The American Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1: The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites
• 1
  Belle of the Ball

  Leroy Anderson
  2:57
• 2
  The Phantom Regiment

  Leroy Anderson
  3:09
• 3
  The First Day of Spring

  Leroy Anderson
  3:15
• 4
  Sleigh Ride

  Leroy Anderson
  2:54
• 5
  Plink, Plank, Plunk!

  Leroy Anderson
  2:43
• 6
  Blue Tango

  Leroy Anderson
  3:07
• 7
  Forgotten Dreams

  Leroy Anderson
  2:33
• 8
  Bugler's Holiday

  Leroy Anderson
  2:38
• 9
  The Penny-Whistle Song

  Leroy Anderson
  2:52
• 10
  Clarinet Candy

  Leroy Anderson
  2:55
• 11
  Horse and Buggy

  Leroy Anderson
  3:39
• 12
  A Trumpeter's Lullaby

  Leroy Anderson
  3:29
• 13
  Fiddle Faddle

  Leroy Anderson
  3:33
• 14
  Jazz Pizzicato

  Leroy Anderson
  2:02
• 15
  Jazz Legato

  Leroy Anderson
  1:55
• 16
  The Syncopated Clock

  Leroy Anderson
  2:28
• 17
  Sandpaper Ballet

  Leroy Anderson
  3:06
• 18
  The Typewriter

  Leroy Anderson
  1:52
• 19
  The Waltzing Cat

  Leroy Anderson
  2:33
• 20
  Promenade

  Leroy Anderson
  2:40
• 21
  Saraband

  Leroy Anderson
  3:33
• 22
  Serenata

  Leroy Anderson
  3:53
• 23
  Baladette

  Leroy Anderson
  2:48
• 24
  Arietta

  Leroy Anderson
  3:01
• 25
  Home Stretch

  Leroy Anderson
  2:47
• CD 2: Bernstein: Songfest - Varèse: Arcana
• 1
  Songfest: I. Opening Hymn: "To the Poem"

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:54
• 2
  Songfest: II. 3 Solos: 1. "The Pennycandystore Beyond the El"

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:40
• 3
  Songfest: II. 3 Solos: 2. "A Julia de Burgos"

  Leonard Bernstein
  3:33
• 4
  Songfest: II. 3 Solos: 3. "To What You Said..."

  Leonard Bernstein
  5:38
• 5
  Songfest: III. 3 Ensembles: 1. Duet: "I, Too, Sing America" - "Okay 'Negroes'"

  Leonard Bernstein
  3:38
• 6
  Songfest: III. 3 Ensembles: 2. Trio: "To My Dear and Lovind Husband"

  Leonard Bernstein
  3:29
• 7
  Songfest: III. 3 Ensembles: 3. Duet: "Storyette H.M."

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:55
• 8
  Songfest: IV. Sextet: "If You Can't Eat You Got To"

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:10
• 9
  Songfest: V. 3 Solos: 1. "Music I Heard With You"

  Leonard Bernstein
  3:45
• 10
  Songfest: V. 3 Solos: 2. "Zizi's Lament"

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:27
• 11
  Songfest: V. 3 Solos: 3. Sonnet: "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed"

  Leonard Bernstein
  4:34
• 12
  Songfest: VI. Closing Hymn: "Israfel"

  Leonard Bernstein
  4:07
• 13
  In Memoriam: Nathalie Koussevitzky

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:26
• 14
  Arcana

  Edgard Varèse
  17:00
• CD 3: Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra - Dance Symphony - Short Symphony
• 1
  Symphony for Organ and Orchestra: I. Prelude. Andante

  Aaron Copland
  5:54
• 2
  Symphony for Organ and Orchestra: II. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Moderato

  Aaron Copland
  7:27
• 3
  Symphony for Organ and Orchestra: III. Finale. Lento - Più mosso (Allegro moderato)

  Aaron Copland
  10:17
• 4
  Dance Symphony: I. Introduction. Lento - Molto allegro

  Aaron Copland
  6:38
• 5
  Dance Symphony: II. Andante moderato - Più largamente

  Aaron Copland
  4:35
• 6
  Dance Symphony: III. Allegro vivo

  Aaron Copland
  5:01
• 7
  Short Symphony: I. quarter note = 144 (incisivo)

  Aaron Copland
  3:59
• 8
  Short Symphony: II. half note = 44

  Aaron Copland
  5:03
• 9
  Short Symphony: III. quarter note = 144 (preciso e ritmico)

  Aaron Copland
  5:46
• 10
  Orchestral Variations

  Aaron Copland
  12:43
• CD 4: Copland: Music for Films
• 1
  The Red Pony: Morning on the Ranch

  Aaron Copland
  4:36
• 2
  The Red Pony: The Gift

  Aaron Copland
  4:51
• 3
  The Red Pony: Dream March

  Aaron Copland
  2:26
• 4
  The Red Pony: Circus Music

  Aaron Copland
  1:49
• 5
  The Red Pony: Walk to the Bunk House

  Aaron Copland
  2:42
• 6
  The Red Pony: Grandfather's Story

  Aaron Copland
  3:47
• 7
  The Red Pony: Happy Ending

  Aaron Copland
  3:09
• 8
  Our Town

  Aaron Copland
  9:06
• 9
  The Heiress Suite

  Aaron Copland
  8:14
• 10
  Music for Movies: New England Countryside (from The City)

  Aaron Copland
  5:10
• 11
  Music for Movies: Barley Wagons (from Of Mice and Men)

  Aaron Copland
  2:11
• 12
  Music for Movies: Sunday Traffic (from The City)

  Aaron Copland
  2:28
• 13
  Music for Movies: Grover's Corners (from Our Town)

  Aaron Copland
  2:22
• 14
  Music for Movies: Threshing Machines (from Of Mice and Men)

  Aaron Copland
  2:59
• 15
  Prairie Journal (Music for Radio)

  Aaron Copland
  11:41
• CD 5: Copland: Symphony no. 3 - Music for a Great City
• 1
  Symphony no. 3: I. Molto moderato

  Aaron Copland
  10:32
• 2
  Symphony no. 3: II. Allegro molto

  Aaron Copland
  8:07
• 3
  Symphony no. 3: III. Andantino quasi allegretto

  Aaron Copland
  10:28
• 4
  Symphony no. 3: IV. Molto deliberato (Fanfare) - Allegro risoluto

  Aaron Copland
  13:29
• 5
  Music for a Great City: Skyline

  Aaron Copland
  7:31
• 6
  Music for a Great City: Night Thoughts

  Aaron Copland
  7:20
• 7
  Music for a Great City: Subway Jam

  Aaron Copland
  3:10
• 8
  Music for a Great City: Toward the Bridge

  Aaron Copland
  6:36
• CD 6: Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance - Symphony no. 1
• 1
  Of Rage and Remembrance

  John Corigliano
  13:08
• 2
  Symphony no. 1: I. Apologue: Of Rage and Remembrance

  John Corigliano
  13:39
• 3
  Symphony no. 1: II. Tarantella

  John Corigliano
  8:13
• 4
  Symphony no. 1: III. Chaconne. Giulio's Song

  John Corigliano
  13:54
• 5
  Symphony no. 1: IV. Epilogue

  John Corigliano
  4:37
• CD 7: Corigliano: Tournaments - Fantasia on an Ostinato - Elegy - Piano Concerto
• 1
  Tournaments

  John Corigliano
  11:53
• 2
  Fantasia on an Ostinato

  John Corigliano
  14:35
• 3
  Elegy

  John Corigliano
  8:14
• 4
  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: I. Molto allegro

  John Corigliano
  14:28
• 5
  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: II. Scherzo

  John Corigliano
  3:02
• 6
  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: III. Andante appassionato

  John Corigliano
  8:35
• 7
  Concerto for Piano and Orchestra: IV. Allegro

  John Corigliano
  6:07
• CD 8: Ives: The Unanswered Question - Central Park in the Dark - Symphony no. 3
• 1
  3 Places in New England: I. The "Saint-Gaudens" in Boston Common (Col. Shaw and his Colored Regiment)

  Charles Ives
  8:48
• 2
  3 Places in New England: II. Putnam's Camp, Redding, Connecticut

  Charles Ives
  5:49
• 3
  3 Places in New England: III. The Housatonic at Stockbridge

  Charles Ives
  4:45
• 4
  March III with the air "Old Kentucky Home"

  Charles Ives
  2:41
• 5
  The Unanswered Question

  Charles Ives
  5:51
• 6
  Central Park in the Dark

  Charles Ives
  9:26
• 7
  Fugue in 4 Keys on "The Shining Shore"

  Charles Ives
  3:48
• 8
  Symphony no. 3 "The Camp Meeting": I. Old Folks Gatherin'. Andante maestoso

  Charles Ives
  7:07
• 9
  Symphony no. 3 "The Camp Meeting": II. Children's Day. Allegro

  Charles Ives
  6:50
• 10
  Symphony no. 3 "The Camp Meeting": III. Communion. Largo

  Charles Ives
  7:40
• CD 9: Schuman: American Festival Overture - New England Triptych - Symphony no. 10
• 1
  American Festival Overture

  William Schuman
  9:23
• 2
  New England Triptych: I. Be glad then, America

  William Schuman
  5:33
• 3
  New England Triptych: II. When Jesus wept

  William Schuman
  6:50
• 4
  New England Triptych: III. Chester

  William Schuman
  3:05
• 5
  Variations on "America"

  Charles Ives
  6:44
• 6
  Symphony no. 10 "American Muse": I. Con fuoco

  William Schuman
  5:39
• 7
  Symphony no. 10 "American Muse": II. Larghissimo

  William Schuman
  13:20
• 8
  Symphony no. 10 "American Muse": III. Presto - Andantino - Leggero - Pesante - Presto possibile

  William Schuman
  11:36
• CD 10: Piston: The Incredible Flutist - 3 New England Sketches - Symphony no. 6
• 1
  The Incredible Flutist: Introduction: Siesta in the Market Place

  Walter Piston
  0:55
• 2
  The Incredible Flutist: Entrance of the Vendors

  Walter Piston
  2:11
• 3
  The Incredible Flutist: Entrance of the Customers

  Walter Piston
  0:32
• 4
  The Incredible Flutist: Tango of the Merchant's Daughters

  Walter Piston
  3:11
• 5
  The Incredible Flutist: Arrival of the Circus

  Walter Piston
  0:31
• 6
  The Incredible Flutist: Circus March

  Walter Piston
  0:40
• 7
  The Incredible Flutist: The Flutist

  Walter Piston
  2:10
• 8
  The Incredible Flutist: Minuet

  Walter Piston
  0:42
• 9
  The Incredible Flutist: Spanish Waltz

  Walter Piston
  1:16
• 10
  The Incredible Flutist: Siciliana: Dance of the Flutist and the Merchant's Daughter

  Walter Piston
  2:29
• 11
  The Incredible Flutist: Polka Finale

  Walter Piston
  2:11
• 12
  3 New England Sketches: I. Seaside

  Walter Piston
  6:23
• 13
  3 New England Sketches: II. Summer Evening

  Walter Piston
  3:12
• 14
  3 New England Sketches: III. Mountains

  Walter Piston
  6:12
• 15
  Symphony no. 6: I. Fluendo espressivo

  Walter Piston
  6:56
• 16
  Symphony no. 6: II. Leggerissimo vivace

  Walter Piston
  3:40
• 17
  Symphony no. 6: III. Adagio sereno

  Walter Piston
  9:57
• 18
  Symphony no. 6: IV. Allegro energico

  Walter Piston
  3:48
• CD 11: The Music of Joseph Schwantner
• 1
  Velocities

  Joseph Schwantner
  7:28
• 2
  Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: I. Con forza

  Joseph Schwantner
  5:26
• 3
  Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: II. Misterioso

  Joseph Schwantner
  12:40
• 4
  Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra: III. Ritmico con brio

  Joseph Schwantner
  9:47
• 5
  New Morning for the World: "Daybreak of Freedom"

  Joseph Schwantner
  25:57
• CD 12: The American Album
• 1
  Fanfare for the Common Man

  Aaron Copland
  3:06
• 2
  American Salute

  Morton Gould
  4:16
• 3
  Washington Post March

  John Philip Sousa
  2:26
• 4
  Chester (from New England Triptych)

  William Schuman
  2:57
• 5
  Variations on "America"

  Charles Ives
  6:40
• 6
  Pavane (from American Symphonette no. 2)

  Morton Gould
  3:14
• 7
  March of the Toys (from Babes in Toyland)

  Victor Herbert
  3:47
• 8
  Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman no. 1

  Joan Tower
  2:30
• 9
  Hoe-Down (from Rodeo)

  Aaron Copland
  3:24
• 10
  The Plow that Broke the Plains: Prelude

  Virgil Thomson
  1:49
• 11
  The Plow that Broke the Plains: Pastoral (Grass)

  Virgil Thomson
  1:43
• 12
  On the Trail (from Grand Canyon Suite)

  Ferde Grofé
  8:03
• 13
  Minor Reflection

  Katherine Gladney Wells
  4:50
• 14
  America the Beautiful

  Samuel Augustus Ward
  3:34
• 15
  The Stars and Stripes Forever

  John Philip Sousa
  3:37
• 16
  Taps

  [traditional]
  1:11
• 17
  The Star-Spangled Banner

  John Stafford Smith
  1:22
• CD 13: Leonard Slatkin conducts American Portraits
• 1
  Fanfare For The Common Man

  Aaron Copland
  3:08
• 2
  Be Glad, Then, America (from New England Triptych)

  William Schuman
  5:36
• 3
  Festival Overture on the American National Air, "The Star-Spangled Banner"

  Dudley Buck
  6:16
• 4
  National Emblem March

  Edwin Eugene Bagley
  2:51
• 5
  Fugue and Chorale on "Yankee Doodle"

  Virgil Thomson
  5:43
• 6
  American Fantasia

  Victor Herbert
  10:05
• 7
  El Capitan

  John Philip Sousa
  2:14
• 8
  Battle Hymn of the Republic

  William Steffe
  4:11
• 9
  Servicemen on Parade

  Richard Hayman
  4:11
• 10
  Lincoln Portrait

  Aaron Copland
  14:53

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Release credits

• Barry Douglas
  piano [4-7]
• David Hardy
  cello [2-5]
• Evelyn Glennie
  marimba [1], percussion [2-4]
• Glenn Garlick
  cello [2-5]
• James Shaffran
  bass-baritone vocals [1], solo [1]
• Jason Stearns
  baritone vocals [1], solo [1]
• Joanna Nickrenz
  producer [1-5]
• John Cheek
  bass vocals [1, 4, 7-8, 12]
• Lambert Orkis
  piano [2-5]
• Lawrence Rock
  engineer [1-5]
• Leonard Slatkin
  conductor [12.1-17, 1.1-25, 6.1-5, 8.1-10, 13.1-10, 3.1-10, 9.1-8, 11.2-5, 5.1-8, 10.1-18, 2.1-12, 2.14, 4.1-15, 7.1-7], piano [13]
• Linda Hohenfeld
  soprano vocals [1, 3, 6-8, 12]
• Michael Accinno
  countertenor vocals [1], solo [1]
• Michael Forest
  solo [1], tenor vocals [1]
• Michelle DeYoung
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1], solo [1]
• National Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [11.2-5, 6.1-5]
• Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
  spoken vocals [10]
• Oratorio Society of Washington
  choir vocals [1]
• Patricia Spence
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1, 6, 8, 11-12]
• Philharmonia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [14]
• Robert P. Baker
  solo [1], tenor vocals [1]
• Saint Louis Symphony Chorus
  choir vocals [3, 8]
• Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4.1-15, 13.1-10, 8.1-10, 10.1-18, 7.1-7, 9.1-8, 1.1-25, 12.1-17, 2.1-12, 5.1-8, 3.1-10]
• Simon Preston
  organ [1-3]
• The Choral Arts Society of Washington
  choir vocals [1]
• Vernon E. Jordan, Jr.
  spoken vocals [5]
• Vernon Hartman
  baritone vocals [1-2, 5, 8, 12]
• Walter Planté
  tenor vocals [1, 8, 10, 12]
• Wendy White
  mezzo-soprano vocals [1, 5-6, 8-9, 12]
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Issues

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  The American Collection

  13x CD
  4 May 2018