Composer: Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin
Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Eduardo Mata, Leonard Slatkin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: EMI
Catalogue: 9489522
Release: 2011
Size: 344 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Bernstein: Candide – Overture
02. Copland: El Salón México
03. Gershwin: An American in Paris, tone poem
04. Copland: Danzon Cubano (1986)
05. Barber: Overture to The School for Scandal, Op. 5
06. Gershwin: Cuban Overture
Bernstein: Dance Episodes from ‘On The Town’
07. I. The Great Lover
08. II. Lonely Town (Pas de deux)
09. III. Times Square: 1944
10. Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
The eight popular pieces on this disc illustrate a variety of aspects of American music. From the impudent piquancy of 18th-century Europe; the picture-postcard colour of Latin America; the urban neon of New York and the metropolitan appeal of the French capital, to the sombre reflection of Barber’s thoughtful-provoking Adagio: all are masterpieces of succinct characterisation and orchestral refinement.