American Masters

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Rhapsody in Blue

  George Gershwin
  17:29
• 2
  An American in Paris

  George Gershwin
  18:53
• 3
  Grand Canyon Suite: Sunrise

  Ferde Grofé
  5:07
• 4
  Grand Canyon Suite: Painted Desert

  Ferde Grofé
  6:10
• 5
  Grand Canyon Suite: On the Trail

  Ferde Grofé
  7:18
• 6
  Grand Canyon Suite: Sunset

  Ferde Grofé
  4:31
• 7
  Grand Canyon Suite: Cloudburst

  Ferde Grofé
  8:29
• CD 2
• 1
  Overture to "Candide"

  Leonard Bernstein
  4:25
• 2
  Three Variations from "Fancy Free": Variation I Galop

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:35
• 3
  Three Variations from "Fancy Free": Variation II Waltz

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:38
• 4
  Three Variations from "Fancy Free": Variation III Danzon

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:48
• 5
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Prologue (Allegro moderato)

  Leonard Bernstein
  4:15
• 6
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Somewhere (Adagio)

  Leonard Bernstein
  4:14
• 7
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Scherzo

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:25
• 8
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Mambo

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:11
• 9
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Cha Cha

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:05
• 10
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Meeting Scene

  Leonard Bernstein
  0:46
• 11
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Cool Fugue

  Leonard Bernstein
  3:43
• 12
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Rumble

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:57
• 13
  Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story": Finale

  Leonard Bernstein
  3:00
• 14
  Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town": I. The Great Lover

  Leonard Bernstein
  1:50
• 15
  Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town": II. Lonely Town: Pas de Deux

  Leonard Bernstein
  2:49
• 16
  Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town": III. Times Square 1944

  Leonard Bernstein
  5:02
• 17
  Symphonic Suite from "On the Waterfront"

  Leonard Bernstein
  19:35
• CD 3
• 1
  Fanfare for the Common Man

  Aaron Copland
  3:19
• 2
  "Billy the Kid" Orchestral Suite from the Ballet

  Aaron Copland
  21:02
• 3
  "El Salón México"

  Aaron Copland
  11:28
• 4
  "Hoe Down" Dance from Rodeo

  Aaron Copland
  3:38
• 5
  "Appalachian Spring" Concert Suite for Orchestra

  Aaron Copland
  25:46
• CD 4
• 1
  Adagio for Strings (from String Quartet)

  Samuel Barber
  7:10
• 2
  Essay no. 1 for Orchestra

  Samuel Barber
  7:20
• 3
  Symphony No. 1, op. 9 (in one movement): Allegro. Vivace. Andante tranquillo. Finale

  Samuel Barber
  17:38
• 4
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 63: I. Andante lamentando

  Howard Hanson
  9:58
• 5
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 63: II. Andante tranquillo

  Howard Hanson
  8:12
• 6
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 63: III. Tempo scherzando

  Howard Hanson
  5:57
• 7
  Symphony No. 3 in A minor, op. 63: IV. Largamente e pesante

  Howard Hanson
  10:38

Release credits

• Arturo Toscanini
  conductor [4.1, 1.3-7]
• Barry Wordsworth
  conductor [1-2]
• Boston Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4-7]
• Bruno Walter
  conductor [3]
• Carl Davis
  conductor [1-17]
• Christopher O’Riley
  piano [1]
• Eugene Ormandy
  conductor [2]
• NBC Symphony Orchestra
  performing orchestra [4.1, 1.3-7]
• New York Philharmonic
  performing orchestra [3]
• Philip Ellis
  conductor [2.9, 3.1-5]
• Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  performing orchestra [1.1-2, 2.1-17, 3.1-5]
• The Philadelphia Orchestra
  performing orchestra [2]
• Сергей Кусевицкий
  conductor [4-7]

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