12 Very Slowly: Appalachian Spring (1999 Digital Remaster) - Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
13 Allegro: Appalachian Spring (1999 Digital Remaster) - Leonard Slatkin/Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
14 The Transgressor and Medusa - Love and Death: Undertow (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
15 Alone, the Transgressor writhes in fear: Undertow (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
16 Finale - The Transgressor atones for his fatal act: Undertow (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
17 III. Misuranto e pesante: Second Sonata for Piano - Peter Lawson
18 Overture: Annie Get Your Gun - London Sinfonietta/John McGlinn
19 The Lordly Hudson (Paul Goodman) - Nathan Gunn/Kevin Murphy
Disc 3
01 Façades - London Chamber Orchestra/Christopher Warren-Green/
02 Pizzicato and Adagietto (Capriccioso. Allegretto): Suite in E for Strings, Op.63 - London Symphony Orchestra/Kenneth Klein
03 Over the Piano (Arnold Weinstein) - Nathan Gunn/Kevin Murphy
04 To a Wild Rose (No. 1 of Woodland Sketches Op. 51) - Dame Moura Lympany
05 Rozart Mix (1965) (2008 Digital Remaster) - Ensemble Musica Negativa/Rainer Riehn/Hermann Danu
06 Elegy: Fall River Legend (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
07 Church Social: Fall River Legend (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
08 Hymnal Variations: Fall River Legend (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
09 Cotillion: Fall River Legend (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
10 The Little Horses (Lullaby) - Bruce Hubbard/Orchestra of St Luke’s/Dennis Russel
11 The Dodger (Campaign Song) - Bruce Hubbard/Orchestra of St Luke’s/Dennis Russel
12 Long Time Ago (Ballad) - Bruce Hubbard/Orchestra of St Luke’s/Dennis Russel
13 Simple Gifts (Shaker Song) - Bruce Hubbard/Orchestra of St Luke’s/Dennis Russel
14 Part 1 - The Street: Capital Of The World - Abridged (1997 Digital Remaster) - Joseph Levine/Ballet Theatre Orchestra
15 Candide (Overture) - Leonard Slatkin/St Louis Symphony Orchestra
16 Vermont counterpoint - Ransom Wilson
17 Anniversary: Three Occasions for Orchestra - London Sinfonietta/Oliver Knussen
18 Short Ride in a Fast Machine - Fanfare for orchestra - City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Ra
19 Canon 5/7: Three Canons for Ursula - Thomas Adès
