The Story of American Classical Music

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Overture to Macbeth (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Composed by: William Henry Fry
Conducted by: Tony Rowe


1.   Overture to Macbeth - 10:37


Symphonie romantique, "A Night in the Tropics": Festa Criolla (more info)
Performed by: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Conducted by: Richard Rosenberg


2.   Symphonie romantique, "A Night in the Tropics": Festa Criolla - 6:03


Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23: IV. Largo - Molto allegro (more info)
Performed by: Ireland National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edward MacDowell
Conducted by: Arthur Fagen
Stephen Prutsman, piano


3.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 23: IV. Largo - Molto allegro - 7:36


Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23: I. Allegro comodo (more info)
Composed by: Arthur Foote
James Barbagallo, piano


4.   Piano Quartet in C major, Op. 23: I. Allegro comodo - 6:42


Angel of Death (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: George Whitefield Chadwick
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn


5.   Angel of Death - 13:30


Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 64: III. South (Allegretto giocoso) (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Henry Kimball Hadley
Conducted by: John McLaughlin Williams


6.   Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 64: III. South (Allegretto giocoso) - 6:39


Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45: III. Largo (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Amy Beach
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Alan Feinberg, piano


7.   Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op. 45: III. Largo - 5:21


3 Preludes: Prelude No. 2 (more info)
Composed by: Charles Tomlinson Griffes
Michael Lewin, piano


8.   3 Preludes: Prelude No. 2 - 1:00


From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, Op. 45, No. 1 (arr. G. Yost) (more info)
Composed by: Charles Wakefield Cadman
Paul Posnak, piano
Peter Zazofsky, violin


9.   From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water, Op. 45, No. 1 - 2:31


Symphony No. 2: IV. Lento maestoso (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Charles Ives
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn


10.   Symphony No. 2: IV. Lento maestoso - 2:23


The Unanswered Question (more info)
Performed by: Northern Sinfonia
Composed by: Charles Ives
Conducted by: James Sinclair


11.   The Unanswered Question - 4:37


Country Band March (more info)
Performed by: Northern Sinfonia
Composed by: Charles Ives
Conducted by: James Sinclair


12.   Country Band March - 4:15


King Cotton (more info)
Performed by: Royal Artillery Band
Composed by: John Philip Sousa
Conducted by: Keith Brion


13.   King Cotton - 2:55


Maple Leaf Rag (more info)
Composed by: Scott Joplin
Alexander Peskanov, piano


14.   Maple Leaf Rag - 3:10

Cuban Overture (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: George Gershwin
Conducted by: James Judd


1.   Cuban Overture - 10:40


Symphony for Five Instruments: III. Presto (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: George Antheil
Conducted by: Daniel Spalding


2.   Symphony for Five Instruments: III. Presto - 2:28


The Incredible Flutist: Spanish Waltz (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Walter Piston
Conducted by: Gerard Schwarz
Scott Goff, flute


3.   The Incredible Flutist: Spanish Waltz - 1:04


Billy the Kid, Suite: Finale (more info)
Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Aaron Copland
Conducted by: James Judd


4.   Billy the Kid, Suite: Finale - 3:22


Kitten on the Keys (more info)
Composed by: Zez Confrey
Eteri Andjaparidze, piano


5.   Kitten on the Keys - 2:31


New England Triptych: III. Chester (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: William Schuman
Conducted by: Jose Serebrier


6.   New England Triptych: III. Chester - 3:16


Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24: Orchestral Introduction - 'It has become that time of evening' (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Composed by: Samuel Barber
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Karina Gauvin, soprano


7.   Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24: Orchestral Introduction - 'It has become that time of evening' - 3:40


Totem Ancestor (more info)
Composed by: John Cage
Boris Berman, piano


8.   Totem Ancestor - 2:03


West Side Story, Act I: Tonight (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Leonard Bernstein
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Mike Eldred, tenor
Betsi Morrison, soprano


9.   West Side Story, Act I: Tonight - 3:54


Piano Trio: III. With Swing (more info)
Composed by: Gunther Schuller


10.   Piano Trio: III. With Swing - 3:25


Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light": II. Angel of Light (Largo) (more info)
Performed by: Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Alan Hovhaness
Conducted by: Alan Hovhaness


11.   Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light": II. Angel of Light (Largo) - 3:53


Piano Concerto: Movement I (more info)
Performed by: Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Elliott Carter
Conducted by: Kenneth Schermerhorn
Mark Wait, piano


12.   Piano Concerto: Movement I - 10:52


Violin Concerto (original version): Introduction (more info)
Performed by: Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: George Rochberg
Conducted by: Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Peter Sheppard Skaerved, violin


13.   Violin Concerto (original version): Introduction - 6:51


Violin Concerto: Movement III (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Philip Glass
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa
Adele Anthony, violin


14.   Violin Concerto: Movement III - 9:25


Short Ride in a Fast Machine (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: John Adams
Conducted by: Marin Alsop


15.   Short Ride in a Fast Machine - 4:05


Percussion Concerto, "Rapture": III. Metals (excerpt) (more info)
Performed by: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Composed by: Michael Torke
Conducted by: Marin Alsop
Colin Currie, percussion


16.   Percussion Concerto, "Rapture": III. Metals (excerpt) - 6:29

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