The American Collection

~ Release by Leonard Slatkin (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: The Typewriter - Leroy Anderson Favorites
2▶CD: Bernstein: Songfest - Varèse: Arcana
3▶CD: Copland: Symphony for Organ and Orchestra - Dance Symphony - Short Symphony
4▶CD: Copland: Music for Films
5▶CD: Copland: Symphony no. 3 - Music for a Great City
6▶CD: Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance - Symphony no. 1
7▶CD: Corigliano: Tournaments - Fantasia on an Ostinato - Elegy - Piano Concerto
8▶CD: Ives: The Unanswered Question - Central Park in the Dark - Symphony no. 3
9▶CD: Schuman: American Festival Overture - New England Triptych - Symphony no. 10
10▶CD: Piston: The Incredible Flutist - 3 New England Sketches - Symphony no. 6
11▶CD: The Music of Joseph Schwantner
12▶CD: The American Album
13▼CD: Leonard Slatkin conducts American Portraits
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1Fanfare For The Common Man
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
Fanfare for the Common Man (for brass and percussion orchestra)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
was commissioned by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and Eugene Goossens (Sir Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty)
premiered by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (on 1943-03-12) and Eugene Goossens (Sir Eugene Goossens, composer and conductor, third of the Eugène Goossens dynasty) (on 1943-03-12)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes, Inc. (USA, publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Aaron Copland3:09
2Be Glad, Then, America (from New England Triptych)
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
New England Triptych: I. Be Glad then, America
composer:
William Schuman (American composer) (in 1956)
part of:
New England Triptych
William Schuman5:36
3Festival Overture on the American National Air, "The Star-Spangled Banner"
choir vocals:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
Festival Overture on "The Star-Spangled Banner"
composer:
Dudley Buck (composer, organist) (in 1879)
is based on:
The Star‐Spangled Banner
Dudley Buck6:16
4National Emblem March
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
National Emblem
composer:
Bruce Broughton and Edwin Eugene Bagley (in 1902)
Edwin Eugene Bagley2:52
5Fugue and Chorale on "Yankee Doodle"
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
Fugue and Chorale on “Yankee Doodle”
composer:
Virgil Thomson (American composer)
is based on:
Yankee Doodle
Virgil Thomson5:43
6American Fantasia
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
American Fantasia
composer:
Victor Herbert (American composer) (in 1898)
Victor Herbert10:06
7El Capitan
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
El Capitán (march)
composer:
John Philip Sousa (conductor and composer) (in 1896)
is based on:
El Capitan (operetta)
John Philip Sousa2:14
8Battle Hymn of the Republic
choir vocals:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra Chorus
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic (arr. Ringwald)
lyricist:
Julia Ward Howe (American poet)
composer:
William Steffe (in 1856)
arranger:
Roy Ringwald (songwriter)
arrangement of:
Battle Hymn of the Republic
William Steffe4:11
9Servicemen on Parade
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
Servicemen on Parade
composer:
Richard Hayman
Richard Hayman4:11
10Lincoln Portrait
spoken vocals [narrator]:
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
orchestra:
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra (St. Louis Symphony Orchestra)
conductor:
Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
recorded at:
Powell Symphony Hall in St. Louis, Missouri, United States
recording of:
Lincoln Portrait
premiered in:
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1942-05-14)
lyricist:
Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the United States)
composer:
Aaron Copland (composer) (in 1942)
was commissioned by:
André Kostelanetz (conductor)
premiered by:
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (on 1942-05-14) and André Kostelanetz (conductor) (on 1942-05-14)
Aaron Copland14:53