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The Story Of American Classical Music / Scherer, Et Al

Release Date: 06/21/2005
Label: Naxos Catalog #: 8558164-65 Spars Code: n/a
Composer: William Henry Fry, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Edward MacDowell, Arthur Foote, George W. Chadwick,
Henry Hadley, Amy Marcy Beach, Charles T. Griffes, Charles Wakefield Cadman,
Charles Ives, John Philip Sousa, Scott Joplin, George Gershwin,
George Antheil, Walter Piston, Aaron Copland, Zez Confrey,
William Schuman, Samuel Barber, John Cage, Leonard Bernstein,
Gunther Schuller, Alan Hovhaness, Elliott Carter, George Rochberg,
Philip Glass, John Adams, Michael Torke
Performer: Stephen Prutsman, James Barbagallo, Alan Feinberg, Michael Lewin, Peter Zazofsky,
Paul Posnak, Alexander Peskanov, Scott Goff, Eteri Andjaparidze,
Karina Gauvin, Boris Berman, Mike Eldred, Betsi Morrison,
Mark Wait, Peter Skaerved, Adele Anthony, Colin Currie

Conductor: Tony Rowe, Richard Rosenberg, Arthur Fagen, Kenneth Schermerhorn, John McLaughlin Williams,
James Sinclair, Keith Brion, James Judd, Daniel Spalding,
Gerard Schwarz, Jos� Serebrier, Marin Alsop, Alan Hovhaness,
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, Takuo Yuasa
Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Da Vinci Quartet,
Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Royal Artillery Band,
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra,
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Eaken Piano Trio, Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Ulster Orchestra, Bournemouth Sinfonietta Orchestra

Number of Discs: 2
Recorded in: Stereo
Length: 2 Hours 38 Mins.

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Think 'American classical music' and what names spring to mind? Gershwin, Copland, Bernstein? Scott Joplin, Stephen Foster, John Philip Sousa? These composers deserve their worldwide popularity. But from colonial times to our time, America's concert legacy also contains riches unfamiliar even to sophisticated music lovers. This entertaining, fact-filled Story of American Classical Music celebrates that legacy. An authoritative 130-page booklet investigates the greatest composers familiar and unfamiliar: American Romantics like Louis Moreau Gottschalk and Edward MacDowell, visionary modernists like Charles Ives and John Cage, buoyant spirits like Sousa, Joplin and Ferde Grof�, as well as figures at today's cutting edge like John Adams, Philip Glass and Michael Torke. Setting their work against America's tempestuous history, the essay is illustrated by over two hours of selected masterpieces on two CDs.


Works on This Recording		Back to Top

1.	Macbeth: Overture by William Henry Fry
	Conductor: Tony Rowe Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1862; USA


2.	Symphonie romantique, RO 255 "La nuit des tropiques": 2nd movement, Festa criolla by Louis Moreau Gottschalk
	Conductor: Richard Rosenberg Orchestra/Ensemble: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1858-1859; Antilles


3.	Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 23: Largo - Molto allegro by Edward MacDowell
	Performer: Stephen Prutsman (Piano) Conductor: Arthur Fagen Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: USA


4.	Quartet for Piano and Strings in C major, Op. 23: 1st movement, Allegro comodo by Arthur Foote
	Performer: James Barbagallo (Piano) Orchestra/Ensemble: Da Vinci Quartet


5.	Angel of Death by George W. Chadwick
	Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: 1917-1918; USA


6.	Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 64 "North, East, South, and West": 3rd movement, South by Henry Hadley
	Conductor: John McLaughlin Williams Orchestra/Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra


7.	Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C sharp minor, Op. 45: 3rd movement, Largo by Amy Marcy Beach
	Performer: Alan Feinberg (Piano) Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: Romantic Written: USA


8.	Preludes (3) for Piano: no 2 by Charles T. Griffes
	Performer: Michael Lewin (Piano) Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


9.	American Indian Songs (4), Op. 45 no 1: From the land of the sky-blue water by Charles Wakefield Cadman
	Performer: Peter Zazofsky (Violin), Paul Posnak (Piano) Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1909; USA


10.	Symphony no 2: 4th movement, Lento maestoso by Charles Ives
	Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


11.	Contemplations (2): no 1, The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives
	Conductor: James Sinclair Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Period: 20th Century Written: 1906; USA


12.	Country Band March by Charles Ives
	Conductor: James Sinclair Orchestra/Ensemble: Northern Sinfonia Period: 20th Century Written: 1903; USA


13.	King Cotton by John Philip Sousa
	Conductor: Keith Brion Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Artillery Band Period: Romantic Written: 1895; USA


14.	Maple Leaf Rag by Scott Joplin
	Performer: Alexander Peskanov (Piano) Conductor: James Judd Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1899; USA


15.	Cuban Overture by George Gershwin
	Conductor: James Judd Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1932; USA


16.	Symphony for 5 Instruments: 3rd movement, Presto by George Antheil
	Conductor: Daniel Spalding Orchestra/Ensemble: Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Period: 20th Century


17.	Incredible Flutist: Spanish Waltz by Walter Piston
	Performer: Scott Goff (Flute) Conductor: Gerard Schwarz Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


18.	Billy the Kid: Suite - Finale by Aaron Copland
	Conductor: James Judd Orchestra/Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century


19.	Kitten on the Keys by Zez Confrey
	Performer: Eteri Andjaparidze (Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1921; USA


20.	New England Triptych: Chester by William Schuman
	Conductor: Jos� Serebrier Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1956; USA


21.	Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24: It has become that time of evening by Samuel Barber
	Performer: Karina Gauvin (Soprano) Conductor: Marin Alsop Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


22.	Totem Ancestor for Prepared Piano by John Cage
	Performer: Boris Berman (Prepared Piano) Period: 20th Century Written: 1943; USA


23.	West Side Story: Tonight by Leonard Bernstein
	Performer: Mike Eldred (Voice), Betsi Morrison (Voice) Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1957; USA


24.	Trio for Piano and Strings: 3rd movement, With swing by Gunther Schuller
	Orchestra/Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio


25.	Symphony no 22, Op. 236 "City of Light": 2nd movement, Angel of Light by Alan Hovhaness
	Conductor: Alan Hovhaness Orchestra/Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


26.	Concerto for Piano: 1st movement by Elliott Carter
	Performer: Mark Wait (Piano) Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn Orchestra/Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


27.	Concerto for Violin: Introduction by George Rochberg
	Performer: Peter Skaerved (Violin) Conductor: Christopher Lyndon-Gee Orchestra/Ensemble: Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USA


28.	Concerto for Violin: 3rd movement by Philip Glass
	Performer: Adele Anthony (Violin) Conductor: Takuo Yuasa Orchestra/Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1987; USA


29.	Fanfares (2) for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams
	Conductor: Marin Alsop Orchestra/Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1986; USA


30.	Concerto for Percussion "Rapture": Metals by Michael Torke
	Performer: Colin Currie (Percussion) Conductor: Marin Alsop Orchestra/Ensemble: Royal Scottish National Orchestra Period: 20th Century


Sound Samples				Back to Top

Macbeth Overture Overture to Macbeth
Symphonie romantique, "La nuit des tropiques" (A Night in the Tropics) Symphonie romantique, "A Night in the Tropics": Festa Criolla
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23 IV. Largo - Molto allegro
Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23 I. Allegro comodo
Angel of Death
Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 64, "North, East, South, and West" Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 64: III. South (Allegretto giocoso)
Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45 III. Largo
3 Preludes Prelude No. 2
4 American Indian Songs, Op. 45 (arr. G Yost) 4 American Indian Songs, Op.45: No. 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (arr. G. Yost)
Symphony No. 2 IV. Lento maestoso
The Unanswered Question
Country Band March
King Cotton
Maple Leaf Rag
Cuban Overture
Symphony for 5 Instruments Symphony for Five Instruments: III. Presto
The Incredible Flutist Spanish Waltz
Billy the Kid Suite Billy the Kid, Suite: Finale
Kitten on the Keys
New England Triptych III. Chester
Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 Orchestral Introduction - It has become that time of evening
Totem Ancestor
West Side Story Act I: Tonight
Piano Trio III. With Swing
Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light" II. Angel of Light (Largo)
Piano Concerto Movement I
Violin Concerto (original version): Introduction
Violin Concerto Movement III
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Rapture Percussion Concerto, "": III. Metals (excerpt)

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