Copland, Aaron > Naxos (USA)

Landscapes: Torke: Jevelin; Mojave; Ticheli: Simple gifts; An American Elegy; Copland: Quiet City / Ji Hye Jung, marimba; Steve Leisring, trumpet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin, overture for orchestra; Mojave, for marimba & wind ensemble; Frank Ticheli: An American Elegy, for symphonic band; Simple Gifts (Four Shaker Songs), for band; Aaron Copland: Q...
Performers: Jung, Ji Hye; Leisring, Steve; Marco, Margaret
Conductors: Popiel, Paul W.
Ensemble: University of Kansas Wind Ensemble

Landscapes is a journey through the rich tapestry of American wind band music, performed by one of the country's leading ensembles. One of Michael Torke's...continue...
Recording information: Lied Center of Kansas, Kansas City (2012-04-01_2012-04-02&2012-)....continue...

Between the Bliss and Me: Songs to Poems of Emily Dickinson by Copland, Farwell, Laitman, Pearson-Thomas, Hoiby / Julia Faulkner, soprano; Martha Fischer, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-01-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Songs of Emily Dickinson; John Woods Duke: Bee! I'm expecting you, for voice & piano; Arthur Farwell: The Butterfly, for voice & piano; Aristocracy; I'm nobody! Who are you?, for voice...
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Fischer, Martha; Hoiby, Lee

Recording information: Mills Concert Hall, University Of Wisconsin, Madison, W....continue...

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

Street Song - Music for winds by Oquin, Tilson Thomas, Lorenz, Vaughan Williams, Stravinsky, Copland / Univ. of GA Winds

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-07-31

Works: Wayne Oquin: Tower Ascending, for clarinet & band; Ricardo Lorenz: El Muro, for wind ensemble; Michael Tilson Thomas: Street Song for brass; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toccata marziale; James Mobberley:...
Performers: McClellan, D. Ray; Ritchey, Ellen; Sheludyakov, Anatoly
Conductors: Lynch, John P.
Ensemble: University of Georgia Wind Ensemble

The expressive range and versatility of the wind ensemble is exemplified in this program from one of the world's leading ensembles of its kind, which...continue...
Recording information: The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, USA (02/11/2011-02/14/2011)....continue...

Great Classical Masterpieces: Naxos' Bestselling Recordings 1987-2012 / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Hildegard von Bingen: O pastor animarum; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV. 1041; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 6...
Performers: Jando, Jeno; Kormendi, Klara; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Nishizaki, Takako; Selby, Kathryn
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Summerly, Jeremy; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Kosler, Zdenek; Bogár, István; Lehel, György; Jean, Kenneth; Wit, Antoni; Ward, Nicholas; Warchal, Bohdan; Sobotka, ...

All of these best-selling titles come from the first 10 years of the label and feature our most successful artists. Some are still recording for...continue...

Aaron Copland: Suite from 'Appalachian Spring'; Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston: Symphony No. 3 'Three Mysteries'

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-05-29

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, concert suite for 13 instruments; Symphonic Ode; Paul Creston: Symphony no 3 ("Three Mysteries"), Op. 48
Performers: Assadi, Susan Gulkis; Butler, Charles; Davis, Raymond; Krimsky, Seth; Ritt, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony

Aaron Copland's suite from the ballet Appalachian Spring won him a Pulitzer Prize and global recognition. The famous Quaker song 'Simple Gifts' and the American...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, USA (1992-01-06_1992-01-07&1993-)....continue...

My First Ballet Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Darius Milhaud: The...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Mogrelia, Andrew; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenerd, Ondrej; Casadesus, Jean-Claude; Kuchar, Theodore; Anichanov, André; Craft, Robert; Lyndon-Gee, Christop...

A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about... what world is this? This is the magical world...continue...

Copland: Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes; Piano Concerto; Billy the Kid: Suite / Lorin Hollander, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Concerto for Piano; Billy the Kid
Performers: Hollander, Lorin
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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The latest instalment in Naxos's series of reissues of Gerard Schwarz's recordings of American Music with the Seattle Symphony is self-recommending. Two of Copland's...continue...
Recording information: Seattle Center Opera House, Seattle, WA....continue...

Gulfstream: American Chamber Music by Larsen, Lieuwen, Schickele, Copland / enhake

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Libby Larsen: Rodeo Queen of Heaven, for clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Peter Lieuwen: Gulfstream, for clarinet, violin, cello & piano; Peter Schickele: Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello & piano;...
Performers: Ryan, Pamela; Stillwell, Corinne
Conductors:
Ensemble: enhake

Libby Larsen's Rodeo Queen of Heaven takes its inspiration from religious iconography given a contemporary twist - a painting of a Madonna with gun -...continue...
Recording information: Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University School Of (05/10/2010-05/14/2010)....continue...

Aldridge, Copland: Clarinet Concertos

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: Robert Aldridge: Concerto for Clarinet; Samba, for clarinet & string quartet; Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet
Performers: Singer, David; Singer, David [Clarinet]

Aaron Copland's popular Clarinet Concerto, with its tender and poignant opening, highly virtuosic central cadenza and brilliantly jazzy final movement, is preceded by Robert L....continue...
Recording information: Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA; Immacula....continue...

Southern Harmony - Kabalevsky, Stevens, Grantham - Music For Winds

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-12-15

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon; John Stevens: Symphony in Three Movements, for wind ensemble; Donald Grantham: Southern Harmony, for band; Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium; Aaron Copland: El s...
Conductors: Mikkelson, Russel C.

The Ohio State University Wind Symphony is a nationally recognized ensemble devoted to the preparation and performance of the finest traditional and contemporary music for...continue...
Recording information: Weigel Auditorium, The Ohio State University, Columbus,....continue...

Wind Band Classics - Stamp: In this hid clearing...; Copland, Grainger, Gershwin, Jacob / O'Neal, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-05-26

Works: Gordon Jacob: Suite for symphonic wind band in B flat major; Jack Stamp: In This Hid Clearing..., for wind ensemble; Aaron Copland: Lincoln Portrait; Percy Grainger: Blithe Bells (Ramble on Bach's "S...
Performers: Fox, Derrick; Todd, Jo Ella
Conductors: O'Neal, Thomas J.
Ensemble: University of Missouri Wind Ensemble

This disc celebrates both the quality and variety of the internationally popular American wind band repertoire. Gershwin's 'Catfish Row' includes several hits as well as...continue...

Dankworth: Picture of Jeannie, Suite for Emma, etc / Johnson, Lenehan

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: John Dankworth: Suite for Emma, for clarinet & piano; Picture of Jeannie, for clarinet & piano (after Foster's Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair); Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Aar...
Performers: Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Lenehan, John [Piano]

Sir John Dankworth was inspired by Benny Goodman's playing to study clarinet at the Royal Academy: his delightful 'Suite for Emma' was composed for Emma...continue...

American Classics - Abraham Lincoln Portraits

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight, for mezzo-soprano &...
Performers: LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States, has inspired many works of literature, art and music. To celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth,...continue...

The City / A Documentary with Music by Aaron Copland with the original plus a newly recorded soundtrack [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Aaron Copland: The City
Conductors: Gil-Ordonez, Angel
Ensemble: Post-Classical Ensemble

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Run Time: 131 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): Dolby digital, DTS Surround
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American Classics - Copland: Symphonies / Alsop, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Aaron Copland: Symphony no 1 (arr. of Symphony for Organ & Orchestra, and 1st mvt. of Prelude); Symphony no 2 ("Short Symphony"); Dance Symphony
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

"Audiophiles listening to this disc will delight in the musical characteristics of Aaron Copland that make his music desirable to them: clear textures, broad lyricism,...continue...

American Classics - Copland: The Tender Land Suite, Piano Concerto, etc / Pasternack, Hanson, Elgin SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-05-27

Works: Aaron Copland: The Tender Land; Concerto for Piano; Old American Songs, Set 1; Old American Songs, for voice & piano, Book 2
Performers: Hunt, Jeffrey; Pasternack, Benjamin; Stampley, Nathaniel
Conductors: Hanson, Robert
Ensemble: Elgin Symphony Orchestra; St. Charles Singers

Aaron Copland's little-known opera 'The Tender Land' takes place on a farm in the American South during the Depression. The composer later wrote, "I was...continue...

American Classics - American Choral Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Flower Songs (Cantata no 6), for mixed chorus & string orchestra , Op. 157; Charles Ives: Psalm 90 "Lord, thou hast been"; John Corigliano: Fern Hill, for mezzo-soprano, chorus &...
Performers: Anderson, Thad; Asbell, Ames; Barber, Elaine; Cho, Seung Won; Cluff, Darlene; Colson, Bruce; Coltman-Smith, Margaret; Dawson, David; Depue, Wallace; Francis, Graeme; Gedigian, Marianne; Gilliam-Valls...
Conductors: Morrow, James
Ensemble: University of Texas Chamber Orchestra; University of Texas Chamber Singers

"The fine Copland performance concludes an excellent disc. The choir is consistently splendid. It's evident that James Morrow has trained them very well indeed. Balance,...continue...

Wind Band Classics - Monumental Works for Winds

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Igor Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments, for 24 wind instruments (1920 version); Vincent Persichetti: Symphony no 6 ("For Band"), Op. 69; Jaromir Weinberger: Schw...

"The President's Own United States Marine Band, established in 1798, is a tremendously virtuosic and accomplished ensemble, as this collection shows. The players handle the...continue...

American Classics - Copland / Falletta, Buffalo PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Prairie Journal; Rodeo; Letter from Home; Red Pony
Conductors: Falletta, JoAnn
Ensemble: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra

"This attractive anthology represents Copland the Populist, to quote the title of Tilson Thomas's stunning set of all three ballets with the San Francisco Symphony....continue...

American Classics - American Journey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: Robert Russell Bennett: Hexapoda, 5 studies in jitteroptera for violin & piano; Lukas Foss: American Pieces (3) for violin & piano; Leonard Bernstein: Sonata for violin & piano; Aaron Copland: Pieces...
Performers: Forsyth, Amanda [Cello]; Grusin, Dave; Mayorga, Lincoln; Steinhardt, Arnold; Steinhardt, Victor

In this American Journey, violinist Arnold Steinhardt performs some of his favorite twentieth-century works for violin. From the "indigenous", Negro spiritual nature of the African-American...continue...

The Story of American Classical Music / Scherer, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-06-21

Works: William Henry Fry: Overture to Macbeth; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Symphony no 1; Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Arthur Foote: Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, O...
Performers: Andjaparidze, Eteri; Anthony, Adele; Barbagallo, James; Berman, Boris; Currie, Colin; Eldred, Mike; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Gauvin, Karina; Goff, Scott [Flute]; Lewin, Michael; Morrison, Betsi; Peska...
Conductors: Rowe, Tony; Rosenberg, Richard; Fagen, Arthur; ; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Williams, John McLaughlin; Sinclair, James; Brion, Keith; Judd, James; Spalding, Daniel; Schwarz, Gerard; Serebrier, José;...
Ensemble: ; Da Vinci Quartet; Eaken Piano Trio

Think 'American Classical Music and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Joplin, Foster Sousa? These great composers are deservedly famous, but from Colonial...continue...

American Classics - Copland: Piano Sonata, etc / Pasternack

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-05-17

Works: Aaron Copland: Piano Fantasy; Sonata for Piano; Piano Variations
Performers: Pasternack, Benjamin

The 'Piano Variations' was Copland's first major work for piano, and was lauded by Bernstein as one of his favorite piano works. Among Copland's most...continue...

American Classics - Explore America Vol 1

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Charles Wakefield Cadman: Four American Indian Songs, for voice & piano, Op. 45; John Alden Carpenter: Adventures in a Perambulator, suit...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Buswell, James; Corley, Maria; Currie, Colin; Farley, Carole; Posnak, Paul; Rorem, Ned; Starker, Janos; Taylor, Darryl; Weber, Janice; Zazofsky, Peter
Conductors: Gambil, Paul; Williams, John McLaughlin; Alsop, Marin; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Sinclair, James; Stromberg, William T.; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Brion, Keith
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Kreutzer Quartet; Nashville Chamber Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia Chorus; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Ukraini...

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...continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

American Classics - Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Latin American Sketches (3), for orchestra; Quiet City; Concerto for Clarinet; Appalachian Spring
Performers: Ardan, Laura; Engerer, Paula; Moore, Scott
Conductors: Gambil, Paul

Throughout the course of his compositional career, Aaron Copland was determined to develop a sophisticated musical style that was recognizably American. It is through the...continue...

American Classics - Copland: Works for Violin and Piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Sonata for violin & piano; Pieces (2) for Violin and Piano; Vitebsk, study on a Jewish Theme, for piano trio; Prelude no 1, for violin & piano; Prelude no 2, for violin & piano; Duo, f...
Performers: Harbaugh, Ross; Posnak, Paul; Zazofsky, Peter

Copland was more than a creator of wistful American nostalgia; he was a deeply sophisticated musician, aware of aesthetic trends of his time. Copland's chamber...continue...

American Classics -An American Salute - Spirit of the Nation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-06-01

Works: Morton Gould: American Salute; Stephen Foster Gallery; American Ballads, for orchestra; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty; Stars and Stripes Forever; Victor Herbe...
Performers: Band, Royal Artillery; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra, Slovak Radio Symphony; Philharmonic Rock Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Richard Hayman & His Symphony Orchestra; Royal Sco...
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Brion, Keith; Stromberg, William T.; Hayman, Richard; Alsop, Marin; Serebrier, José; Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Royal Artillery Band; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Slovak Radio Symphony Or...

American Salute: Spirit of the Nation is a tasteful collection of orchestral pieces devoted to the history and vitality of the United States. Performed by a series of orchestras, highlights include Aa...continue...

American Classics - Copland: Symphony no 3, etc / Judd

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-04-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid; Symphony no 3
Conductors: Judd, James
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Copland composed 'Billy the Kid' in France and America in 1938. It was written for the Ballet Caravan dance company and was first performed in...continue...

Discover the Classics

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-09-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Laudate Deum, introitus; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Georg Phil...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Cuckston, Alan; Ferrarini, Alida; Jandó, Jenö; Körmendi, Klára; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Lamberti, Giorgio; Nishizak...
Conductors: Turco, Alberto; Summerly, Jeremy; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Edlinger, Richard; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Wordsworth, Barry; Sobotka, Wolfgang; Halász, Michael; Jean, Kenneth; Rahbari, Alexander; Dohná...

Copland: Rodeo/Billy The Kid

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1990-04-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Rodeo; Billy the Kid; Appalachian Spring
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen

"The spectacle of the Fanfare for the Common Man is worth anybody's money" -Penguin Guide...continue...