Symphonies Nos. 1-3
 From Amazon.com: Virgil Thomson (1896-1989) was, during his long creative lifetime, one of the major voices in 20th-century American music. He was a noted critic, teacher and, above all, skilled composer. Like the American romantics of the 1930s (Roy [... more]
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Sonata Op. 26/Excursions Op. 2
What's the rush?: I can't tell if the overly fast tempi on much of this recording is so all the works could be jammed onto one CD, or if Mr. Pollack was dared to see how fast he could go. To be fair, he starts the Sonata at the metronome marking in the [... more]
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Symphony No. 1
A Bold, Romantic Statement: I agree with Arnold Rosner (himself a fine composer) and Scott Morrison. This is a disc to be treasured. Nicolas Flagello (1928 - 1994) belonged to the New York and Northeast school of Italian-American composers of the mid- [... more]
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Columbus Suite
The Irish Massenet discovers America!: This collection of mostly pre-operetta Herbert is full of surprises. He is truly the "Irish Massenet" for the inventiveness and magnificence of his orchestral palette. The "Irish Wagner" [... more]
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Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6
Beat drums, beat! Blow, trumpets, blow!: Naxos' "American Classics" series has been uneven, not in the quality of the performances or in the engineering, but in the choice of repertoire. The symphonies by George Templeton Strong and Meredith [... more]
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Symphony No. 2/Browning Overtu
From Amazon.co.uk: The Nashville Symphony Orchestra gives just as robust and affectionate a performance of Charles Ives' Symphony No.2 on this new Naxos disc as if it was its own music. Ives was of the victorious Federal North, Nashville Tennessee of the [... more]
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Symphony No. 5
Rochberg's Taut Passion: This is an outstanding CD. It consists of three orchestral works by the contemporary American composer, George Rochberg (b. 1916), including world premiere recordings of his Symphony No. 5 and his Transcendental Variations. The [... more]
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Piano Music Vol. 1
Modern Americana for the Piano: Elie Siegmeister (1909 - 1991) grew up in New York City and studied composition with Nadia Boulanger in the 1920s. He returned to New York City and enjoyed a long and distinguished career as a composer. His music, alas, is [... more]
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String Quartets Nos. 1,5 and 6
Unusual string quartets from a highly individual composer: The German-based American composer Gloria Coates has been getting increasing attention from record companies recently, and now Naxos' American Classics series has been getting in on the act with [... more]
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Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-4
The Ives Violin Sonatas: Charles Ives (1874 -1954) was an original American composer. His work anticipated both the creation of a distintly American style of art music, incorporation elements of gospel, popular song,jazz, and ragtime and also the [... more]
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Piano Sonatas
From Amazon.com: Leo Ornstein, who died in 2002 at the approximate age of 110(!), was a notorious wild man in his early years. The inclusion of three of his early pieces, including such titles as Danse Sauvage and Suicide in an Airplane (both from 1913), [... more]
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Violin Concerto
From Amazon.co.uk: A life-long ambassador for American music, William Schuman (1910-1992) is known above all for his powerful Third Symphony (1941), though his substantial output is now being reassessed. The Violin Concerto (1959) is a good place to [... more]
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