[ Telarc Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Saturday 1 April 2006
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This beautiful compilation disc explores the serene, lyrical side of music written by American composers. It includes the popular Adagio for Strings, both in its original form and in the choral arrangement Agnus Dei, by Samuel Barber.
1. Barber: Adagio for Strings
2. Corigliano: Voyage for Flute and String Orchestra
3. Canning: Fantasy on a Hymn by Justin Morgan
4. Hovhaness: Alleluia and Fugue, Op. 40b, for String Orchestra
5. Rouse: Anhran from Flute Concerto
6. Barber: Andante from Violin Concerto, Op. 14
7. Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody from Appalachian Spring
8. Gershwin: Lullaby for Strings
9. Barber: Agnus Dei (based on Adagio for Strings)