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American Classics - Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 4 / Leonard Slatkin, BBC Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Leroy Anderson: Irish Suite; Summer Skies, for orchestra; Scottish Suite; Blue Tango; Forgotten Dreams; Belle of the Ball; Alma Mater; A Christmas Festival; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Performers: Criswell, Kim; Dazeley, William; Fleming, Cynthia
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra

Here, in the first complete cycle of Anderson's orchestral music, the Anderson family has made available several pieces that the composer did not release, with...continue...

Perfect Summer Wedding

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose; Claude Debussy: Arab...

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...

A Bride's Guide to Wedding Music

3 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208...

The process of choosing music for a wedding day can certainly be a daunting process. There are so many choices and the questions are endless....continue...

American Classics - Celebrate the American Spirit

4 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-11-20

Works: John Philip Sousa: The Irish Dragoon, operetta; Bullets and Bayonets; Nymphalin, reverie for violin & orchestra (or band); Jack Tar, march for band; Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory, fantasie for ba...
Performers: Alsop, Marin; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brion, Keith; Manning, Peter; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Stromberg, William T. [Conductor]; Warner, Wendy [Cello]
Conductors: Brion, Keith; Alsop, Marin; Stromberg, William T.
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Personnel: Wendy Warner (cello).

Recording information: Concert Hall of the Slovak Radio, Bratislava, Slovakia (09/02/1996-05/12/2000); Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow, Scotland (09/02/1996-05/12/200...continue...

American Classics Sampler

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: John Philip Sousa: Hands Across the Sea; Zez Confrey: Dizzy Fingers for piano; Ferde Grofé: Mississippi; Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Tournament Galop, for piano, D. 153 (RO 264); George Frederick...

American Classics - MacDowell: Suites, Hamlet & Ophelia

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Suite no 1 for orchestra in D minor, Op. 42; Suite no 2 for orchestra ("Indian"), Op. 48; Hamlet and Ophelia, Op. 22
Conductors: Yuasa, Takuo
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

A contemporary of Mahler, pupil of Raff and protege of Liszt, the American-born MacDowell received his main musical education in France and Germany during the...continue...

American Classics - MacDowell: Piano Concertos / Prutsman

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-01-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Concerto for Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23; Hexentanz (Witches' Dance), for piano, Op. 17/2; Romance for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Prutsman, Stephen
Conductors: Fagen, Arthur

A contemporary of Mahler, Pupil of Raff and protg of Liszt, the American-born MacDowell received his main musical education in France and Germany during the...continue...

American Classics - MacDowell: Piano Music Vol 2 /Barbagallo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: First Modern Suite, for piano, Op. 10; Amourette, for piano, Op. 1; In Lilting Rhythm, for piano, Op. 2; Idyls (6) after Goethe, for piano, Op. 28; Sonata for Piano no 3 in D minor ...
Performers: Barbagallo, James

American Classics - MacDowell: Piano Music Vol 1 /Barbagallo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches (10) for piano, Op. 51; Sea Pieces (8) for piano, Op. 55; Fireside Tales (6) for piano, Op. 61; New England Idyls (10) for piano, Op. 62
Performers: Barbagallo, James

"These are indeed fine performances, and it's a shame that the late James Barbagallo lived to complete only four discs in his projected series of...continue...

American Classics - MacDowell: Piano Music Vol 4 /Barbagallo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-07-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Etude de concert, Op. 36; Second Modern Suite for piano, Op. 14; Serenata for piano, Op. 16; Fantasiestücke (2) for piano, Op. 17; Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 39
Performers: Barbagallo, James

"I can hardly imagine it played with greater warmth or affection than by James Barbagallo" wrote Gramophone magazine when reviewing a previous disc in this...continue...

American Classics - MacDowell: Piano Music Vol 3 /Barbagallo

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-06-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Sonata for Piano no 4 in E minor ("Keltic"), Op. 59; Forgotten Fairytales (4), for piano, Op. 4; Poems (6) of Heinrich Heine, for piano, Op. 31; Virtuoso Etudes (12) for piano, Op. ...
Performers: Barbagallo, James

A contemporary of Debussy at the Paris Conservatoire and later a pupil of Raff in Frankfurt, Edward MacDowell was the first American Composer to achieve...continue...

American Classics - MacDowell: Complete Songs / Tharp, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-05-01

Works: Edward MacDowell: Menie, Op. 34/1; My Jean, Op. 34/2,; Bitte, for voice & piano, Op. 33/1; Geistliches Wiegenlied, for voice & piano, Op. 33/2; Idylle, for voice & piano, Op. 33/3; Tyrant Love for vo...
Performers: Barbagallo, James; Tharp, Steven

Edward MacDowell spent his formative years in Europe, where his music was championed by Liszt. Settings of English, Scottish and German verse are given here...continue...