American Classics Sampler

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Hands Across the Sea (arr. P. Parkes) (more info)
Performed by: Royal Artillery Band
Composed by: John Philip Sousa
Conducted by: Keith Brion Peter Parkes Lowell Graham E. W. Jeanes


1.   March: Hands Across the Sea - 2:45


Dizzy Fingers (more info)
Composed by: Zez Confrey
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano
Richard Dowling, piano


2.   Dizzy Fingers - 1:49


Mississippi, "A Journey in Tones" (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ferde Grofe
Conducted by: William Stromberg
Recording date: 27th to 28th July, 1998


3.   Mississippi Suite: I. Father of Waters - 3:13


Tournament Galop (arr. J. Elliott) (more info)
Performed by: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Jack Elliott Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Conducted by: Richard Rosenberg William Stromberg


4.   Tournament Galop - 3:19


Moonlit Ceremony (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: George Frederick McKay
Conducted by: John McLaughlin Williams


5.   From a Moonlit Ceremony: I. Evocation - 3:48


Violin Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
Adele Anthony, violin
Recording date: 19th to 21st May, 1999


6.   Violin Concerto: I. - 6:42


Melody, Op. 44 (more info)
Composed by: Arthur Foote
Recording date: 15th March and 8th and 19th April 1999


7.   Melody for Violin and Piano, Op. 44 - 4:53


It Happened in Nordland (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Victor Herbert
Conducted by: Keith Brion


8.   Al Fresco - 3:35


The Breaking Heart (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Composed by: William Henry Fry
Conducted by: Tony Rowe


9.   The Breaking Heart (excerpt) - 4:41


Symphony No. 2 (more info)
Performed by: Detroit Symphony Orchestra Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Charles Ives
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn Neeme Jarvi


10.   Symphony No. 2: I. Andante moderato (excerpt) - 5:35


Foster Gallery (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Morton Gould
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar


11.   Comptown Races - 2:09


Prelude for Meditation (more info)
Composed by: John Cage
Boris Berman, piano


12.   Prelude for Meditation - 0:53


Quintet for Flute and String Quartet (more info)
Composed by: Walter Piston
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar
Michele Walsh, violin
Dimity Hall, violin
Anthony Gault, violin
Randolph Kelly, viola
Judith Glyde, cello
Carol Ou, cello
Michael Gurt, piano
Ian Munro, piano
Olga Shylayeva, flute
James Buswell, violin


13.   Quintet for Flute and String Quartet: I. Allegro Moderato grazioso - 4:51


Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (more info)
Performed by: CBC Vancouver Orchestra Detroit Symphony Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Capella Istropolitana Musici de Montreal, I New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Samuel Barber
Conducted by: Marin Alsop Mario Bernardi Geoffrey Simon Adrian Leaper Neeme Jarvi Andrew Schenck
Janos Balint, flute
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Bela Banfalvi, violin
Reinhold Friedrich, trumpet
Lajos Lencses, oboe


14.   Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 - 7:38


Merry Mount Suite, Op. 31 (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Howard Hanson
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn


15.   Merry Mount Suite: Love Duet - 5:43


2 Fantasiestucke, Op. 17 (more info)
Performed by: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edward MacDowell Stephen Prutsman
Conducted by: Arthur Fagen
James Barbagallo, piano


16.   Hexentanz (Witches' Dance) Op. 17 No. 2 - 3:00

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