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American masterpieces : works by Bernstein, Ives, Schuman, Barber, Gould, Griffes, MacDowell, Gershwin, Gottschalk, Benjamin, Rodgers, Thomson.
LIBRA Sony 63034 CD
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orchestral music.
- Overtures.
- Variations (Orchestra), Arranged.
- Orchestral music, Arranged.
- String orchestra music, Arranged.
- Genre:
- Orchestral music.
- Orchestral music, Arranged.
- String orchestra music, Arranged.
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, NY] : Sony, 1997.
- System Details:
- Compact disc.
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- stereo
- digital recording
- Contents:
- Candide: Overture / Bernstein
- Variations on "America" / Ives
- New England triptych / Schuman
- Adagio for strings, op. 11 / Barber
- American salute / Gould
- The pleasure dome of Kubla Khan / Griffes
- To a wild rose / MacDowell
- Promenade / Gershwin
- Grand walkaround / Gottschalk
- Jamaican rumba / Benjamin
- Slaughter on Tenth Avenue / Rodgers
- Acadian songs and dances / Thomson.
- Participant:
- Cleveland Pops Orchestra ; Louis Lane, conductor (1st, 9th-11th works) ; Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor (2nd, 4th-5th, 7th works) ; New York Philharmonic ; Andre Kostelanetz, conductor (3rd, 8th works) ; Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra (6th work).
- Notes:
- "Consists of previously released material."
- The 2nd work originally for organ ; the 4th work originally for string quartet ; the 6th-8th works originally for piano; the 9th work originally for 2 pianos.
- Louisiana story by Thomson awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music, 1949
- Contains:
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Candide. Overture
- Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Variations on America; arranged
- Schuman, William, 1910-1992. New England triptych.
- Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1, op. 11, B minor. Adagio; arranged
- Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. American salute.
- Griffes, Charles Tomlinson, 1884-1920. Pleasure-dome of Kubla Khan; arranged.
- MacDowell, Edward, 1860-1908. Woodland sketches. To a wild rose; arranged.
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Shall we dance. Walking the dog
- Gottschalk, Louis Moreau, 1829-1869. Grand walkaround; arranged.
- Benjamin, Arthur, 1893-1960. Jamaican pieces. Jamaican rumba; arranged.
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. On your toes. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
- Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Louisiana story. Selections
- OCLC:
- 38165706
- Publisher Number:
- SBK 63034 Sony
- DIDP 092758 Sony
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