The American Collection

~ Release by Leonard Slatkin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites
2▶CD: Bernstein: Songfest - Varèse: Arcana
3▶CD: Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra - Dance Symphony - Short Symphony
4▶CD: Copland: Music for Films
5▶CD: Copland: Symphony no. 3 - Music for a Great City
6▶CD: Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance - Symphony no. 1
7▶CD: Corigliano: Tournaments - Fantasia on an Ostinato - Elegy - Piano Concerto
8▶CD: Ives: The Unanswered Question - Central Park in the Dark - Symphony no. 3
9▶CD: Schuman: American Festival Overture - New England Triptych - Symphony no. 10
10▶CD: Piston: The Incredible Flutist - 3 New England Sketches - Symphony no. 6
11▼CD: The Music of Joseph Schwantner
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Velocities
marimba:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
recording of:
Velocities (Moto perpetuo)
composer:
Joseph Schwantner (American composer)
Joseph Schwantner7:28
2Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: I. Con forza
percussion:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
orchestra:
National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C. – refer to the UK one instead for musical theatre recordings)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: I. Con forza
composer:
Joseph Schwantner (American composer)
part of:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Joseph Schwantner5:27
3Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: II. Misterioso
percussion:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
orchestra:
National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C. – refer to the UK one instead for musical theatre recordings)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: II. In Memoriam. Misterioso
composer:
Joseph Schwantner (American composer)
part of:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Joseph Schwantner12:40
4Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: III. Ritmico con brio
percussion:
Evelyn Glennie (percussionist)
orchestra:
National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C. – refer to the UK one instead for musical theatre recordings)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: III. Ritmico con brio
composer:
Joseph Schwantner (American composer)
part of:
Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra
Joseph Schwantner9:48
5New Morning for the World: "Daybreak of Freedom"
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
orchestra:
National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C. – refer to the UK one instead for musical theatre recordings)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
New Morning for the World
lyricist:
Martin Luther King, Jr. (American minister and civil rights activist)
composer:
Joseph Schwantner (American composer) (in 1982)
Joseph Schwantner25:57
12▶CD: The American Album
13▶CD: Leonard Slatkin conducts American Portraits