American Classics

COMPACT DISC ONE
Aaron Copland

1 Fanfare for the Common Man 3:23
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo
CHAN 9210 Copland/Gershwin etc.

John Adams

2 Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4:20
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Stephen Mosko
CHAN 9363 Adams/Lang: Works for Wind Ensemble

Duke Ellington

3 Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me 4:08
Center City Brass Quintet
CHAN 4554 On the Town

John Philip Sousa

4 The Stars and Stripes Forever 3:17
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6648 Favourite Encores

George Gershwin

5 'Promenade' from Walking the Dog 3:53
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 6648 Favourite Encores

Duke Ellington

6 'Giggling Rapids' from The River 2:54
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works

Leonard Bernstein

7 'Riffs' from Prelude, Fugue and Riffs 4:23
Harmen de Boer/Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo
CHAN 9210 Copland/Gershwin etc.

Duke Ellington

8 Solitude 3:58
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works

Samuel Barber

9 Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 8:38
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9684 Barber: Symphonies Nos 1 & 2 etc.

Gian Carlo Menotti

10 Pavanne from Sebastian 4:53
Spoleto Festival Orchestra/Richard Hickox
CHAN 9900 Menotti: Apocalisse etc.

Morton Gould

11 Gospel Train 2:02
I Musici de Montréal/Yuli Turovsky
CHAN 9848 Composers in New York

Duke Ellington

12 'Meander' from The River 3:58
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works

William Grant Still

13 Mvt II from Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race) 8:16
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi

John Philip Sousa

14 Washington Post 2:32
The Band of the Blues and Royals/Major E.W. Jeanes
CHAN 6517 The Invincible Eagle: Famous Sousa Marches

George Gershwin

15 Girl Crazy Overture 5:45
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9325 Gershwin: An American in Paris etc.

John Philip Sousa

16 Liberty Bell 3:40
Band of the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell/Squadron Leader D.S. Stephens
CHAN 6585 633 Squadron: The Dambusters March etc.

COMPACT DISC TWO
George Gershwin

1 Rhapsody in Blue 16:56
Howard Shelley/Philharmonia Orchestra/Yan Pascal Tortelier

Anonymous

2 Steal Away to Jesus (American Spiritual) 3:40
Willard White/Graeme McNaught
CHAN 8960 Williard White sings Copland etc.

George Gershwin

3 Summertime 4:13
Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
CHAN 9216 Academy Classics

Samuel Barber

4 'Must the winter come so soon?' from Vanessa 2:35
Susan Graham/BBC Symphnoy Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
CHAN 5032(2) Barber: Vanessa

George Gershwin

5 'Porgy Sings' from Catfish Row 4:43
Howard Shelley/BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9325 Gershwin: An American in Paris etc.

Steve Reich

6 Nagoya Marimbas 4:35
Safri Duo/Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Dausgaard
CHAN 9645 Bach to the Future etc.

William Grant Still

7 Mvt III from Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American) 3:07
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jävi
CHAN 9154 Still: Symphony No. 1 etc.

Samuel Barber

8 Intermezzo from Vanessa 3:19
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9908 Barber: Three Essays for Orchestra etc.

Leonard Bernstein

9 'America' from West Side Story 2:45
Netherlands Wind Ensemble/Richard Dufallo
CHAN 9210 Copland/Gershwin etc.

George Gershwin

10 'It ain't Necessarily So' from Porgy and Bess 2:31
Center City Brass Quintet
CHAN 4554 On the Town

Aaron Copland

11 Mvt II from Concerto for Clarinet 8:01
Janet Hilton/Scottish National Orchestra/Matthias Bamert
CHAN 8618 Copland, Lutoslawski & Nielsen

Duke Ellington

12 'Riba' from The River 3:19
Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Järvi
CHAN 9909 Dawson/Ellington: Orchestral Works

Aaron Copland

13 'Simple Gifts' from Old American Songs, Set I 1:49
Willard White/Graeme McNaught
CHAN 8960 Willard White sings Copland etc.

Leonard Bernstein

14 'Blues' from Divertimento 1:31
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin
CHAN 9889 Bernstein: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2 etc.

George Gershwin

15 Strike up the Band Overture 7:08
BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier
CHAN 9325 Gershwin: An American in Paris etc.
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