Modern American Vocal Works (1999) more music like this

performed by Aaron Copland (piano), Eleanor Steber (soprano), Jennie Tourel (mezzo-soprano), Joseph James (baritone), Leontyne Price (soprano), Samuel Barber (piano), Virgil Thomson (piano), William Warfield (baritone), William Strickland (conductor)
composed by Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber, Virgil Thomson

This CD is a re-issue of premiere recordings, made by major performers during the years 1950 - 1953, of 23 vocal works by three well-known American composers: Samuel Barber, Aaron Copland, and Virgil Thomson. Barber is represented by his well-known Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24, exquisite in its harmonies and lyricism and its poetic, nostalgic ...

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George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (2008) more music like this

performed by Cabell ("Cab") Calloway (vocals), Helen Colbert (vocals), Helen Dowdy (vocals), Helen Thigpen (vocals), Howard A. Roberts (vocals), John McCurry (vocals), Joseph James (vocals), Leontyne Price (vocals), Leslie Scott (vocals), Moses Lamar (vocals)
composed by George Gershwin

This live recording, made in Berlin, documents the hugely successful 1952 revival of Porgy and Bess that toured the U.S. and numerous European cities. Although the production restored music that had been omitted from the work's previous performances, this version still contains almost an hour less music than the most "complete" modern recordings. ...

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