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American Classics

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CHAN 241-23
 
Multiple Set of 2 CDs
American Classics
Running Time: 140:12
CD UPC: 0095115242322

Release Date: April 2005
Originally recorded in January 2005
Composer
Aaron Copland
Composer
Duke Ellington
Composer
George Gershwin
Composer
Leonard Bernstein
Composer
Samuel Barber
Composer
Gian Carlo Menotti
Composer
Morton Gould
Composer
William Grant Still
Composer
Anon
Composer
Steve Reich
Genre:
Compilations & Collections

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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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