American Piano Classics

Leroy Anderson (Composer), George Gershwin (Composer), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (Composer), Euday L. Bowman (Composer), Scott Joplin (Composer), Morton Gould (Composer), Erich Kunzel (Conductor), Cincinnati Pops Orchestra (Orchestra), Stewart Goodyear (Performer), William Tritt (Performer), Keith Lockhart (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Stewart Goodyear, William Tritt, Keith Lockhart
• Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
• Conductor: Erich Kunzel
• Composer: Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Euday L. Bowman, Scott Joplin, et al.
• Audio CD (January 26, 1993)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Telarc
• ASIN: B000003CTL
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #86,926 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So Lovely, So Listenable, So Anderson, January 19, 2003

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Rose M. Curan "Music Lover" (Sarasota, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: American Piano Classics (Audio CD)

I bought this CD for the Leroy Anderson Concerto, and I was not disappointed. In the several months since, I have enjoyed it many times over. Though Leroy Anderson was known mostly for his sprightly and imaginative little pieces such as Syncopated Clock and The Typewriter, he was certainly capable of writing a beautiful theme or two, and of good musical composition and great orchestration, and it all shows in this piece. What a talented man, and what a great addition this concerto is to American music. The rest of the CD is also very listenable. Altogether, it's a worthy purchase.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great concerto, great CD, March 13, 2009

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Ash Ryan (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: American Piano Classics (Audio CD)

As all of the previous reviewers have emphasized, the real reason to get this CD is for the Leroy Anderson piano concerto. But the CD is rounded out with some other nice piano music too, such as George Gershwin's Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra, and a few Scott Joplin rags (arranged for piano and orchestra by Erich Kunzel).

But let's face it, you're considering buying it for Anderson! If you enjoy his shorter works, you'll be thrilled by this, his only foray into longer concert music. Even it's not that long for a concerto, but it's almost twenty minutes of pure Anderson brilliance---even the second, supposedly andante, movement is lively and fun.

It's just too bad that Anderson himself did not record his concerto during his lifetime, since a comparison of his recordings of his shorter works to recordings done with other conductors leaves little doubt that his own vision of the concerto would have been even more dazzling.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Anderson Piano Concerto Tuneful and Upbeat, April 6, 2003

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This review is from: American Piano Classics (Audio CD)

I enjoyed the Anderson Piano Concerto. It is tuneful and upbeat. It has its moments of technical prowess, but I thought the pianist hit a lot of wrong notes which upon repeat listening, causes annoyance.
I would like to hear another recording with a better pianist, or at least one that is edited. It is too good a concerto to get this rendering.