50 Best American Classics

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1Bamboula
piano:
Leonard Pennario (pianist / composer)
recording of:
Bamboula, op. 2
composer:
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (American composer) (from 1844 until 1845)
part of:
Works of Louis Moreau Gottschalk by opus number (number: op. 2)
Louis Moreau Gottschalk6:51
2My Old Kentucky Home
vocals:
Salli Terri
recording of:
My Old Kentucky Home - Good-Night! (Stephen Foster)
lyricist and composer:
Stephen Foster (composer)
Stephen Foster3:56
3Oedipus Tyrannus, op. 35
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Kenneth Klein (American conductor)
recording of:
Oedipus Tyrannus, op. 35: Prelude
composer:
John Knowles Paine (American composer) (from 1880 until 1881)
part of:
Oedipus Tyrannus, op. 35
John Knowles Paine9:10
4Festival Overture on 'The Star Spangled Banner'
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Kenneth Klein (American conductor)
recording of:
Festival Overture on "The Star-Spangled Banner"
composer:
Dudley Buck (composer, organist) (in 1879)
is based on:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
Dudley Buck6:47
5To a Wild Rose
piano:
Dame Moura Lympany (British pianist)
recording of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51: No. 1. To a Wild Rose (original for solo piano)
composer:
Edward MacDowell (American composer, pianist) (in 1896)
part of:
10 Woodland Sketches, op. 51
Edward MacDowell1:36
6The Liberty Bell
instruments:
The Great American Main Street Band
conductor:
Timothy W. Foley
recording of:
The Liberty Bell
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1893)
arrangement of:
The Devil’s Deputy
John Philip Sousa3:44
7The Entertainer
piano:
Joshua Rifkin
recording of:
The Entertainer
composer:
Scott Joplin (composer and pianist) (in 1902)
publisher:
Chappell, EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!) and Multimood Music (publisher)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 25)
Scott Joplin5:23
8Suite in E for Strings, op. 63: Pizzicato and Adagietto (Capriccioso. Allegretto)
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Kenneth Klein (American conductor)
recording of:
Suite for String Orchestra, op. 63: II. Pizzicato and Adagietto
composer:
Arthur William Foote (American composer) (in 1908)
part of:
Suite for String Orchestra, op. 63
Arthur William Foote8:29
9The Half-Ring Moon
soprano vocals:
Deborah Voigt (soprano)
recording of:
The Half-Ring Moon
composer:
Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Charles Tomlinson Griffes1:19
10At the River
piano:
John McCabe (composer and pianist)
soprano vocals:
Marni Nixon
recording of:
At the River, S. 214
lyricist:
Robert Lowry (American hymn writer, 1826-1899) (in 1865)
composer:
Charles Ives (American composer) (in 1916)
part of:
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Music of Charles Ives (number: S. 214)
Charles Ives1:59
11Rhapsody in Blue (opening)
grand piano:
Wayne Marshall (British pianist, organist and conductor)
orchestra:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Simon Rattle (conductor)
partial recording of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 jazz band version, less often performed)
orchestrator:
Ferde Grofé (pianist, arranger, conductor and composer) (in 1924)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1924)
was commissioned by:
Paul Whiteman (in 1924)
publisher:
Harms, Inc. (in 1924)
premiered at:
Aeolian Hall in New York, New York, United States (on 1924-02-12)
version of:
Rhapsody in Blue (original 1924 two-piano manuscript version)
George Gershwin4:37
12Prelude no. 2 in C-sharp minor
piano:
Leonard Pennario (pianist / composer)
recording of:
Three Preludes: No. 2. Andante con moto e poco rubato (original version for piano)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1926)
part of:
Three Preludes (original for piano)
George Gershwin3:18
13Skyscrapers
orchestra:
London Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Kenneth Klein (American conductor)
recording of:
Skyscrapers
composer:
John Alden Carpenter (American composer) (in 1924)
John Alden Carpenter12:07
14Symphony no. 2 "Romantic": II. Andante con tenerezza
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recording of:
Symphony no. 2, op. 30 "Romantic": II. Andante con tenerezza
composer:
Howard Hanson (American composer and conductor) (in 1930)
publisher:
Carl Fischer Inc.
part of:
Symphony no. 2, op. 30 "Romantic"
Howard Hanson8:08
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