Collection of selections originally recorded and released between 1971 and 1983. Durations provided. Program notes; and, a short essay, "America's musical century," by Kenneth Chalmers, in English, with German and French translations, inserted. Kenneth Hicks ; Los Angeles Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, piano & conductor ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor ; Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fieldler, conductor ; New York Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor ; Siegel-Schwall Band ; Houston Grand Opera Chorus & Orchestra ; Gunther Schuller, conductor ; with soloists.
Contents:
disc 1. Rhapsody in blue (Los Angeles Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, piano & conductor) ; An American in Paris (San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor) / George Gershwin -- West side story. Symphonic dances (Los Angeles Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) / Leonard Bernstein -- Stars and stripes forever (Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fieldler, conductor) / John Philip Sousa -- Central Park in the dark ; The unanswered question (New York Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) / Charles Ives -- disc 2. Adagio for strings op.11 (Los Angeles Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) / Samuel Barber -- Appalachian spring (Los Angeles Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) / Aaron Copland -- Three pieces for blues band and symphony orchestra op. 50 (Siegel-Schwall Band ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ; Stuart Canin, violin ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor) / William Russo -- The entertainer ; Sugar cane rag ; Maple leaf rag (Boston Pops Orchestra ; Pasquale Cardillo, clarinet ; Jerome Rosen, violin ; Arthur Fieldler, conductor) ; Treemonisha ; We're goin' around ; Aunt Dinah has blowed the horn (Kenneth Hicks ; Houston Grand Opera Chorus & Orchestra ; Gunther Schuller, conductor) / Scott Joplin.
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