Various composers – 'Dances' – Benjamin Grosvenor

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Partita no.4 in D major, BWV 828
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante, op.22
Polonaise in F sharp minor, op.44
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915):
Mazurkas op.3 nos.6, 4 & 9
Valse in A flat major, op.38
Enrique Granados (1867-1916):
8 Valses poéticos
Adolf Schulz-Evler (1852-1905):
Arabesques on Johann Strauss's "By the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909):
Tango, op.165 no.2 arr.Godowsky
Moron Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie-Woogie Etude

Benjamin Grosvenor - piano

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Copland, Joplin, Bernstein, Cage, Gershwin – Piano Music – Michel Legrand

Colon Nancarrow (1912-1997):
Prelude for piano
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
3 Preludes
Amy Beach (1867-1944):
5 Improvisations for piano, Op. 148
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
Maple Leaf Rag
Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
Four Piano Blues
Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie Woogie Etude
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869):
Manchega, étude de concert for piano, Op. 38
Edward MacDowell (1860-1908):
New England Idyls for piano, Op. 62
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990):
5 Anniversaries
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
The Entertainer
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Ballade, for piano, Op. 46
Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869):
Le Banjo, esquisse américaine for piano, Op. 15
John Cage (1912-1992):
Bacchanale, for prepared piano

Michel Legrand - piano

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Various Composers – Shura Cherkassky – Piano Recital from Carnegie Hall

Bach / Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924):
Chaconne from Partita in D minor BWV 1004
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Symphonische Etüden, op.13
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Nocturne in F minor, op.55 no.1
Charles Ives (1874-1954):
Three-page Sonata
Josef Hofmann (1876-1957):
Kaleidoscope, op.40 no.4
Pavel Pabst (1854-1897):
Paraphrase on themes from "Eugene Onegin"
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849):
Tarantelle, op.43
Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Boogie Woogie Etude

Shura Cherkassky - piano

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Copland – Orchestral works – Morton Gould – Latin American Symphonette – Abravanel

Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
Lincoln Portrait *
Quiet City
An Outdoor Overture
Our Town - suite for Orchestra
Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Latin American Symphonette

Charlon Heston - speaker *
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravanel - conductor

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Copland – Appalachian Spring, Tender Land; M.Gould – Fall River Legend – VA

Aaron Copland (1900-1990):
Appalachian Spring *
The Tender Land: Suite *
Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Fall River Legend +
Latin-American Symphonette: Tango, Guaracha +

Boston Symphony Orchestra *
Morton Gloud Orchestra +
Aaron Copland - conductor *
Morton Gould - conductor +

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Morton Gould, Samuel Barber - Orchestral Works - H.Hanson

Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Spirituals in Five Movements
Fall River Legend (Ballet Suite)
Samuel Barber (1910-1981):
Medea (Ballet Suite)

Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson - conductor

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VC - American Piano Classics - Kunzel

Leroy Anderson (1908-1975):
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C major *
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Second Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra *
Louis Mopreau Gottschalk (1829-1869) / Hershy Kay (1919-1981):
Grand Tarantelle #
Euday Bowman (187-1949):
12th Street Rag #
Scott Joplin (1868-1917):
The Entertainer #
Solace +
Maple Leaf Rag #
Morton Gould (1913-1996):
Interplay (American Concertette for Piano and Orchestra) #

Steward Goodyear - piano *
Keith Lockhart - piano +
William Tritt - piano #
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel - conductor

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Benny Goodman - Collector's Edition - Bernstein, Copland, Stravinsky, Gould, Bartok

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990): Prelude, Fugue and Riffs *
Aaron Copland (1900-1990): Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Piano and Harp +
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Ebony Concerto #
Morton Gould (1913-1996): Derivations for Clarinet and Band §
Béla Bartók (1881-1945): Contrasts £

Benny Goodman - clarinet
Joseph Szigeti - violin £
Béla Bartók - piano £
Columbia Jazz Combo * # §
Columbia Symphony Orchestra +
Leonard Bernstein - conductor *
Aaron Copland - conductor +
Igor Stravinsky - conductor #
Morton Gould - conductor §

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