Story Of American Classical Music (The) - CD

CD - 1

William Henry Fry

Macbeth Overture (1862)

 

1. Overture to Macbeth

00:10:37

Louis Moreau Gottschalk

Symphonie romantique, "La nuit des tropiques" (A Night in the Tropics) (1859)

 

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

00:06:03

Edward MacDowell

Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 23 (1886)

 

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

00:07:36

Arthur Foote

Piano Quartet in C Major, Op. 23 (1890)

 

4. Piano Quartet in C Major, Op. 23: I. Allegro comodo

00:06:42

George Whitefield Chadwick

 

5. Angel of Death

00:13:30

Henry Hadley

Symphony No. 4 in D Minor, Op. 64, "North, East, South, and West" (1911)

 

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

00:06:39

Amy Marcy Beach

Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 (1899)

 

7. Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45: III. Largo

00:05:21

Charles Tomlinson Griffes

3 Preludes (1919)

 

8. 3 Preludes: Prelude No. 2

00:01:00

Charles Wakefield Cadman

4 American Indian Songs, Op. 45: No. 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (arr. G. Yost) (1909)

 

9. 4 American Indian Songs, Op.45: No. 1. From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (arr. G. Yost)

00:02:31

Charles Edward Ives

Symphony No. 2 (1909)

 

10. Symphony No. 2: IV. Lento maestoso

00:02:23

 

11. The Unanswered Question

00:04:37

 

12. Country Band March

00:04:15

John Philip Sousa

 

13. King Cotton

00:02:55

Scott Joplin

 

14. Maple Leaf Rag

00:03:10

CD - 2

George Gershwin

 

1. Cuban Overture

00:10:40

George Antheil

Symphony for 5 Instruments (2nd version) (1923)

 

2. Symphony for Five Instruments: III. Presto

00:02:28

Walter Piston

The Incredible Flutist

 

3. The Incredible Flutist: Spanish Waltz

00:01:04

Aaron Copland

Billy the Kid Suite (1939)

 

4. Billy the Kid, Suite: Finale

00:03:22

Zez Confrey

 

5. Kitten on the Keys

00:02:31

William Howard Schuman

New England Triptych (1956)

 

6. New England Triptych: III. Chester

00:03:16

Samuel Barber

Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 (1947)

 

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

00:03:40

John Cage

 

8. Totem Ancestor

00:02:03

Leonard Bernstein

West Side Story (1957)

 

9. West Side Story, Act I: Tonight

00:03:54

Gunther Schuller

Piano Trio (1984)

 

10. Piano Trio: III. With Swing

00:03:25

Alan Hovhaness

Symphony No. 22, Op. 236, "City of Light" (1971)

 

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

00:03:53

Elliott Carter

Piano Concerto (1965)

 

12. Piano Concerto: Movement I

00:10:52

George Rochberg

Violin Concerto (1974)

 

13. Violin Concerto (original version): Introduction

00:06:51

Philip Glass

Violin Concerto (1987)

 

14. Violin Concerto: Movement III

00:09:25

John Adams

 

15. Short Ride in a Fast Machine

00:04:05

Michael Torke

Rapture

 

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

00:06:29