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American Classics - American Ballets - Antheil, Schuman, Gould / Joseph Levine, Ballet Theatre Orchestra

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: George Antheil: The Capital of the World Suite (3), for orchestra, W. 198; William Schuman: Undertow, ballet (choreographic episodes); Morton Gould: Fall River Legend, ballet
Conductors: Levine, Joseph
Ensemble: Ballet Theatre Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Three rarely heard scores for American Ballet Theatre - George Antheil's blowsy Capital of the World, William Schuman's dramatic Undertow, Morton Gould's allusively...continue...

EMI American Classics - William Schuman: Violin Concerto; Bernstein / Leonard Slatkin, Robert McDuffie, St. Louis SO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: William Schuman: Concerto for Violin; Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"
Performers: Holmes, Richard [Percussion]; McDuffie, Robert; Sant'Ambrogio, John
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

William Schuman (1910–1992) was born in the Bronx in New York City. He was both a composer and a music administrator. He took up his...continue...