Classical Music Playlist

A Prairie Home Companion

A Prairie Home Companion

Mark O'Connor - Song of the Liberty Bell
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Mark O'Connor, violin
Sony 63216 - BUY

George Gershwin - Fantasy on Porgy & Bess
John Williams, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Joshua Bell, violin
Sony 60659 - BUY

Albert Franz Doppler - Duettino americain
Jean-Pierre Rampal, flute
Delos 3212 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3: Fanfare
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 60149 - BUY

William Grant Still - Prelude: 2nd mvmt
New Zealand String Quartet
Alexa Still, flute
Koch 7192 - BUY

Harold Arlen - The Wizard of Oz: Concert Suite
John Williams, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Sony 62788 - BUY

Richard Rodgers - On Your Toes: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
John Mauceri, conductor
Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Philips 446404 - BUY

Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
William Albright, piano
MusicMasters 7061 - BUY

Robert Beaser - Quicksilver
Paula Robison, flute
MusicMasters 60115 - BUY

Virgil Thomson - Plow That Broke the Plains Suite
Neville Marriner, conductor
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra
EMI 47715 - BUY

Randall Thompson - Alleluia
Robert Shaw, conductor
Robert Shaw Chamber Singers
Telarc 80519 - BUY

Henri Vieuxtemps - American Souvenir: Yankee Doodle
Lazar Gosman, conductor
Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra
Sony 48257 - BUY

John Philip Sousa - The Liberty Bell
John Wallace, conductor
Wallace Collection
Nimbus 5129 - BUY

John Williams - Song for World Peace
John Williams, conductor
Recording Arts Orchestra of L.A.
Sony 89364 - BUY

Leonard Bernstein - On the Town: 3 Dance Episodes
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
EMI 6626 - BUY

Mark O'Connor - Trail of Tears
Steven Mercurio, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Mark O'Connor, violin
Sony 61679 - BUY

Edward MacDowell - Suite
Howard Hanson, conductor
Eastman-Rochester Sym. Orch.
Mercury 434337 - BUY

Philip Phile - The President's March
Federal Music Society
New World 80299 - BUY

Scott Joplin - Two Rags
Calico Winds
Albany 693 - BUY

Paul Turok - Variations on an American Song: Aspects of Lincoln and Liberty
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Nashville Symphony
Naxos 559373 - BUY

Howard Hanson - Bold Island Suite
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Cincinnati Pops
Telarc 80649 - BUY

Louis Moreau Gottschalk - The Union
Alan Marks, piano
Nimbus 5014 - BUY

Dudley Buck - The Star-Spangled Banner Festival O
Kenneth Klein, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
EMI 49263 - BUY

Anonymous - Three Pieces from the American Brass Journal
Summit Brass
Pro Arte 318 - BUY

John Williams - The Cowboys Overture
John Williams, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 420178 - BUY

William Bolcom - Virtuosity Rag
Detroit Chamber Winds
Koch 7395 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Billy the Kid
David Zinman, conductor
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
London/Decca 466909 - BUY

Scott Joplin - The Ragtime Dance
Leila Josefowicz, violin
John Novacek, piano
Philips 462948 - BUY

John Williams - Three Pieces for Solo Cello: Pickin
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Sony 93927 - BUY

Edward MacDowell - Suite No. 2 "Indian:" Village Festival
Charles Anthony Johnson, conductor
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic
Albany 224 - BUY

Jerome Moross - Lazy Afternoon
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
William Bolcolm, piano
Omega 3004 - BUY

The Writer's Almanac

Jay Roberts - Joy Rag
Chrysanthemum Ragtime Band
Omega 3011 - BUY

David Diamond - Symphony No. 2: Finale
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Seattle Symphony
Delos 3093 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
Eugene Ormandy, conductor
Philadelphia Orchestra
Sony 62401 - BUY

Samuel Barber - Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Nicholas McGegan, conductor
The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Carolyn Sampson, soprano
MPR  - BUY

George Gershwin - Promenade
Andrew Litton, conductor
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Delos 3216 - BUY

George Gershwin - Porgy & Bess: Summertime
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
Anyssa Neumann, piano
Sebastian 200 - BUY

William Schuman - New England Triptych
James Sedares, conductor
Phoenix Symphony Orchestra
Koch 7135 - BUY

John Philip Sousa - Stars and Stripes Forever
Lt. Colonel G.A. C. Hoskins, conductor
Band of H.M. Royal Marines
EMI 38016 - BUY

Mark O'Connor - Strings and Threads Suite
Scott Yoo, conductor
Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
Mark O'Connor, fiddle
Sony 89660 - BUY

William Grant Still - Folk Suite No. 4
Sierra Winds
Cambria 1083 - BUY

Traditional; arr: Alf Houkom - Shenandoah
Dale Warland Singers
ACC 122 - BUY

Aaron Jay Kernis - Musica Celestis
Hugh Wolff, conductor
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Argo 448900 - BUY

Leroy Anderson - Bugler's Holiday
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Eastman-Rochester Pops
Mercury 434376 - BUY

Paul Schoenfield - Cafe Music
Eroica Trio
MPR 206 - BUY

Amy Beach - Piano Concerto: Scherzo
Kenneth Schermerhorn, conductor
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Alan Feinberg, piano
Naxos 559139 - BUY

Lou Harrison - Soltice: Vernal Dance
California Symphony
Argo 455590 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Outdoor Overture
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
Seattle Symphony
Delos 3140 - BUY

Charles Grobe - United States Grand Waltz
Noel Lester, piano
Centaur 2250 - BUY

Benjamin Carr - Yankee Doodle Rondo
Noel Lester, piano
Centaur 2250 - BUY

Virgil Thomson - Five Ladies for Violin and Piano
Sharan Leventhal, violin
Anthony Tommasini, piano
Northeastern 240 - BUY

Composers Datebook

Leonard Bernstein - Wonderful Town Medley
John Williams, conductor
Boston Pops Orchestra
Philips 416360 - BUY

Anonymous, The Southern Harmony (1854) - Bozrah
The Rose Ensemble
Rose 9 - BUY

Daniel Read - Sherburne
The Rose Ensemble
Rose 9 - BUY

Thomas Hastings - Still Water
Rose Ensemble
Rose 9 - BUY

Morton Gould - American Salute (When Johnny Comes Marching Home)
Arthur Fiedler, conductor
Boston Pops
RCA 60700 - BUY

Walter Piston - Serenata for Orchestra: Con spirito
Gerard Schwarz, conductor
seattle Symphony
Delos 3106 - BUY

Henri Vieuxtemps - Souvenir of America
Zuill Bailey, cello
Simone Dinnerstein, piano
Delos 3326 - BUY

American; arr: Aaron Copland - I Bought Me A Cat
Andrew Litton, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra
Jubilant Sykes, baritone
Arioso 001 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Rodeo
Louis Lane, conductor
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
Telarc 80078 - BUY

George Gershwin - Medley of Gershwin Tunes
William Bolcom, piano
Nonesuch 79151 - BUY

Traditional - America
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 60778 - BUY

William McGibbon - Through the Woods, Laddie
Tina Chancey, viola da gamba
Golden Apple 1 - BUY

Morton Gould - Amber Waves
Kenneth Klein, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
EMI 49462 - BUY

Victor Herbert - American Fantasia
Leonard Slatkin, conductor
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
RCA 60983 - BUY

Leroy Anderson - Belle of the Ball
Catherine Wilson, piano
Spy Recordings 1001 - BUY

Joseph Jenkins - American Overture
Denis Colwell, conductor
River City Brass Band
Summit 310 - BUY

Jacques Offenbach - Orpheus in the Underworld Overture
Neville Marriner, conductor
Philharmonia Orchestra
Philips 411476 - BUY

Jacques Offenbach - Les belles americaines (The American Beauties)
Erich Kunzel, conductor
Cincinnati Pops
Telarc 80294 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Lincoln Portrait
Zubin Mehta, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Gregory Peck, narrator
London/Decca 1231 - BUY

Cecil Burleigh - Six Fancies
Zina Schiff, violin
Naxos 559061 - BUY

Clare Barnhouse - Geo. Washington's Birthday Party
George Foreman, conductor
New Columbia Brass Band
Dorian 93165 - BUY

John Philip Sousa - The Glory of the Yankee Navy
Frederick Fennell, conductor
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Mercury 434300 - BUY

John Playford - The Broom of Cowdenknows
The Baltimore Consort
Dorian 90238 - BUY

Victor Herbert - The Red Mill: Selections
Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Eastman-Dryden Orchestra
Arabesque 6547 - BUY

Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto Grosso No. 6
Trevor Pinnock, conductor
English Concert
Archiv 423626 - BUY

Jacques Offenbach - Beautiful Helene: Overture
Herbert von Karajan, conductor
Berlin Philharmonic
DG 400044 - BUY

Gabriel Grovlez - Sicilienne and Allegro giocoso
Karen Geoghegan, bassoon
Chandos 10521 - BUY

Antonio Vivaldi - Cello Concerto
Ton Koopman, conductor
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Sony 90916 - BUY

Ralph Vaughan Williams - Eventide
George Hurst, conductor
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Chandos 8432 - BUY

Alessandro Marcello - Trumpet Concerto
Jesus Lopez-Cobos, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Maurice Andre, trumpet
EMI 64100 - BUY

Cesar Cui - Cantabile
John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Steven Isserlis, cello
Virgin 91134 - BUY

Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Le Bananier (The Banana Tree)
Paul Bisaccia, piano
Towerhill 72000 - BUY

Cyril Scott - Symphony No. 1
Martyn Brabbins, conductor
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Chandos 10452 - BUY

Emilio Pujol - Triquilandia/Seguidilla
David Russell, guitar
Telarc 80633 - BUY

Alfred Schnittke - Suite in the Old Style
Vladimir Spivakov, conductor
Moscow Virtuosi
RCA 60370 - BUY

Peter Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto: Finale
Daniel Harding, conductor
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Janine Jansen, violin
London/Decca 4780651 - BUY

Carlos Salzedo - Variations on an Ancient Theme
Yolanda Kondonassis, harp
Telarc 80691 - BUY

Franz Schubert - Rondo
Yaara Tal, piano
Sony 58955 - BUY

Harald Saeverud - Rondo Amoroso
Per Dreier, conductor
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Aurora 4913 - BUY

John Williams - Star Wars: Leia/Main Title
Charles Gerhardt, conductor
National Philharmonic Orchestra
RCA 2698 - BUY

Antonio Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico: Concerto No. 10 for 4 Violins & Cello
Christopher Hogwood, conductor
Academy of Ancient Music
Oiseau-Lyre 410553 - BUY

Nino Rota - Castel del Monte
Marzio Conti, conductor
Virtuosi Italiani
Guido Corti, horn
Chandos 9954 - BUY

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Duet Sonata
Martha Argerich, piano
Teldec 91378 - BUY

Leonard Bernstein - On the Waterfront: Symphonic Suite
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
DG 459552 - BUY

Andres Segovia - Two Etudes
Eduardo Fernandez, guitar
London/Decca 417618 - BUY

Aaron Jay Kernis - Musica Celestis
Eiji Oue, conductor
Minnesota Orchestra
Virgin 45464 - BUY

Americana - Fourth of July Overture
Donald Hunsberger, conductor
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Vox 5088 - BUY

Traditional - The willow tree
John Rutter, conductor
City of London Sinfonia
Collegium 120 - BUY

Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Los Angeles Philharmonic
DG 439521 - BUY

Benjamin Godard - Legende Pastorale
Ulysse Waterlot, conductor
Waterloo Chamber Orchestra
Marc Grauwels, flute
Naxos 555954 - BUY

William Bolcom - Graceful Ghost
Ruskin Cooper, piano
Centaur 2584 - BUY