American Ballads

American Ballads

by Lara Downes
American Ballads

American Ballads

by Lara Downes

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Product Details

Release Date: 02/27/2001
Label: Postcards
UPC: 0782737200228
Rank: 140801

Tracks

  1. Excursions (4), for piano, Op. 20~No. 1, Un poco Allegro (boogie-woogie style)
  2. Excursions (4), for piano, Op. 20~No. 2, In slow blues tempo
  3. Excursions (4), for piano, Op. 20~No. 3, Allegretto (Western song with variations over ostinato harmonies)
  4. Excursions (4), for piano, Op. 20~No. 4, Allegro molto (square dance)
  5. Piano Blues (4)~No. 1, Freely Poetic
  6. Piano Blues (4)~No. 2, Soft and Languid
  7. Piano Blues (4)~No. 3, Muted and Sensuous
  8. Piano Blues (4)~No. 4, With Bounce
  9. On Gossamer Wings, for piano
  10. American Ballads (10) for piano: No. 1, Streets of Laredo~1. Streets of Laredo
  11. American Ballads (10) for piano: No. 2, Wayfaring Stranger~2. Wayfaring Stranger
  12. American Ballads (10) for piano: No. 3, The Bird~3. The Bird
  13. American Ballads (10) for piano: No. 4, Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair~4. Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair
  14. American Ballads (10) for piano: No. 5, Cod Liver Ile~5. Cod Liver Ile
  15. North American Ballads (4) for piano: No. 3, Down by the Riverside~3. Down by the Riverside
  16. Sonata No. 2: Concord, Mass., 1840-60, for piano (& optional viola, flute), S. 88 (K. 3A2)~3. The Alcotts
  17. The Plow That Broke the Plains, suite from the film score for orchestra~1. Prelude
  18. The Plow That Broke the Plains, suite from the film score for orchestra~2. Cowboy Songs
  19. The Plow That Broke the Plains, suite from the film score for orchestra~3. Blues
  20. The Plow That Broke the Plains, suite from the film score for orchestra~4. Finale
  21. American Nocturne

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Lara Downes   Primary Artist,Piano
Charles Ives   Primary Artist
Samuel Barber   Primary Artist
Benny Golson   Primary Artist
Aaron Copland   Primary Artist
Virgil Thomson   Primary Artist
Frederic Rzewski   Primary Artist
Dana Suesse   Primary Artist
Roy Harris   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Roy Harris   Composer
Samuel Barber   Composer
Dana Suesse   Composer
Frederic Rzewski   Composer
Aaron Copland   Composer
R. Andrew Lepley   Photography
Walt Whitman   Liner Notes
Gregory Downer   Design
Jennifer Munson   Mastering
Virgil Thomson   Composer
Joseph Patrych   Engineer
Gene Paul   Mastering
Benny Golson   Liner Notes,Composer
Charles Ives   Composer
Lara Downes   Liner Notes,Producer
Bob Karcy   Mastering,Executive Producer
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