VA - 100 Best American Classics (2012)

At a spectacular value and an amazingly low price, the 100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs, and operas.

Tracklist:

Disc1
001. Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Le Bananier (1992 Remastered Version)
002. Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Bamboula (1992 Remastered Version)
003. Louis Moreau Gottschalk - Pasquinade (1992 Remastered Version)
004. Stephen Collins Foster - My Old Kentucky Home (2011 Remastered Version)
005. Stephen Collins Foster - Gentle Annie (2011 Remastered Version)
006. Stephen Collins Foster - Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
007. Stephen Foster - Foster Favourites Medley (Ring, ring the banjo - Oh! Susanna - Camptown Races)
008. Stephen Collins Foster - Beautiful Dreamer
009. John Knowles Paine - Oedipus Tyrannus Prelude, Op.35
010. Dudley Buck - Festival Overture on The
011. Edward MacDowell - Lamia Symphonic Poem, Op.29
012. John Philip Sousa - The Washington Post
013. John Philip Sousa - The Liberty Bell
014. John Philip Sousa - King Cotton
015. John Philip Sousa - El Capitan
016. John Philip Sousa - The Stars And Stripes Forever!

Disc2
017. Scott Joplin - The Entertainer
018. Arthur Foote - Suite in E for Strings, Op.63: Pizzicato and Adagietto (Capriccioso. Allegretto)
019. Charles Ives - Sonata No. 1 for Piano: IIa. First verse : Allegro moderato
020. Charles Ives - Sonata No. 1 for Piano: IIb. Second verse In
021. Charles T. Griffes - The Half-Ring Moon
022. Charles T. Griffes - Evening Song
023. Charles T Griffes - Piano Sonata in F sharp minor: Allegro vivace
024. Charles T Griffes - Piano Sonata in F sharp minor: Appasionato - Lento - Presto
025. Charles Ives - General William Booth Enters Into Heaven (from a poem by Vachel Lindsay)
026. Charles Ives - At the River
027. George Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Excerpt, Opening)
028. John Alden Carpenter - Skyscrapers
029. George Gershwin - Concerto in F (1998 Remastered Version): II. Adagio - Andante con moto
030. George Gershwin - Three Preludes: No. 1 in B flat
031. George Gershwin - Three Preludes: No. 2 in C sharp minor
032. George Gershwin - Three Preludes: No. 3 in E flat minor

Disc3
033. George Gershwin - An American in Paris
034. Howard Hanson - Symphony No. 2 Romantic: II. Andante Con Tenerezza
035. Duke Ellington - Mood Indigo (I. Mills - A. Bigard) (Mills Music, Inc.)
036. Duke Ellington - Sophisticated lady (I. Mills - M. Parish) (Mills Music Corp.)
037. Duke Ellington - I let a song go out of my heart - I Mills - H. Nemo - J. Redmond (Mills Music, Inc.)
038. Duke Ellington - Prelude to a kiss - I. Gordon - I. Mills (American Academy of Music, Inc.)
039. Duke Ellington - In a Sentimental Mood (I. Mills - M. Kurt) (American Academy of Music, Inc.)
040. Duke Ellington - Don't get around much anymore - B. Russell (Robbins Music Corp.)
041. Ferde Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite (1997 Remastered Version): On The Trail
042. Samuel Barber - The School for Scandal Overture Op. 5
043. Jerome Kern - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Roberta, 1933) (1996 Remastered Version)
044. Cole Porter - Anything Goes: Overture
045. Compositeurs Divers - El Salon Mexico (1986)

Disc4
046. Virgil Thomson - The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite: Pastorale (Grass)
047. Virgil Thomson - The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite: Cattle
048. Virgil Thomson - The Plow That Broke The Plains - Suite: Blues (Speculation)
049. Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings, Op. 11
050. Richard Rodgers - My Funny Valentine (Babes in Arms)
051. Richard Rodgers - Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered (Pal Joey)
052. Virgil Thomson - The River Suite: The Old South
053. Billy Strayhorn - Take the A Train
054. Aaron Copland - Quiet City
055. Samuel Barber - 4 Songs, Op.13: III. Sure on this shining night (James Agee)
056. Samuel Barber - 4 Songs, Op.13: IV. Nocturne (Frederic Prokosch)
057. Aaron Copland - Piano Sonata: II. Vivace
058. Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto Op. 14: I. Allegro

Disc5
059. Aaron Copland - Fanfare for the Common Man
060. Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (1999 Remastered Version): Very Slowly
061. Aaron Copland - Appalachian Spring (1999 Remastered Version): Allegro
062. Aaron Copland - 8 Poems of Emily Dickinson: No.1 Nature, the gentlest mother
063. William Schuman - Undertow (1997 Remastered Version): The Transgressor and Medusa - Love and Death
064. William Schuman - Undertow (1997 Remastered Version): Alone, the Transgressor writhes in fear
065. William Schuman - Undertow (1997 Remastered Version): Finale - The Transgressor atones for his fatal act
066. Roger Sessions - Second Sonata for Piano: III. Misuranto e pesante
067. Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun, Act 1: No. 1, Overture
068. Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I: Doin' what comes natur'lly (Annie, Kids, Wilson)
069. Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I: The girl that I marry
070. Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun, Act I: You can't get a man with a gun
071. Irving Berlin - Annie Get Your Gun, Act II: Anything you can do
072. Morton Gould - Fall River Legend (1997 Remastered Version): Elegy
073. Morton Gould - Fall River Legend (1997 Remastered Version): Church Social
074. Morton Gould - Fall River Legend (1997 Remastered Version): Hymnal Variations
075. Morton Gould - Fall River Legend (1997 Remastered Version): Cotillion
076. Ned Rorem - The Lordly Hudson (Paul Goodman)
077. Samuel Barber - Piano Sonata Op.26: II. Allegro vivace e leggero
078. Aaron Copland - The Dodger (Campaign Song)
079. Aaron Copland - Long Time Ago (Ballad)
080. Aaron Copland - Simple Gifts (Shaker Song)
081. Aaron Copland - The Little Horses (Lullaby)
082. ANTHEIL - Capital Of The World - Abridged (1997 Remastered Version): Part 1 - The Street
083. Ned Rorem - Early in the Morning (Robert Hilyer)

Disc6
084. Compositeurs Divers - Candide (Overture)
085. Samuel Barber - Summer Music Op. 31: Slow and indolent
086. Samuel Barber - Summer Music Op. 31: Faster -
087. Samuel Barber - Summer Music Op. 31: Lively, still faster
088. Samuel Barber - Summer Music Op. 31: With motion, as before -
089. Samuel Barber - Summer Music Op. 31: Joyous and flowing -
090. Samuel Barber - Summer Music Op. 31: Tempo I
091. Leonard Bernstein - Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: II. Somewhere
092. John Cage - Rozart Mix (1965) (2008 Remastered Version)
093. Compositeurs Divers - To What You Said
094. William Bolcom - Over the Piano (Arnold Weinstein)
095. Philip Glass - Façades
096. Steve Reich - Vermont counterpoint
097. John Adams - Shaker Loops (1983): Shaking and Trembling
098. Elliott Carter - Three Occasions for Orchestra: Anniversary
099. John Adams - Two Fanfares for Orchestra: II. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
100. Conlon Nancarrow - Three Canons for Ursula: Canon 5/7