American Classics
American Classics is a new series from EMI which will feature, over several releases, recordings of as many different American composers as is possible. These will be single CD releases and, where possible, 2-CD sets, of music of different genres, including symphonies, concertos and purely orchestral works with some instrumental, chamber, song and opera.
Before the 20th century, there was very little in the way of American concert music. There was a handful of composers who were notable exceptions but these almost always followed the European compositional traditions. Not until the arrival of Charles Ives (1874-1954) could America boast an original, native-born, composer of it's own.
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Ride on King Jesus
Florence Quivar sings black music of America
Florence Quivar (mezzo soprano)
Harlem Boys’ Choir, Walter Turnbull
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Three rarely heard scores for American Ballet Theatre - George Antheil's blowsy Capital of the World, William Schuman's dramatic Undertow, Morton Gould's allusively effective Fall River Legend... — More…
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Copland - Symphony No. 3 & Dance Symphony Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Orquesta Filharmónica de la Cuidad de Mexico, Eduardo Mata, Enrique Bátiz
Copland's monumental Third Symphony and the lively Danzón Cubano are well played and handsomely recorded; but the Mexico orchestra under Bátiz is less secure in the Dance Symphony. — More…
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Berlin, I: Annie Get Your Gun Kim Criswell, Thomas Hampson, Jason Graae, Rebecca Luker, David Garrison, David Healy, Alfred Marks, Gregory Jbara, Simon Green, Peta Bartlett, Kerry Potter, Hayley Spencer, Emma Long, Frank Keating, Nick Curtis, Carey Wilson, Michael Pearn & Clare Buckfield
Ambrosian Chorus & London...
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Grofé - Suites Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra & Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Ferde Grofé & Felix Slatkin
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Ives - Piano Trio & Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 & 4 Deborah Voigt, Brian Zeger, Glenn Dictenow, Alan Staphansky & Israela Margalit
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John Adams City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & London Chamber Orchestra, Simon Rattle & Christopher Warren-Green
Under Rattle the foxtrot from The Chairman Dances has unabated energy — More…
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Samuel Barber Barbara Hendricks
London Symphony Orchestra & Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin & Michael Tilson Thomas
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