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Title:
The story of American classical music / by Barrymore Laurence Scherer.
Author:
Scherer, Barrymore Laurence.
Publication Information:
[Franklin, TN] : Naxos, 2005.
Call Number:
A SCHE SOA S65
Physical Description:
2 audio discs (158 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet
General Note:
Booklet (134 p. ; ports.) with text by Barrymore Scherer, chronology, and discography accompanies CDs.
Contents:
CD 1. Overture to 'Macbeth' / William Henry Fry -- Symphonie romantique: a night in the tropics. Finale: Festa criolla / Louis Moreau Gottschalk -- Piano concerto no. 2 in D minor, op. 22. Finale: Largo ; Molto allegro / Edward MacDowell -- Piano quartet in C major, op. 23. Mvt. 1: Allegro comodo / Arthur Foote -- Angel of death / George Whitefield Chadwick -- Symphony no. 4 in D minor, op. 64. Mvt. 3: South (Allegretto giocoso) / Henry Kimball Hadley -- Piano concerto in C sharp minor, op. 45. Mvt. 3: Largo / Amy Beach -- Three preludes. Prelude no. 2 / Charles Tomlinson Griffes -- From the land of the sky-blue water / Charles Wakefield Cadman ; transcribed, G. Yost -- Symphony no. 2. Mvt. 4: Lento maestoso ; The unanswered question ; "Country band" march / Charles Ives -- King cotton / John Philip Sousa -- Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin -- CD 2. "Cuban" overture / George Gershwin -- Symphony for five instruments. Mvt. 3: Presto / George Antheil -- The incredible flutist. Spanish waltz / Walter Piston -- 'Billy the Kid' suite. Finale / Aaron Copland -- Kitten on the keys / Zez Confrey -- New England triptych. Mvt. 3: Chester / William Schuman -- Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Orchestral introduction: "It has become that time of evening" / Samuel Barber -- Totem ancestor / John Cage -- West Side story. Act I: Tonight / Leonard Bernstein -- Piano trio. Mvt. 3: With swing / Gunther Schuller -- Symphony no. 22, op. 236 "City of light." Mvt. 2: Angel of light: Largo / Alan Hovhaness -- Piano concerto. Mvt. I / Elliott Carter -- Violin concerto. Introduction / George Rochberg -- Violin concerto. Mvt. III / Philip Glass -- Short ride in a fast machine / John Adams -- Rapture for percussion and orchestra. Mvt. 3: Metals (extract) / Michael Torke.
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