NAXOS AMERICAN CLASSICS

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Mark ADAMO (b. 1962)

Late Victorians (1994) Regina Coeli (2007) Overture to Lysistrata (2005) Alcott Music (1999 rev. 2007) 8.559258 Review by Nick Barnard

John ADAMS (b. 1947)

	Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986) The Wound Dresser (1988) Berceuse élégiaque (1991) Shaker Loops (1978, rev. 1983) 8.559031 Reviews by John Quinn, Gwyn Parry-Jones and Kevin Sutton
	Complete piano music Phrygian Gates (1977-78), American Berserk (2001) China Gates (1977), Hallelujah Junction (1996) 8.559285 Reviews by Julie Williams and Leslie Wright
	I saw looking at the ceiling (1995) 8.669003-4 Reviews by Anne Ozorio and Dominy Clements
	Nixon in China (1987) 8.669022-24 Reviews by Jim Zychowicz and Göran Forsling

Samuel ADAMS (b. 1985)

Drift and Providence 8.559822 Reviews by Bob Stevenson and John Quinn

James AIKMAN (b. 1959)

 

Violin Concerto Lines in Motion (2009) Ania's Song - A Pavane, for string orchestra (2006) Concerto, for alto saxophone and orchestra (2010) 8.559720 Review by Byzantion

Robert ALDRIDGE (1954-)

	Clarinet Concerto (2004) Samba (1993) 8.559667 Review by Brian Reinhart
	Elmer Gantry 8.669032-3 Reviews by John Sheppard and Göran Forsling

Leroy ANDERSON (1908-1975)

	Orchestral Favourites 8.559125 Review by John Quinn
	Orchestral Music Volume 1 Includes: Piano concerto (1953) 8.559313 Reviews by Bob Briggs and John France
	Orchestral Music Vol. 2 8.559356 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf, Ian Lace and John France
	Orchestral Music Vol. 3 8.559357 Reviews by John France and Ian Lace
	Orchestral Music Vol. 4 8.559381 Review by Ian Lace
	Orchestral Music Vol. 5 Goldilocks, Suite of Carols 8.559382 Reviews by Ian Lace, Jonathan Woolf and John France

George ANTHEIL (1900-1959)

	Symphony No. 4 (1944) Symphony No. 6 (1948) McKonkey's Ferry (1948) 8.559033 Review by Ian Lace and Adrian Smith
	Ballet Mechanique (1953 version) Serenade for String Orchestra No. 1 (1948) Symphony for Five Instruments (1924) Concert for Chamber Orchestra (1932) 8.559060 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Terry Barfoot
	String quartet 3 (1948) 8.559354 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Bob Briggs

Dominick ARGENTO (b. 1927)

The Andrée Expedition (1982) From the Diary of Virginia Woolf (1974) 8.559828 Review by Göran Forsling

Milton BABBITT (b. 1916)

Around the Horn (1993), Whirled Series (1987) None But The Lonely Flute (1991), Homily (1987) Beaten Paths (1988), Play It Again, Sam (1989) Soli e Duettini (1989), Melismata (1982) 8.559259 Review by William Hedley

Claude BAKER (1948-)

	The glass bead game (1982, revised 1983) Awaking the winds (1993) Shadows: Four dirge-nocturnes (1990) The mystic trumpeter (1999) 8.559642 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Piano Concerto From Noon to Starry Night (2010) Aus Schwanengesang (2001) 8.559804 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Richard Hanlon

George BARATI (1913-1966)

Symphony No. 1 ('Alpine') (1963) Chant of Light (1994-95) Chant of Darkness (1993) 8.559063 Review by Rob Barnett

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)

	Complete orchestral works 8.506021 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Bob Briggs
	Complete piano music Piano Sonata (1949), Excursions (1942-44), Nocturne (1959) Three Sketches (1923-24), Interlude I (1931), Ballade (1977) Souvenirs (1952) 8.559015 Review by Rob Barnett
	Overture 'The School for Scandal' (1933) Symphony No. 1 (1937) First Essay for Orchestra (1938) Symphony No. 2 (1944) 8.559024 Reviews by Adrian Smith, John Phillips and Colin Clarke
	Violin Concerto, op. 14 (1941) Souvenirs Ballet Suite, op. 28, (1952) Serenade for Strings, op. 1 (1928) Music for a Scene from Shelley, op. 7 (1935) 8.559044 Reviews by John Phillips and Rob Barnett
	Choral Music 8.559053 Reviews by Michael Cookson and John Quinn
	Cello Concerto (1945) Medea - Ballet Suite (1947) Adagio for Strings 8.559088 Reviews by John Phillips and Adrian Smith
	Piano Concerto op. 38 (1962) Die Natali op.37 (1960) Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, op.23a (1946, rev. 1955) Commando March (1943) 8.559133 Reviews by Hubert Culot, Ian Lace, Kevin Sutton and Terry Barfoot
	Knoxville: Summer of 1915, op. 24 (1948) Second Essay, op. 17 (1942) Third Essay, op. 47 (1976) Toccata Festiva, op. 36 (1960) 8.559134 Reviews by Terry Barfoot, Rob Barnett and John Quinn
	Capricorn Concerto (1944) A Hand of Bridge (1959) Mutations from Bach (1979?) Intermezzo from Vanessa (1958) Canzonetta for oboe and strings (1978) Fadograph of a Yestern Scene (1971) 8.559135 Reviews by Ian Lace and Rob Barnett
	The school for scandal (1931) 8.559709 Reviews by Paul Godfrey and Dan Morgan
	Symphony No. 1 8.559822 Reviews by Bob Stevenson and John Quinn
	Vanessa 8.669140-41 Review by John Quinn

Marion BAUER (1882-1955)

A Lament on an American Theme, op. 20a (1927) Concertino for Oboe, Clarinet and Strings op. 32b (1939-43) Trio Sonata No. 1 for Flute, Cello and Piano, op. 40 (1944) Symphonic Suite for Strings, op. 33 (1940) Duo for Oboe and Clarinet, op. 25 (1932) American Youth Concerto, op. 36 (1943) 8.559253 Reviews by Adam Binks, Dominy Clements and Mark Morris

Amy BEACH (1867-1944)

	Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, op. 45 (1898-99) Symphony in E minor, op. 32 ("Gaelic") (1894-96) 8.559139 Reviews by Colin Clarke, Kevin Sutton and Neil Horner
	Songs 8.559191 Reviews by Christopher Howell and Jonathan Woolf

Robert Russell BENNETT (1894-1981)

Abraham Lincoln Symphony (1929) Sights and Sounds - an orchestral entertainment (1929) 8.559004 Reviewed by Rob Barnett

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918 – 1990)

	Symphony No.1 ('Jeremiah') (1942) Concerto for Orchestra ('Jubilee Games') (1986/9) 8.559100 Review by Hubert Culot
	West Side Story (1957) 8.557126 Reviews by Rob Barnett and David Wishart
	On the Waterfront – Symphonic Suite Chichester Psalms On the Town – Three Dance Episodes 8.559177 Reviews by Gwyn Parry-Jones and Garry Dalkin
	Serenade for Solo Violin, Strings, Harp and Percussion (1954) Facsimile – Choreographic Essay for Orchestra (1946) Divertimento for Orchestra (1980) 8.559245 Reviews by Dominy Clements and Göran Forsling
	Dybbuk (1974) Fancy Free (1944) 8.559280 Reviews by Hubert Culot and Randolph Magri-Overend
	Mass (1971) 8.559622-23 Reviews by Brian Reinhart, Robert Hugill, Simon Thompson and Leslie Wright
	Sonata for Violin and Piano (1939) Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1937) Transcriptions 8.559643 Review by Byzantion
	Arias and Barcarolles (1988) 8.559709 Reviews by Paul Godfrey and Dan Morgan
	Missa Brevis (1988) Symphony No.3 Kaddish (1963) The Lark (1955) 8.559742 Review by Nick Barnard
	Piano Sonata (1938) Seven Anniversaries (1943) Thirteen Anniversaries (1988) Music for the Dance No. II (1938) Non Troppo Presto (1937) 8.559756 Review by Brian Reinhart
	Symphony No. 1 Jeremiah (1942) Symphony No. 2 The Age of Anxiety (1949, rev, 1965) 8.559790 Reviews by John Quinn and Leslie Wright
	Mambo (1957) Slava! A Political Overture (1977) Suite for Orchestra (1976) CBS Music (1978) Times Square Ballet (1944) A Bernstein Birthday Bouquet 8.559813 Review by Leslie Wright
	Overture to Candide (1956) Fancy Free - complete ballet (1944) Anniversaries for Orchestra (1944-89) Overture to Wonderful Town (1953) 8.559814 Review by Nick Barnard
	Songfest 8.559859 Review by John Quinn

Charles BISCARDI (b. 1948)

In Time's Unfolding (2000) Tartini (1972) Piano Quintet (2004) Mestiere (1979) Di Vivere (1981) The Viola Had Suddenly Become a Voice (2005) Companion Piece (for Morton Feldman) (1989) 8.559639 Review by Byzantion

William BOLCOM (b. 1938)

	Complete Violin Sonatas First Sonata (1956, revised version) Second Sonata (1978) Third Sonata (Sonata Stramba) (1993) Fourth Sonata (1994) 8.559150 Review by Patrick Waller
	Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Blake) (1956-1982) 8.559216-18 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John Quinn
	Music For Two Pianos Recuerdos (1991) Frescoes for two pianos, harmonium, and harpsichord (arr. 2 pianos) (1971) Sonata for Two Pianos in One Movement (1993) Interlude (1963, rev. 1965) The Serpent’s Kiss (Ragtime) (1969, arr. 1994) Through Eden’s Gates (Cakewalk) (1969, arr. 1994) 8.559244 Reviews by Adam Binks and Dominy Clements
	Songs 8.559249 Review by John Quinn
	Complete works for cello Capriccio (1988), Cello Suite 1 (1995), Décalage (1961-2) Dark Music (1970), Cello Sonata (1989) 8.559348 Reviews by Dominy Clements and Glyn Pursglove
	Piano Music 8.559832-34 Review by Stephen Greenbank

Alla BORZOVA (b.1961)

Songs for Lada (1986-91) To the New World (2001-02) 8.559706 Reviews by Steve Arloff and Paul Godfrey

Paul BOWLES (1910-1999)

Complete Piano Works - Volume 2 8.559787 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Philip Buttall

Peter BOYER (b.1970)

Silver Fanfare for orchestra (2004) Festivities for orchestra (2011) Three Olympians for string orchestra (2000) Celebration Overture for orchestra (1997 rev. 2001) Symphony No. 1 for orchestra (2012-13) 8.559769 Review by David Dunsmore

Margaret BROUWER (b.1940)

	Aurolucent Circles (2002) Mandala (2001) Pulse (2003) Remembrances (1996) SIZZLE (2000) 8.559250 Reviews by David Blomenberg, Glyn Pursglove and Hubert Culot
	Shattered Glass Lonely Lake Clarinet Quintet Arrangements for Blue Streak Ensemble Whom do you call angel now? 8.559763 Review by John Whitmore

Dave BRUBECK (b. 1920)

	Chromatic Fantasy Sonata Five Pieces from ‘Two-Part Adventures’ Tritonis The Salmon Strikes Rising Sun 8.559212 Reviews by Patrick Gary and Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Songs 8.559220 Reviews by Steve Arloff, Göran Forsling and Patrick Gary
	Nocturnes 8.559301 Reviews by Göran Forsling and Jonathan Woolf

Cecil BURLEIGH (1885-1980)

Music for Violin and Piano Impromptu (1911), Nature’s Voices (1922) Five Indian Sketches (1913), Plantation sketches (1916) Characteristic Pieces (1910), Six Fancies (1917) Four Concert Pieces (1920), Boyhood Recollections (1925) Spanish Dance (1909), Cradle Song (1909) 8.559061 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Gwyn Parry-Jones

Charles Wakefield CADMAN (1881-1946)

Piano Trio (1914) [24.21] Violin Sonata (1930) [24.57] Piano Quintet (1937) [19.51] The Legend of the Canyon (1920) From the Land of the Sky-Blue Water (1909-13) 8.559067 Review by Rob Barnett

John CAGE (1912-1992)

	Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano (1946-48) 8.559042 Reviewed by Rob Barnett
	Works for Flute Volume 2 Solo for Flute, Alto Flute and Piccolo (1957-58) Solo with Obbligato Accompaniment of 2 Voices in Canon, and 6 Short Inventions on the Subject of the Solo (1933-34) Composition for 3 Voices (1934) Sonata for 2 Voices (1933) Hymnkus (1986) 8.559774 Review by Wai Kit Leung

John Alden CARPENTER (1876-1951)

Adventures in a Perambulator (1914) [26.51] Symphony No. 1 (1940) [19.27] Symphony No. 2 (1942, rev 1947) 8.559065 Review by Rob Barnett

Elliott CARTER (b.1908)

	Holiday Overture (1944 rev. 1961) Symphony No. 1 (1942 rev. 1954) Piano Concerto (1964-65) 8.559151 Review by Rob Barnett
	String Quartet No.1 (1951) String Quartet No.5 (1995) 8.559362 Review by Michael Cookson
	100th Anniversary Mosaics, Dialogues & other chamber works 8.559614 & 2.110257 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Carla Rees

Romeo CASCARINO (1922-2002)

Pygmalion (1956) Portrait of Galatea (1952) Blades of Grass (1945) Prospice (1948) Meditation and Elegy (2000) The Acadian Land (1960) 8.559266 Review by Kevin Sutton

George Whitefield CHADWICK (1854-1937)

	Overture and tone poems Euterpe (1903) Angel of Death (1918) Aphrodite (1918) Melpomene (1887) Thalia (1883) 8.559117 Review by Rob Barnett
	Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, op.21 Symphonic Sketches (1895-1904): Jubilee, Noël, Hobgoblin, A Vagrom Ballad 8.559213 Reviews by John France and Colin Clarke

Tom CIPULLO (b. 1956)

The Parting (2019) 8.669044 Review by Claire Seymour

Gloria COATES (b.1943)

	String Quartets 1-9 Sonata for solo violin Lyric Suite 8.503240 Review by Byzantion
	String Quartet 1 (1966) String Quartet 5 ( 1988) String Quartet 6 (1999) 8.559091 Review by Gary Higginson
	String Quartet No. 2 (1972) String Quartet No. 3 (1975) String Quartet No. 4 (1976-77) String Quartet No. 7 ‘Angels’ (2000) String Quartet No. 8 ( 2001-02) 8.559152 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Jonathan Woolf
	Symphony No. 15 (2004-5) Cantata da Requiem, ‘WWII Poems for Peace’ (1972) Transitions (1984) 8.559371 Review by Dan Morgan
	String Quartet No. 9 (2007) Sonata for Solo Violin (2000) Lyric Suite for Piano Trio (1996) 8.559666 Reviews by Byzantion and Raymond Walker

James COHN (1928-)

Symphony No. 7 op. 45 (1967) Symphony No. 2 op. 13 (1949) Variations on ‘The Wayfaring Stranger’ op. 34 (1960) Waltz in D op. 29a (1957, orch. 1962) 8.559376 Reviewed by Rob Barnett

Zez CONFREY (1895-1971)

Piano Music Kitten on the Keys (1921), Dizzy Fingers (1923) Meandering (1936), African Suite (1924), Jay Walk (1927) Sparkling Waters (1928), Wise Cracker Suite (1936) Amazonia (1945), Blue Tornado (1935), Stumbling (1922) Three Little Oddities (1923), Coaxing the Piano (1922) Moods of a New Yorker (1932), Rhythm Venture (1935) Fourth Dimension (1959) 8.559016 Reviewed by Rob Barnett

Frederick Shepherd CONVERSE (1871-1940)

The Mystic Trumpeter (1904) Flivver Ten Million (1927) Endymion’s Narrative (1901) 8.559116 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Jonathan Woolf

Carson COOMAN (b. 1982)

	Symphony No. 2 Litanies of Love and Rain Op. 574 (2004) Partita for baroque flute Op. 526 (2003) Piano Concerto Op. 649 (2005) Vision for violin and organ Op. 646 (2005) Symphony No. 3 Ave Maris Stella Op. 650 (2005) Songlines, Sun Dreaming Op. 307 (2001) Sonata for violin and organ Op. 573 (2004) 8.559329 Reviews by Patrick Waller and Jens Laurson
	Piano music Seascape Passion; Midday Brightness (Piano Sonata 3) (2002) Kayser Variations (1997), Dream-Tombeau; Crucifixus (2003) For Gwyneth (1999), Dream Etudes Book II (2001) Postcard Partita (2002), Fourth Piano Sonata (2005) 8.559350 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Dan Morgan
	Sacred Choral Music 8.559361 Review by John Quinn

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)

	Three Latin-American Sketches (1959/1971) Quiet City (1940) Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra (1947) Appalachian Spring (1944) 8.559069 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Kevin Sutton
	Symphony No. 3 (1946) Suite, Billy the Kid. (1938) 8.559106 Review by William Hedley
	Piano Fantasy (1955-1957) Piano Sonata (1939-1941) Piano Variations (1930) 8.559184 Reviews by John France, Tony Haywood and Patrick Waller
	Prairie Journal (1937) Rodeo (Four Dance Episodes) (1942) Letter From Home (1944) The Red Pony - Suite from filmscore (1948) 8.559240 Review by Owen Walton
	The Tender Land Suite (1954) Piano Concerto (1926) Old American Songs Vols 1 & 2 (1950/2) 8.559297 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Tony Haywood
	Symphony No. 1 (1928) Short Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (1933) Dance Symphony (1922-25) 8.559359 Review by Dan Morgan
	Clarinet Concerto (1948) 8.559667 Review by Brian Reinhart
	Rodeo (complete ballet) (1942) Dance Panels (1959) El Salón México (1936) Danzón Cubano (1942) 8.559758 Reviews by Glyn Parry-Jones, Brian Reinhart and John Whitmore
	Appalachian Spring - Ballet Suite (1945) 8.559782 Reviews by Nick Barnard and William Kreindler
	Hear Ye! Hear Ye! (1934) Appalachian Spring (complete) (1944) 8.559806 Reviews by Dan Morgan and John Quinn
	Symphony No. 3 (original version) (1946) Three Latin American Sketches (1971) 8.559844 Reviews by Dan Morgan, Leslie Wright and John Quinn
	An Outdoor Overture 8.559859 Review by John Quinn
	Grohg - One-Act Ballet (1925, rev. 1932) Billy the Kid (complete) (1938) 8.559862 Reviews by Dan Morgan, Robert Cummings and John Quinn

John CORIGLIANO (1938-)

	Snapshot: Circa 1909 (2003) A Black November Turkey (1972/2003) String Quartet (1995) 8.559180 Review by Derek Warby
	Red Violin Caprices (2002) Violin Sonata (1963) 8.559364 Reviews by Patrick Gary and Dan Morgan
	A Dylan Thomas Trilogy (1960 rev. 1999) 8.559394 Review by John France
	Circus Maximus: Symphony No. 3 (2004) Gazebo Dances (1972) 8.559601 Reviews by Benn Martin and Kirk McElhearn
	Phantasmagoria – Suite from The Ghosts of Versailles (2000) Violin Concerto The Red Violin (2003) 8.559671 Review by Nick Barnard
	Conjurer (2007) Vocalise (1999) 8.559757 Reviews by Dan Morgan and John Quinn
	Symphony No.1 (1989) 8.559782 Reviews by Nick Barnard and William Kreindler

Henry COWELL (1897-1965)

	Piano Pieces Quartet for flute, oboe, cello and harpsichord Three Anti-Modernist Songs Suite for violin and piano Polyphonica for small orchestra (1930) Irish Suite for string piano and small orchestra (1925) 8.559192 Reviews by Patrick Waller, Paul Shoemaker and Rob Barnett
	Homage to Iran (1957), Piece for piano with strings (1924), Vestiges, Euphoria (1929), What's This (1915), Elegie (1941), The Banshee (1925), Two Songs - Poems of Catherine Riegger Six Casual Developments (1933), Set of Five (1952) 8.559193 Reviews by Patrick Waller, Paul Shoemaker and Rob Barnett

Paul CRESTON (1906-1985)

	Symphony No. 1 (1940) Symphony No. 2 (1944) Symphony No. 3 (1950) 8.559034 Reviews by Rob Barnett, Lewis Foreman and David Wright
	Toccata Op. 68 (1957) Symphony No. 5 Op. 64 (1955) Out of the Cradle Op. 5 (1932) Partita Op. 12 (1935) Invocation and Dance Op. 58 8.559153 Review by Rob Barnett

George CRUMB (b. 1929)

	Vox Balaenae (1971) Federico’s Little Songs for Children (1986) An Idyll for the Misbegotten (Images III) (1986) Eleven Echoes of Autumn (Echoes I) (1965) 8.559205 Review by Dominy Clements
	Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death 8.559290 Review by Julie Williams and Dominy Clements

Sebastian CURRIER (1959-)

Piano Sonata (1988) Departures and Arrivals (2007) Scarlatti Cadences (1996) Brainstorm (1994) 8.559638 Review by Byzantion

Collections

	Dreamer - A portrait of Langston Hughes Songs by Robert Owens, John Musto, William Grant Still, Hale Smith, Margaret Bonds, Ricky Gordon, Florence Price, Howard Swanson, Kurt Weill, Harriettte Davison, Jean Berger, Harry T Burleigh and Eric Santos 8.559136 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and John Quinn
	American Choral Music Works by Corigliano, Foss, Copland Ives & Persichetti 8.559299 Review by John Quinn
	Classic American Love Songs Works by Arlen, Weill, Schwartz & Gershwin 8.559314 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	American Choral Music Works by Persichetti, Schuman, Bolcom, Fine & Foss 8.559358 Review by William Hedley
	Lincoln Portraits Works by Ives, Persichetti, Harris, Bacon, Gould, McKay, Turok & Copland 8.559373-4 Reviews by William Kreindler, Rob Barnett & John Sheppard
	Eight Visions Works by Rorem, Moravec, Yi, Leon, Beglarian, Sanford, Bunch & Hui 8.559629 Review by Carla Rees
	Jazz Nocturne - Concertos of the Jazz Age Works by Gershwin, Johnson, Reser & Suesse 8.559647 Review by Tony Augarde
	The 18th Century American Overture Works by Hewitt, Carr & Reinagle 8.559654 Reviews by Byzantion and John Sheppard
	Echoes: Classic Works Transformed Works by Schiff, Sheng, Stock, Harbison, Jones, Kernis & Schwarz 8.559679 Review by Brian Reinhart
	American music for percussion 1 Works by Tower, Sandler, Higdon, Rodriguez & Schuller 8.559683 Review by Dan Morgan
	American music for percussion 2 Works by Carter, Child, Cohen, Harbison & Lerdahl 8.559684 Review by Byzantion
	Music for mandolin and guitar 8.559686 Reviews by John Whitmore and Byzantion
	Robert Helps in Berlin 8.559696/7 Review by Byzantion
	Between The Bliss And Me … Songs to poems of Emily Dickinson 8.559731 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Dvořák & America Works by Dvořák, Beckermann, Fisher, Farwell & Horowitz 8.559777 Reviews by Christopher Fifield and John Sheppard