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rom the New World

Year recorded

1990-1999

Year published

2018

Composer

Aaron Copland

Arthur Benjamin

Georges Gershwin

Jay Livingston

José Pablo Moncayo

Leonard Bernstein

Richard Rodgers

Scott Joplin

Artists

SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Klaus Arp

Saul Schechtmann

Ernst Wedam

Caspar Richter

Tracks

Georges Gershwin: Overture (from: Strike Up The Band)

Georges Gershwin: Lullaby for String Quartet

Aaron Copland: Danzón cubano for 2 Pianos

José Pablo Moncayo: Huapango

Arthur Benjamin: North American Square Dance

Jay Livingston: Mr. Christopher Columbus

Scott Joplin: Two Ragtimes

Richard Rodgers: Oklahoma-Medley

Leonard Bernstein: A Simple Song (from: Mass)

Georges Gershwin: Overture (from: Girl Crazy)

Here we have a great cross-section of American music: from ragtime pioneer Scott Jopin to Richard Rodgers, the legendary composer of musicals, together with works by Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Aaron Copland. The musicians of the SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern play with zest and flamboyance.

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