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American Classics
COMPACT DISC ONE
AARON COPLAND
1.
Fanfare for the Common Man
3:23
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo
CHAN 9210 Copland/Gershwin etc.
JOHN COOLIDGE ADAMS
2.
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
4:20
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Stephen Mosko
CHAN 9363 Adams/Lang: Works for Wind Ensemble
DUKE ELLINGTON
3.
Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
4:08
Center City Brass Quintet
CHAN 4554 On the Town
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
4.
The Stars and Stripes Forever
3:17
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6648 Favourite Encores
GEORGE GERSHWIN
5.
'Promenade' from Walking the Dog
3:53
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6648 Favourite Encores
DUKE ELLINGTON
6.
'Giggling Rapids' from The River
2:54
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
7.
'Riffs' from Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
4:23
Harmen de Boer/Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo
CHAN 9210 Copland/Gershwin etc.
DUKE ELLINGTON
8.
Solitude
3:58
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works
SAMUEL BARBER
9.
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
8:38
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9684 Barber: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 etc.
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI
10.
Pavanne from Sebastian
4:53
Spoleto Festival Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9900 Menotti: Apocalisse etc.
MORTON GOULD
11.
Gospel Train
2:02
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
CHAN 9848 Composers in New York
DUKE ELLINGTON
12.
'Meander' from The River
3:58
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
13.
Mvt II from Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race)
8:16
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
14.
Washington Post
2:32
The Band of the Blues and Royals/Major E.W. Jeanes
CHAN 6517 The Invincible Eagle: Famous Sousa Marches
GEORGE GERSHWIN
15.
Girl Crazy Overture
5:45
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9325 Gershwin: An American in Paris etc.
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
16.
Liberty Bell
3:40
Band of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell/Squadron Leader D.S. Stephens
CHAN 6585 633 Squadron: The Dambusters March etc.
COMPACT DISC TWO
GEORGE GERSHWIN
1.
Rhapsody in Blue
16:56
Howard Shelley/Philharmonia Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier
ANON
2.
Steal Away to Jesus (American Spiritual)
3:40
Willard White/Graeme McNaught
CHAN 8960 Williard White sings Copland etc.
GEORGE GERSHWIN
3.
Summertime
4:13
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
CHAN 9216 Academy Classics
SAMUEL BARBER
4.
'Must the winter come so soon?' from Vanessa
2:35
Susan Graham/BBC Symphnoy Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
CHAN 5032(2) Barber: Vanessa
GEORGE GERSHWIN
5.
'Porgy Sings' from Catfish Row
4:43
Howard Shelley/BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9325 Gershwin: An American in Paris etc.
STEVE REICH
6.
Nagoya Marimbas
4:35
Safri Duo/Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard
CHAN 9645 Bach to the Future etc.
WILLIAM GRANT STILL
7.
Mvt III from Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American)
3:07
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jävi
CHAN 9154 Still: Symphony No. 1 etc.
SAMUEL BARBER
8.
Intermezzo from Vanessa
3:19
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9908 Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra etc.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
9.
'America' from West Side Story
2:45
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo
CHAN 9210 Copland/Gershwin etc.
GEORGE GERSHWIN
10.
'It ain't Necessarily So' from Porgy and Bess
2:31
Center City Brass Quintet
CHAN 4554 On the Town
AARON COPLAND
11.
Mvt II from Concerto for Clarinet
8:01
Janet Hilton/Scottish National Orchestra/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 8618 Copland, Lutoslawski & Nielsen
DUKE ELLINGTON
12.
'Riba' from The River
3:19
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works
AARON COPLAND
13.
'Simple Gifts' from Old American Songs, Set I
1:49
Willard White/Graeme McNaught
CHAN 8960 Willard White sings Copland etc.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
14.
'Blues' from Divertimento
1:31
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
CHAN 9889 Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 etc.
GEORGE GERSHWIN
15.
Strike up the Band Overture
7:08
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9325 Gershwin: An American in Paris etc.
70:50
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Reviews
Chandos plunders its American back-catalogue for this attractive and rather handy sampler of 20th-century Americana.
Classic FM Magazine
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