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American Classical music blends European symphonic traditions with distinctly American influences, including folk, jazz, and modernist experimentation. Known for its diversity, it ranges from grand orchestral works and choral compositions to avant-garde and minimalist pieces. Conductors like Kenneth Schermerhorn and Michael Stern have championed its dynamic spirit, while ensembles such as the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and The California Parallele Ensemble bring it to life. Often rich in emotional depth and complex harmonies, American Classical music reflects the nation's cultural evolution while pushing artistic boundaries.

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Sondheim: New Chamber Music Arrangements

Stephen Sondheim•

Album - 10 Tracks - Released March 7, 2025

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March 7, 2025

Sondheim: New Chamber Music Arrangements
Stephen Sondheim•
Opus Two
10 tracks
February 21

Mozart: Complete Sonatas & Variations for Piano & Violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Christina Petrowska-Quilico•
Jacques Israelievitch
70 tracks
December 13, 2024

David Lang: poor hymnal
David Lang•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
14 tracks
October 25

Meciendo
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
8 tracks
October 18

Cloud Anthem
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
September 20

Ways You Went
The Crossing•
Donald Nally•
Prism Quartet•
Scott Dettra
9 tracks
September 20

OceanRiverLake
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
28 tracks
August 27

Paul Dooley: Masks and Machines
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
10 tracks
July 12

Ochre
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
11 tracks
July 12

John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
29 tracks
June 28

America the Beautiful (Arr. for Choir by KJ Phillips)
Samuel A. Ward
1 tracks
June 28

Ochre - V. Hematite
Caroline Shaw•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
June 11

Vijay Iyer: Trouble
Vijay Iyer•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
13 tracks
June 7

Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations
Johannes Brahms•
Kansas City Symphony•
Michael Stern
16 tracks
May 10

Games of the Night Wind
Christina Petrowska-Quilico
19 tracks
April 9

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
12 tracks
April 5

Motion Studies
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
22 tracks
March 22

watersheds: VII. the gentle rain which waters
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
March 8

The Essential Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra•
Leonard Slatkin
21 tracks
March 5

Paul Moravec: The Overlook Hotel- The Suite from "The Shining"
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
9 tracks
March 1

Prokofiev: Cinderella-Suite, Op. 107
Sergei Prokofiev•
Leonard Slatkin•
St. Louis Symphony
20 tracks
February 16

Copland: The Tender Land
Aaron Copland•
Claramae Turner•
New York Philharmonic
17 tracks
February 2

Divine Mischief
Julian Bliss•
J. Eric Wilson
11 tracks
January 26

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op 78 & Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 (Version for Voice & Orchestra) [Remastered 2024]
Sergei Prokofiev•
St. Louis Symphony•
Leonard Slatkin
12 tracks
January 23

Divine Mischief: Concerto for Clarinet: III. Spellbound
John Mackey•
Julian Bliss•
Baylor University Wind Ensemble•
J. Eric Wilson
1 tracks
January 9

Nancy Galbraith: Everything Flows - Concerto for Solo Percussion and Orchestra
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
7 tracks
November 24, 2023

Leonard Bernstein - Soundtrack to a Life in Music
Leonard Bernstein•
New York Philharmonic•
Leonard Slatkin•
Lara Downes
20 tracks
November 17

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4, Op. 36 & Fatum, Op. 77 & Voyevoda, Op. 78
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky•
Leonard Slatkin•
St. Louis Symphony
6 tracks
November 17

Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel
Richard Strauss•
Leonard Slatkin•
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
20 tracks
November 10

David Shapiro: Sumptuous Planet (A Secular Mass)
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
16 tracks
October 20

Samuel Jones: Three Concertos
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
9 tracks
October 20

American Landscapes
Theresa Bogard
12 tracks
September 15

Tobias Picker: Awakenings
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
13 tracks
September 8

John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries
John Corigliano•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
31 tracks
September 5

Joan Tower: Piano Concerto - Homage to Beethoven
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
4 tracks
August 18

John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries: Act I: Scene 3: His temple. How you profane it
John Corigliano•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
1 tracks
August 18

John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries: Act I: London in Chaos
John Corigliano•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
1 tracks
July 28

Gershwin: Piano Works (Remastered 2023)
George Gershwin•
St. Louis Symphony•
Leonard Slatkin
13 tracks
June 25

Kent Kennan: Sonata for trumpet and piano: I. With strengt and vigor: Accompaniment, Play along, Backing track
Kent Kennan
1 tracks
June 6

De Ritis: Chang'E and the Elixir of Immortality
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
7 tracks

March 7, 2025

Sondheim: New Chamber Music Arrangements
Stephen Sondheim•
Opus Two
10 tracks
February 21

Mozart: Complete Sonatas & Variations for Piano & Violin
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart•
Christina Petrowska-Quilico•
Jacques Israelievitch
70 tracks
December 13, 2024

David Lang: poor hymnal
David Lang•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
14 tracks
October 25

Meciendo
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
8 tracks
September 20

Ways You Went
The Crossing•
Donald Nally•
Prism Quartet•
Scott Dettra
9 tracks
September 20

OceanRiverLake
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
28 tracks
August 27

Paul Dooley: Masks and Machines
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
10 tracks
July 12

Ochre
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
11 tracks
July 12

John Alden Carpenter: Complete Ballets
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
29 tracks
June 11

Vijay Iyer: Trouble
Vijay Iyer•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
13 tracks
June 7

Brahms: Reimagined Orchestrations
Johannes Brahms•
Kansas City Symphony•
Michael Stern
16 tracks
May 10

Games of the Night Wind
Christina Petrowska-Quilico
19 tracks
April 9

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Symphony No. 5
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
12 tracks
April 5

Motion Studies
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
22 tracks
March 8

The Essential Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Detroit Symphony Orchestra•
Leonard Slatkin
21 tracks
March 5

Paul Moravec: The Overlook Hotel- The Suite from "The Shining"
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
9 tracks
March 1

Prokofiev: Cinderella-Suite, Op. 107
Sergei Prokofiev•
Leonard Slatkin•
St. Louis Symphony
20 tracks
February 16

Copland: The Tender Land
Aaron Copland•
Claramae Turner•
New York Philharmonic
17 tracks
February 2

Divine Mischief
Julian Bliss•
J. Eric Wilson
11 tracks
January 26

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op 78 & Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 (Version for Voice & Orchestra) [Remastered 2024]
Sergei Prokofiev•
St. Louis Symphony•
Leonard Slatkin
12 tracks

October 18, 2024

Cloud Anthem
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
June 28

America the Beautiful (Arr. for Choir by KJ Phillips)
Samuel A. Ward
1 tracks
June 28

Ochre - V. Hematite
Caroline Shaw•
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
March 22

watersheds: VII. the gentle rain which waters
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
January 23

Divine Mischief: Concerto for Clarinet: III. Spellbound
John Mackey•
Julian Bliss•
Baylor University Wind Ensemble•
J. Eric Wilson
1 tracks
August 18, 2023

John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries: Act I: Scene 3: His temple. How you profane it
John Corigliano•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
1 tracks
August 18

John Corigliano: The Lord of Cries: Act I: London in Chaos
John Corigliano•
Boston Modern Orchestra Project•
Gil Rose
1 tracks
June 25

Kent Kennan: Sonata for trumpet and piano: I. With strengt and vigor: Accompaniment, Play along, Backing track
Kent Kennan
1 tracks
April 7

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (2023 Remaster)
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Leonard Slatkin•
St. Louis Symphony
3 tracks
April 7

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (2023 Remaster)
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Leonard Slatkin•
St. Louis Symphony
3 tracks
April 7

Rückert Lieder, Op. 44: III. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen
Gustav Mahler•
Branford Marsalis•
Eric Jacobsen•
Virginia Symphony Orchestra
1 tracks
February 10

Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
Sergei Rachmaninoff•
Leonard Slatkin•
St. Louis Symphony
1 tracks
February 10

Imagine a Favorite Place
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
January 26

You'll Never Walk Alone (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, January 22, 1956)
Claramae Turner
1 tracks
October 26, 2022

Where Are You?
Richard Burchard
1 tracks
September 19

A Red, Red Rose
Richard Burchard
1 tracks
August 5

Spectral Spirits: No. 2, Carolina Parakeet
The Crossing•
Donald Nally
1 tracks
February 11

Shenandoah (Arr. C. McTee for 2 Flutes & Orchestra)
Traditional•
James Galway•
Leonard Slatkin
1 tracks
November 19, 2021

A Little Night Music (Suite for Violin & Piano) [After Sondheim]
Opus Two
1 tracks
November 12

Quivi sospiri
Christina Petrowska-Quilico
1 tracks