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Title: American Masterpieces
Composer: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990); Charles E(dward) Ives (1874 - 1954); William (Howard) Schuman (1910 - 1992); Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981); Morton Gould (1913 - 1996); Charles T(omlinson) Griffes (1884 - 1920); Edward (Alexander) MacDowell (1860 - 1908); George Gershwin (1898 - 1937); Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829 - 1869); Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s): Cleveland Pops Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Date of Release: 12/1997
Label / Distributor: Essential Classics / BMG UK
Pieces in Set: 1
Running Time: 1 hour 18 minutes
Genre(s): Orchestral, Instrumental, Stage works
Location of Recording: Cleveland, Ohio; Philadelphia, PA; New York City
Producer: Jane Friedmann; Thomas Frost; Teo Macero; Howard H Scott
SPAR Code: ADD
EAN: 5099706303428
Work 1
Work Title: Overture to 'Candide'
Excerpt(s): 1. Overture to 'Candide'
Composer: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Recorded: 1958
Conductor: Louis Lane
Orchestra / Ensemble: Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Work 2
Work Title: Variations on 'America'
Excerpt(s): 1. Variations on 'America'
Composer: Charles E(dward) Ives (1874 - 1954)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: ?1891
Date Recorded: 1968
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Work 3
Work Title: New England Triptych
Excerpt(s): 1. New England Triptych
Composer: William (Howard) Schuman (1910 - 1992)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1956
Date Recorded: 1958
Conductor: André Kostelanetz
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 4
Work Title: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Excerpt(s): 1. Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
Composer: Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1938
Date Recorded: 1957
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Work 5
Work Title: American Salute, 'When Johnny comes marching home'
Excerpt(s): 1. American Salute, 'When Johnny comes marching home'
Composer: Morton Gould (1913 - 1996)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1943
Date Recorded: 1963
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
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Work 6
Work Title: (The) Pleasure-dome of Kubla Khan, Op. 8
Excerpt(s): 1. (The) Pleasure-dome of Kubla Khan, Op. 8
Composer: Charles T(omlinson) Griffes (1884 - 1920)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1917
Date Recorded: 1975
Conductor: André Kostelanetz
Orchestra / Ensemble: (Anonymous) Orchestra
Work 7
Work Title: Woodland Sketches, Op. 51
Excerpt(s): 1. To a wild rose
Composer: Edward (Alexander) MacDowell (1860 - 1908)
Genre: Instrumental
Date Written: 1896
Date Recorded: 1966
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Work 8
Work Title: Promenade
Excerpt(s): 1. Promenade
Composer: George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1937
Date Recorded: 1965
Conductor: André Kostelanetz
Orchestra / Ensemble: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Work 9
Work Title: Cakewalk
Excerpt(s): 1. Cakewalk
Composer: Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829 - 1869)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1951
Date Recorded: 1968
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Orchestra / Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra
Work 10
Work Title: (2) Jamaican Pieces
Excerpt(s): 1. Jamaican Rumba
Composer: Arthur Benjamin (1893 - 1960)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1938
Date Recorded: 1959
Conductor: Louis Lane
Orchestra / Ensemble: Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Work 11
Work Title: On Your Toes
Excerpt(s): 1. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
Composer: Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979)
Genre: Stage works
Date Written: 1936, revived 1983
Date Recorded: 1960
Conductor: Louis Lane
Orchestra / Ensemble: Cleveland Pops Orchestra
Work 12
Work Title: Acadian Songs and Dances
Excerpt(s): 1. Sadness
2. Papa's Tune
3. The Alligator and the Coon
4. Super-sadness
5. The Squeeze-box
Composer: Virgil Thomson (1896 - 1989)
Genre: Orchestral
Date Written: 1948
Date Recorded: 1961
Conductor: Louis Lane
Orchestra / Ensemble: Cleveland Pops Orchestra
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