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Americana.

Title
Americana.
Author
Rattle, Simon, 1955-
Publication
[Hayes, Middlesex, England] : EMI Classics, [2004], ℗2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
  • Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
  • Bernard, Felix, 1897-1944.
  • Donaldson, Walter, 1893-1947.
  • McPhail, Lindsay, 1895-1965.
  • Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
  • Strayhorn, Billy.
  • Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.
  • Henderson, Luther, 1919-2003.
  • Adams, John, 1947-
Description
1 audio disc : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects
Note
  • Principally jazz.
  • Previously released material (p1987-p2000).
  • Compact disc.
  • Program notes by Max Harrison, in English with German and French translations (11 p.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
  • Recorded Dec. 1986-Nov. 1999, at No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London, CTS Studios, Wembley, and Symphony Hall, Birmingham.
Contents
Wonderful town. Overture / Leonard Bernstein (Birmingham Contemporary Music Group) (5:19) -- Rhapsody in blue / George Gershwin ; orch. Ferde Grofé (Peter Donohoe, piano; London Sinfonietta) (16:07) -- Dardanella / Felix Bernard, Johnny Black (London Sinfonietta) (3:04) -- Makin\u0027 whoopee! / Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn (Harvey and the Wallbangers; London Sinfonietta) (3:41) -- San / Lindsay McPhail, Walter Michels (London Sinfonietta) (3:11) -- Prelude, fugue, and riffs / Leonard Bernstein (Michael Collins, clarinet; Peter Donohoe, piano; London Sinfonietta) (7:49) -- Ebony concerto. III, Moderato / Igor Stravinsky (Michael Collins, clarinet; London Sinfonietta) (3:28) -- Take the "A" train / Billy Strayhorn ; arr. & orch. Luther Henderson (Clark Terry, trumpet; Bobby Watson, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, saxophones; Regina Carter, violin; Geri Allen, piano; Lewis Nash, drums; Peter Washington, bass; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) (9:11) -- Sophisticated lady / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish ; arr. & orch. Luther Henderson (Bobby Watson, alto saxophone; Geri Allen, piano; Lewis Nash, drums; Peter Washington, bass; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) (5:16) -- That doo-wah thing / adapted by Luther Henderson from Duke Ellington/Irving Mills, It don\u0027t mean a thing if it ain\u0027t got that swing (Clark Terry, trumpet; Bobby Watson, Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, saxophones; Regina Carter, violin; Geri Allen, piano; Lewis Nash, drums; Peter Washington, bass; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) (9:08) -- Porgy and Bess. Summertime (3:27) ; It ain\u0027t necessarily so (3:31) / George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, Ira Gershwin (Harolyn Blackwell, Damon Evans; Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic) -- Short ride in a fast machine / John Adams (City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra) (4:25).
LCCN
724355769121
OCLC
  • ocm55740427
  • 55740427
  • SCSB-5644132
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries