Copland
Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was an American composer, conductor and writer whose music became one of the defining sounds of twentieth-century America. Born in Brooklyn, he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger before returning to the United States with a determination to create a modern national voice.
His works include Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man, the Third Sy...
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Symphony No. 4
WALTON Viola Concerto
ELGAR Enigma Variations
HOLST A Fugal Concerto
COPLAND El Salón México
BUTTERWORTH A Shropshire Lad, Rhapsody
BUSONI Comedy Overture*
Live broadcast recordings, 1938
Total duration: 2hr 40:41 (CDs: 2hr 34:04)
William Primrose, viola
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
*Bonus track supplied with downloads only
BEETHOVEN Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 and 5
BRAHMS Piano Concerto No. 1; Alto Rhapsody
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 4
VIVALDI L'Estro Armonico: Concerto Grosso No. 11 in D minor, RV565 (1955 and 1956 performances)
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
FALLA El Sombrero des Tres Picos, Suite No. 2
PISTON Toccata
COPLAND El Salón México
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
CRESTON Dance Overture
WAGNER Parsifal – Good Friday Spell
VERDI Te Deum
MONTEVERDI Magnificat (arr. Ghedini)
HANDEL Xerxes – Largo
HINDEMITH Concert Music for Strings and Brass
Six live CBS broadcast concerts, Carnegie Hall, New York, 6 March 1955–8 April 1956
Total duration: 7:06:07, including radio commentary by Jim Fassett
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Guido Cantelli
Walter Gieseking, piano (Mozart No. 21; Beethoven No. 5)
Rudolf Firkušný, piano (Beethoven No. 3; Brahms No. 1)
Wilhelm Backhaus, piano (Beethoven No. 4)
Martha Lipton, alto
Westminster Choir, directed by John Finley Williamson
HAYDN Symphony No. 93
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21
RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
FALLA El Sombrero des Tres Picos, Suite No. 2
VIVALDI L'Estro Armonico: Concerto Grosso No. 11
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3
PISTON Toccata
COPLAND El Salón México
Recorded in 1955
Total duration: 2hr 26:56
Walter Gieseking, piano
Rudolf Firkušný, piano
New York Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Guido Cantelli
COPLAND Quiet City
COPLAND Symphony No. 3
COPLAND Appalachian Spring Suite
Live concert recordings, 1945-46
Total duration: 73:09
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, BUTTERWORTH, Cooley, COPLAND, Creston, DEBUSSY, GOULD, HANSON, HARRIS, HINDEMITH, HOLST, Hovhaness, KELLY, LAVALLE, MILHAUD, Mohaupt, RAVEL, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SCHOENBERG, Schuman, SHOSTAKOVICH, STRAVINSKY, Stringfield, TCHAIKOVSKY, Thomson, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, WAGNER
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
COPLAND Short Symphony
MOHAUPT Concerto For Orchestra
LAVALLE Symphonic Rhumba
HANSON Symphony No. 4
AMFITHEATROF De Profundis Clamavi
ANTHEIL Symphony No. 4
SCHOENBERG Piano Concerto
Total duration: 2 hr 16:23
Live broadcast recordings, 1942-1944
Eduard Steuermann, piano
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski