McKay, George Frederick

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...

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...

American Classics - McKay: Epoch / Nardolillo, University of Kentucky SO & Women's Choir

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

Works: George Frederick McKay: Epoch
Conductors: Nardolillo, John
Ensemble: University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra

George Frederick McKay composed 'Epoch', which has lain forgotten for virtually seventy years, as 'An American Dance Symphony'. This new art form was to express...continue...

American Classics - McKay: Violin Concerto, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: George Frederick McKay: Concerto for Violin; Suite on Sixteenth Century Hymn Tunes, version for 2 string orchestras; Sinfonietta no 4; Song over the Great Plains, for piano & orchestra
Performers: Kovaleva, Ludmilla; Reagin, Brian
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Ukrainian Radio/TV Symphony Orchestra

"Those who enjoyed the previous Naxos releases of this rarely played American romantic will want to get this one." - Sullivan, American Record Guide...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...

American Classics - McKay: Suite for Viola, etc / Bolcom

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-09-01

Works: George Frederick McKay: Caricature Dance Suite, for piano; From My Tahoe Window - Summer Moods and Patterns, for piano; Americanistic Etude for piano, Op. 27; An April Suite, fo piano, Op. 3; Dance S...
Performers: Bolcom, William [Composer]; Skelton, John Logan

McKay was the first student to graduate in composition from Eastman. Although his performance instrument was the violin, the piano compositions here included exemplify his...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 - McKay: From a Moonlit Ceremony, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-04-01

Works: George Frederick McKay: From a Moonlit Ceremony, for orchestra; Harbor Narrative, for orchestra; Symphony for Seattle (Evocation Symphony)
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

"...The word "evocative" leaps to mind when I listen to all of this music, and thus McKay's orchestral masterpiece, the 1951 Evocation Symphony for Seattle,...continue...

Reflections of the Northwest / Anthony Spain, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-12-01

Works: Gregory Short: The Raven Speaks, suite for orchestra; George Frederick McKay: Symphony for Seattle (Evocation Symphony); William Bergsma: Serenade
Conductors: Spain, Anthony
Ensemble: Northwest Symphony Orchestra

"...with plenty of depth in the lower strings, and fine winds and brass; they (Northwest Symphony Orchestra) do this music proud. So do the admirable...continue...