For more than a century, American composers have paid tribute to New York City—its tall buildings, crowds, traffic, noise, energy--and the diversity of the people who live and work there.
In this hour, a celebration of the Big Apple in works by Gershwin, Carpenter, Copland, Bernstein and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title |
Group/Artist |
Catalog # |
UPC |
| On the Town [for "New York, New York"] |
NY Philharmonic |
Sony SK 60538 |
074646503829 |
| Sousa Marches [for "Manhattan Beach"] |
Band of H.M. Royal Marines |
EMI Classics 585 5352 |
0724358553529 |
| Silks & Rags [for "Harlem Rag"] |
Great American Main St. Band |
EMI 54131 |
077775413120 |
| J. Strauss Jr. Edition., v. 51 [for "Manhattan Waltzes"] |
Slovak Radio Symphony Orch. |
Marco Polo 8.223279 |
730099327923 |
| Skyscrapers [for John Alden Carpenter's "Skyscrapers"] |
London Symphony Orchestra |
EMI CDC-7 492632 |
077774926324 |
| Gershwin Rhapsodies [for Second Rhapsody] |
Los Angeles Philharmonic |
Sony MK 39699 |
0074643969925 |
| Essential Leonard Bernstein [for Fancy Free ballet music] |
Israel Philharmonic |
DG 289 471 518-2 |
028947151821 |
| Copland Collection: Orchestral Works, 1948-1971 [for "Music for a Great City"] |
London Symphony Orchestra |
Sony 47236 |
074644723625 |
| Foss: Complete Solo Piano [Bernstein birthday piece] |
Dunn |
Naxos 8.559179 |
636943917923 |
| New York Pictures [for Torke's Grand Central Station] |
Rutgers Wind Ensemble |
Mark Masters 9159MCD |
710396915924 |
| West Side Story Suite |
Bell, Philharmonica Orchestra |
Sony 89358 |
696998935822 |
