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50 Best American Classics

Year

2012

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

4h 0m 27s

Performers

Leonard Pennario, Salli Terri, London Symphony Orchestra, Kenneth Klein, Dame Moura Lympany, Timothy Foley, The Great American Main Street Band, Joshua Rifkin, Deborah Voigt, Marni Nixon, John McCabe, Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Barbara Hendricks, Monty Alexander Trio, Felix Slatkin, Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, John McGlinn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir Neville Marriner, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Joseph Levine, Ballet Theatre Orchestra, Peter Lawson, London Sinfonietta, Nathan Gunn, Kevin Murphy, Christopher Warren-Green, Ransom Wilson, Oliver Knussen, Sir Simon Rattle, Thomas Ades

Publication Information

Warner Classics

Songs

1 Bamboula 00:06:53
2 My Old Kentucky Home 00:03:56
3 Oedipus Tyrannus Prelude, Op. 35 00:09:11
4 Festival Overture on "The Star Spangled Banner" 00:06:46
5 10 Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: No. 1, To a Wild Rose 00:01:37
6 The Liberty Bell 00:03:42
7 The Entertainer 00:05:25
8 Suite in E for Strings, Op. 63: Pizzicato and Adagietto (Capriccioso. Allegretto) 00:08:25
9 The Half-Ring Moon 00:01:21
10 At the River 00:02:00
11 Gershwin / Orch. Grofé: Rhapsody in Blue (Opening) 00:04:40
12 Three Preludes: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor 00:03:21
13 Skyscrapers 00:20:58
14 Symphony No. 2 "Romantic": II. Andante Con Tenerezza 00:08:08
15 Mood Indigo 00:04:11
16 Grand Canyon Suite: On The Trail 00:07:22
17 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Roberta, 1933) 00:04:26
18 Anything Goes: Overture 00:05:12
19 Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a (After "Molto adagio" from String Quartet, Op. 11) 00:08:32
20 The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite: Pastorale (Grass) 00:01:25
21 The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite: Cattle 00:02:29
22 The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite: Blues (Speculation) 00:02:26
23 Rodgers: Pal Joey: "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" (Vera Simpson) 00:04:56
24 Strayhorn: Take the A Train 00:09:09
25 Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man 00:03:42
26 Appalachian Spring: Very Slowly 00:03:31
27 Appalachian Spring: Allegro 00:02:51
28 Undertow: The Transgressor and Medusa - Love and Death 00:01:55
29 Undertow: Alone, the Transgressor writhes in fear 00:01:39
30 Undertow: Finale - The Transgressor atones for his fatal act 00:02:38
31 Sessions: Piano Sonata No. 2: III. Misuranto e pesante 00:04:47
32 Berlin, I.: Annie Get Your Gun, Act 1: No. 1, Overture 00:03:57
33 The Lordly Hudson (Paul Goodman) 00:02:13
34 Fall River Legend: Elegy 00:02:52
35 Fall River Legend: Church Social 00:02:53
36 Fall River Legend: Hymnal Variations 00:03:40
37 Fall River Legend: Cotillion 00:03:39
38 The Little Horses (Lullaby) 00:02:27
39 The Dodger (Campaign Song) 00:02:15
40 Long Time Ago (Ballad) 00:02:54
41 Simple Gifts (Shaker Song) 00:01:43
42 Capital Of The World - Abridged: Part 1 - The Street 00:06:16
43 Candide (Overture) 00:04:20
44 Rozart Mix (1965) 00:07:16
45 Over the Piano (Arnold Weinstein) 00:03:13
46 Glass: Façades 00:07:49
47 Vermont counterpoint 00:08:43
48 Carter: Three Occasions for Orchestra: III. Anniversary 00:06:57
49 Adams: Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine 00:04:18
50 Three Canons for Ursula: Canon 5/7 00:05:28

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