Music of America: Aaron Copland

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 8, 2010)
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: SONY MASTERWORKS
• ASIN: B003JH0LFU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #28,894 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Fanfare For The Common Man (Instrumental)

2. Appalachian Spring

3. Quiet City

4. Concerto For Clarinet, Strings, Harp And Piano (Instrumental)

Disc: 2

1. The Red Pony Film Suite for Orchestra (1948); I. Morning on the Ranch (Instrumental)

2. The Red Pony Film Suite for Orchestra (1948); II. The Gift (Instrumental)

3. The Red Pony Film Suite for Orchestra (1948); III. Dream March and Circus Music (Instrumental)

4. The Red Pony Film Suite for Orchestra (1948); IV. Walk to the Bunkhouse (Instrumental)

5. The Red Pony Film Suite for Orchestra (1948); V. Grandfather's story (Instrumental)

6. The Red Pony Film Suite for Orchestra (1948); VI. Happy Ending (Instrumental)

7. Old American Songs; The Boatmen's Dance (Set One)

8. Old American Songs; The Dodger (Set One)

9. Old American Songs; Long Time Ago (Set One)

10. Old American Songs; Simple Gifts (Set One)

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

What 20th-century music was more distinctly American than Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid , and Rodeo ? Even while capturing the spirit of the American heartland, Barber was also a native New Yorker who studied in Paris and thrived in modernism; this set also includes Fanfare for the Common Man; Clarinet Concerto; Quiet City; Lincoln Portrait (with Henry Fonda narration), and a selection of Copland's film music. Featured performers/conductors include Leonard Bernstein, Benny Goodman, Michael Tilson Thomas, John Williams and the composer himself!