Four 20th-century American masterworks.
American Works: Gershwin, Russo, Ellington, and Copland
Playlist
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (selections)
André Kostelantetz, conductor (recorded 1954)
Russo: Symphony No. 2, “Titans”
Leonard Bernstein, conductor; Maynard Ferguson, trumpet (recorded 1959)
Ellington/Marsalis: A Tone Parallel to Harlem
Kurt Masur, conductor; Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, artistic director & trumpet (recorded 1999)
Copland: The Tender Land (abridged)
Aaron Copland, conductor; Joy Clements, soprano; Claramae Turner, mezzo-soprano; Richard Cassilly, tenor; Richard Fredricks, baritone; Norman Treigle, bass; Choral Art Society, dir. William Jonson (recorded 1965)