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Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3 (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Henry Cowell
Conducted by: Jorge Mester
Recording date: 30 November 1967


1. Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3: Part 1 - 3:47


Suite for Symphonic Strings (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Lou Harrison
Conducted by: Robert S. Whitney


2. Suite for Symphonic Strings: Canonic Variations, "In Honor of Apollo" - 4:50


Symphony No. 15, Op. 199, "Silver Pilgrimage" (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Alan Hovhaness
Conducted by: Lawrence Leighton Smith Robert S. Whitney


3. Symphony No. 15: I. Mount Ravanna - 4:40


Variazioni (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Luigi Dallapiccola
Conducted by: Robert S. Whitney Gianandrea Noseda


4. Variazioni per Orchestra: I. Quasi lento, misterioso - 2:55


Serenata (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra New York Chamber Symphony
Composed by: Walter Piston
Conducted by: Robert S. Whitney Gerard Schwarz


5. Sereneta for Orchestra: II. Con sentimento - 5:35


Violin Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Roy Harris
Conducted by: Lawrence Leighton Smith
Gregory Fulkerson, violin


6. Violin Concerto: Section Four - 3:53


Dancas caracteristicas africanas (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Heitor Villa-Lobos Roberto Duarte
Conducted by: Jorge Mester
Recording date: 10 to 15 May 1993


7. Danses Africaines: III - 3:36


Sinfonia Elegiaca, "Symphony no. 2" (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Andrzej Panufnik
Conducted by: Robert S. Whitney


8. Sinfonia Elegiaca: III. Molto andante - 5:57


Pieces for Prepared Piano and Strings (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Toshiro Mayuzumi
Conducted by: Robert S. Whitney
Benjamin Owen, piano


9. Pieces for Prepared Piano and Strings: II. Interlude - 2:22


Echoes of Time and the River, "Echoes II" (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: George Crumb
Conducted by: Jorge Mester
Recording date: 15 December 1970


10. Echoes of Time and the River: I. Frozen Time - 4:48


Piano Concerto in 6 Movements (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Conducted by: Jorge Mester
Ned Rorem, piano
Jerome Lowenthal, piano
Recording date: 9 April 9 1973


11. Piano Concerto in Six Movements: III. Whispers - 3:38


Gazebo Dances (version for orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: John Corigliano
Conducted by: Lawrence Leighton Smith
Recording date: 21 February 1992


12. Gazebo Dances: IV. Tarantella: Allegro - 2:20


The Trojan Women (more info)
Performed by: Louisville Orchestra
Composed by: Karel Husa
Conducted by: Akira Endo


13. The Trojan Women: V. Scene IV - 5:01


Phantasmata (more info)
Performed by: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Christopher Rouse
Conducted by: David Zinman


14. Phantasmata: The Infernal Machine - 5:17


Silver Ladders (more info)
Performed by: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Joan Tower
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Recording date: 25 November 1984


15. Silver Ladders: Section III. - 6:34


Symphony No. 2, "Aussohnung" (more info)
Performed by: Houston Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Tobias Picker
Conducted by: Sergiu Comissiona
Leona Mitchell, soprano


16. Symphony No. 2: Movement 1 - 4:21


Ulysses' Bow (more info)
Performed by: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: John Harbison
Andre Previn, piano


17. Ulysses' Bow: Scene V: Reunion - 4:48

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