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American Classics Sampler

Keith Brion · Kenneth Schermerhorn · Arthur Fagen · John McLaughlin Williams · Marin Alsop · Takuo Yuasa · Theodore Kuchar · William T. Stromberg · Nashville Symphony · National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

Naxos2001Cat. 8.55911849m12 tracks

American Classics Sampler (2001), CD, on Naxos. Music by Charles Ives, Edward MacDowell, Ferde Grofé, George Frederick McKay, performed by Keith Brion, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Arthur Fagen, John McLaughlin Williams; 12 tracks.

Composers

Charles Ives1 Edward MacDowell1 Ferde Grofé1 George Frederick McKay1 Howard Hanson1 John Cage1 John Philip Sousa1 Morton Gould1 Philip Glass1 Samuel Barber1 Victor Herbert1 William Henry Fry1

Tracklist

01

March: Hands Across the Sea

John Philip Sousa - Hands Across the Sea

2:46

03

Mississippi Suite: I. Father of Waters

Ferde Grofé - Mississippi Suite (A Tone Journey)

William T. Stromberg, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

3:14

05

From a Moonlit Ceremony: I. Evocation

George Frederick McKay - From a Moonlit Ceremony

John McLaughlin Williams, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

3:49

06

Violin Concerto: I.

Philip Glass - Violin Concerto no. 1

Takuo Yuasa, Ulster Orchestra, Adele Anthony

6:47

08

Victor Herbert - Al fresco

3:35

09

The Breaking Heart (excerpt)

William Henry Fry - The Breaking Heart

Royal Scottish National Orchestra

4:42

10

Symphony no. 2: I. Andante moderato (excerpt)

Charles Ives - Symphony no. 2, S. 2

Kenneth Schermerhorn, Nashville Symphony

5:37

11

Morton Gould - Foster Gallery

Theodore Kuchar, National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

2:09

12

Prelude for Meditation

John Cage - Prelude for Meditation

0:53

14

Adagio for Strings

Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings

Marin Alsop, Royal Scottish National Orchestra

7:45

15

Merry Mount Suite: Love Duet

Howard Hanson - Suite from Merry Mount

Kenneth Schermerhorn, Nashville Symphony

5:43

16

Edward MacDowell - 2 Fantasiestücke, op. 17

Arthur Fagen, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra

3:04