Panorama: Classics in America

Panorama: Classics in America

Panorama: Classics in America

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Composer: George Gershwin
Composer: Leonard Bernstein
Composer: John Philip Sousa
Composer: Charles Ives
Composer: Samuel Barber
Composer: Aaron Copland
Composer: William Joseph Russo
Composer: Scott Joplin
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Performer: Leonard Bernstein
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
Conductor: Arthur Fiedler
Conductor: Gunther Schuller
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Performer: Kenneth Hicks
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-08-14
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:

Music CD 1

Rhap In Blue - Leonard Bernstein/LAPO
An American In Paris - San Francisco SO/Seiji Ozawa
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Prologue. Allegro Moderato - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: 'Somewhere'. Adagio - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Scherzo. Vivace Leggiero - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo. Presto - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Cha-Cha ('Maria'). Andante Con Grazia - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Meeting Scene. Meno Mosso - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: 'Cool' Fugue. Allegretto - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Rumble. Molto Allegro - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Finale. Adagio - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
The Stars And Stripes Forever - Boston Pops Orch/Arthur Fiedler
Central Park In The Dark: Molto Adagio - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
The Unanswered Question: Largo Molto Sempre - New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein

Music CD 2

Adagio, Op.11: Molto Adagio - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Appalachian Spring (Ballet for Martha) - LAPO/Leonard Bernstein
Three Pieces, Op.50: 1st Part - Siegel-Schwall Band/Stuart Canin
Three Pieces, Op.50: 2nd Part - Siegel-Schwall Band/Stuart Canin
Three Pieces, Op.50: 3rd Part - Siegel-Schwall Band/Stuart Canin
The Entertainer - Pasquale Cardillo/Jerome Rosen
Sugar Cane Rag - Pasquale Cardillo/Jerome Rosen
Maple Leaf Rag - Pasquale Cardillo/Jerome Rosen
Treemonisha: We're Goin' Around (A Ring Play) - Kenneth Hicks/Houston Grand Opr Chor
Treemonisha: Aunt Dinah Has Blowed The Horn - Houston Grand Opr Chor

Music reviews of Panorama: Classics in America

Music Review: Just As Its Title Says: CLASSICS IN AMERICA
Rating: 5 Stars

OK, so all the "great composers" maybe weren't from Austria, Germany, or Italy. This CD, right here, justifies the quite justifable elitest attitude (also known as "Patriotism"). Maybe another title, "America's Greatest Hits" might have been appropriate, but then, a dunce or two would be whining for "A Horse With No Name," so "Classics" is it. Just look at who and what is represented on these cds: George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" (you might remember THAT if you saw "Fantasia 2000") Leonard Bernstein conducts his own beautiful "Dances From West Side Story" (he also conducted Gershwin). There's John Phillip Sousa's "Stars And Stripes Forever," a piece of music so beautiful, so astoundingly patriotism-inducing that it'd even make a.....democrat stand up with his hand over his heart! The ubquitous (and greatly missed) Bernstein conducts Ives' "Central Park In The Dark," and "The Unanswered Question." And that's just the FIRST CD! CAN you improve on perfection? CD #2 is a resounding YES! Here's Berbstein again conducting Samuel Barber's "Adagio For String," and Aaron Copland's beautiful "Appalachin Spring." And here's where the rest of the cd hits you like an enormous amyl-nitrate rush: Seiji Ozawa conducts the San Francisco Orchestra performing William Russo's unvbelievable "Three Piece For Blues Band And Orchestra." Ozawa, the story goes, enjoyed "going out for a cold one" after orchestra rehearsals, and he was especially was fond of a local blues band, The Seigel-Schwall Band. He commissioned his composer friend, William Russo, to compose something that the Band could could perfom with the orchestra. And I know you're thinking, "OH yeah, Procol Harum Live In Edmonton, 'Conquistador,' yeah." NO: As much as I ADORE Procol Harum, there is NO comparison! The Seigel-Schwall Band was strictly a BLUES band, and Russo - whew! composed three pieces that not only altered, but definitely enhanced the Band's electric blues. Like I'm so fond of saying,"By Alteration, Enhances!" My brother is a classically trained symphonic musician, and one time - wow, 25 years ago - he was playing "Three Pieces" on my battered stereo while I was in the shower. And I couldn't WAIT to "dry off," and run screaming in the romm, "WAHT IS THAT YOU'RE PLAYING?" Trust me on this folks, you won't believe it either - and you'll thank Heaven that it's on a CD, because if it was an album, you'd wear the grroves right out by replaying it over and over. And OLD ON, it ain't finished yet: the remainder of the CD features Arthur Feilder conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra performin 3 of the fantastically-talented but almost unknown, Scott Joplin. You remember that great piano music in the movie,"The Sting?" That was Scott Joplin - and he's represented here with "The Entertainer" (I dare you to keep from tapping your right foot when you listen to this),"The Sugar Cane Rag," and the "Maple Leaf Rag." The cd closes with an undiscovered GEM, excerpts fro Joplin's opera "Tremonshia."
This is pure, undiluted AMERICAN music, people. PLEASE do yourself a favor and put down the metal, the "alt," the rapping, the country 'n western, and even my beloved Rock and Roll for
about 2 and a half hours of some of the most incredible - and not THE LEAST BIT BORING! - Classical Music. Music that AMERICA was responsible for!

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