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Leonard Bernstein, Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin
American Orchestra
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Overture to Candide, for orchestra
2. The Typewriter, for orchestra (with typewriters)
3. I Got Rhythm, song (from Girl Crazy, 1930)
4. Strike Up the Band, musical (first version): Overture
5. An American in Paris, tone poem for orchestra: Conclusion
6. Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla, G. xivov
7. Academic Festival Overture, for orchestra in C minor ('Akademische Festouvert?re'), Op. 80: Excerpt
8. The Planets, suite for orchestra & female chorus, Op. 32, H. 125: Excerpt
9. H?ry J?nos, suite from the opera for orchestra: Viennese Musical Clock
10. Mazeppa, opera: Cossack Dance
11. American Salute, for orchestra
12. Slavonic Dance No. 9 for orchestra in B major, B. 147/1 (Op. 72/1)
13. Gayane Suite, for orchestra No. 3: Sabre Dance
14. Symphonie fantastique for orchestra ('Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties'), H.48 (Op. 14): March to the Scaffold
15. Pavane pour une infante d?funte, for piano (or orchestra)
16. Bol?ro, ballet for orchestra: Conclusion
17. The Swan Lake, ballet, Op. 20: No.5, Danse hongroise (Czardas)
18. Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture for orchestra: Conclusion
19. Symphony No. 9 in D minor ('Choral'), Op. 125: Conclusion

CD Details

All Artists: Leonard Bernstein, Leroy Anderson, George Gershwin, Mikhail Glinka, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Holst, Zoltan Kodaly, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Morton Gould, Antonin Dvorak, Aram Khachaturian, Hector Berlioz, Maurice Ravel, Franz von Suppe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Erich Kunzel, Newton Wayland, Joseph Silverstein, Eduardo Mata, Philippe Entremont
Title: American Orchestra
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Intersound Records
Release Date: 4/16/1995
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 015095000422

CD Reviews

Orchestral Sampler

Annie Van Auken | Planet Earth | 03/22/2007

(4 out of 5 stars)

"THE AMERICAN ORCHESTRA is a sampler CD issued by PRO-ARTE that presents highlights of famous works, as interpreted by Entremont, Slatkin, Kunzel and others. This set includes a foldout booklet with reproductions of the relevant PRO-ARTE CDs, as well as brief comments on each. A fine program of music, and a convenient way to examine offerings from 17 quality albums.

(Note that track listings as shown on CD player readout do not match the compilation's printed titles-- the CD (and this page) have the correct lineup.

TOTAL RUNNING TIME -- 72:03"