American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

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Album Summary

Performers

• Maria Corley (Piano)
• Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Colin Currie (Percussion)
• Paul Posnak (Piano)
• Peter Zazofsky (Violin)
• Carole Farley (Soprano)
• Ned Rorem (Piano)
• James Buswell (Violin)
• William Bolcom (Piano)
• Janice Weber (Piano)
• János Starker (Cello)

Conductors

• Alsop, Marin
• Brion, Keith
• Davies, Dennis R.
• Gambil, Paul
• Schermerhorn, Kenneth
• Sinclair, James
• Stromberg, William T.
• Williams, John McLaughlin

Ensembles

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• Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Kreutzer Quartet
• Nashville Chamber Orchestra
• Northern Sinfonia Chorus
• Royal Artillery Band
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Seattle Symphony Orchestra
• Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Composers

• Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881 - 1946)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
• Ferde Grofé (1892 - 1972)
• Florence Price (1887 - 1953)
• John Alden Carpenter (Classical) (1876 - 1951)
• Gloria Coates (Composer) (1938 - )
• George Frederick McKay (1899 - 1970)
• Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
• Michael Torke (1961 - )
• Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)
• Ned Rorem (1923 - )
• Alan Hovhaness (1911 - 2000)
• Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)
• Leo Ornstein (1893 - 2002)
• John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932)

Notes & Reviews:

The American Classics series captures some of the great moments of American music. In this collection, as wide-ranging and diverse as our land, little-known gems of the vast repertoire are mined while new recordings shed light on some well-known American masterworks. Symphony, concerto, march tone poem, Hollywood, musical theatre, art and popular song all unite in this fascinating survey of the abundant legacy of American music.

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Works Details

Copland, Aaron : Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: Paul Gambil
• Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1943-1944

Cadman, Charles Wakefield : Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45 :: no 1, From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water

• Performers: Paul Posnak (Piano); Peter Zazofsky (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: 1909.
• Running Time: 2 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1909

Carpenter, John Alden : Adventures in a Perambulator, suite for orchestra :: The Hurdy Gurdy

• Conductor: John Williams
• Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914

Rorem, Ned : The Nightingale, for voice & piano (from "Medieval Lyrics")

• Performers: Carole Farley (Soprano); Ned Rorem (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1951

Barber, Samuel : Concerto for Violin Op. 14 :: Presto

• Performer: James Buswell (Violin)
• Conductor: Marin Alsop
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

Coates, Gloria : Quartet for Strings no 1

• Ensemble: Kreutzer Quartet
• Running Time: 5 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1966

Hovhaness, Alan : Concerto for Cello, Op. 17 :: Allegro

• Performer: János Starker (Cello)
• Conductor: Dennis Davies
• Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 22 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Ives, Charles : Symphony no 3 "The Camp Meeting" :: The Camp Meeting, for orchestra, S. 3 (K. 1A3)

• Conductor: James Sinclair
• Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Chorus
• Running Time: 7 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1904

McKay, George Frederick : Americanistic Etude for piano, Op. 27

• Performer: William Bolcom (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Berlin, Irving : Alexander's Ragtime Band, song

• Running Time: 1 min. 39 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1911

Ferde Grofé (1892 - 1972) : Hollywood Ballet (Hollywood Suite), ballet :: Production Number

• Conductor: William Stromberg
• Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Bernstein, Leonard : West Side Story :: Tonight

• Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn
• Ensemble: Nashville Chamber Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1955-57.
• Running Time: 3 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955-1957

Ornstein, Leo : Morning in the Woods, for piano

• Performer: Janice Weber (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971

Price, Florence Beatrice : Song to the Dark Virgin

• Performers: Maria Corley (Piano); Darryl Taylor (Tenor)
• Running Time: 2 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

Torke, Michael : Rapture, concerto for percussion & orchestra :: Drums and Woods [Excerpt]

• Performer: Colin Currie (Percussion)
• Conductor: Marin Alsop
• Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Sousa, John Philip : National Game

• Conductor: Keith Brion
• Ensemble: Royal Artillery Band
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: March
• Written: 1925