Since you are interested in Anderson: Orchestral Music Vol 1 (Incls 'Belle of the Ball' & 'Bugler's Holiday'), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: Dybbuk / Fancy Free (complete ballets) Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Mogrelia (Conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 4/Dec/2006 ] "Dybbuck, written to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the State of Israel, is one of Bernstein's darkest scores. Over 45 minutes in length, it tells the creepy story of a sinister ghost, with the battle between good and evil." Penguin Guide |
LEROY ANDERSON
Anderson: Orchestral Music, Vol. 5 (Incls 'Goldilocks') BBC Concert Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (with Kim Criswell, soprano & William Dazeley, baritone) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2008 ] "'Goldilocks' is a real discovery and here is given a really dashing and sympathetic performance that should win for an overlooked show plenty of deserved new friends." ClassicalSource.com |
CHARLES IVES
Ives: Symphony No 2 / Robert Browning Overture Nashville Symphony Orchestra / Kenneth Schermerhorn (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] ""His tempos may be considered slow in the third and fourth movements, but in both his recordings the work luxuriates in a way that nobody else achieves." Gramophone |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Symphony No 3 / Billy the Kid (Suite) New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "It's the Billy the Kid Suite that makes the stronger impression. The pace is compelling through to the end, the flavouring is sharp and fresh, and it's hard to keep the feet from tapping spontaneously in the Mexican Dance." - Stephen Johnson, BBC... |
ROBERT RUSSELL BENNETT
Abraham Lincoln: A Likeness in Symphony Form / etc Moscow Symphony Orchestra / William Stromberg (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] wonderfully varied accomplishments cry out for further exploration and rediscovery. |
HENRY KIMBALL HADLEY
Hadley: The Ocean, Op.99, Symphony No.4 in D minor Op.64, etc National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] accessible and enthusiastically played. |
GEORGE FREDERICK McKAY
McKay: Harbor Narrative / Evocation Symphony National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, John McLaughlin Williams, Conductor [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Jan/2002 ] "This Naxos release serves as an exceptional ear-opener in documenting just how substantial and individualistic was his achievement as a nationalist composer...The word "evocative" leaps to mind..." Fanfare |
National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar, conductor
Harris, Roy Ellsworth - Symphonies Nos.7 & 9 / etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 3/Sep/2002 ] "Ideal and colourful performances from the fine Ukranian orchestra under their American conductor, in sound that readily captures the music's high impact." - The Yorkshire Post |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Gershwin: An American in Paris / Porgy and Bess Suite / Cuban Overture / etc New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Judd [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 1/May/2002 ] Recorded at the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand, 2001 |
VIRGIL THOMSON
Thomson: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, James Sedares (conductor) [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 18/Aug/2002 ] "the New Zealand Symphony is the best [Thomson recording] yet" |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Britten: American Overture / Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes) / Sinfonia da Requiem New Zealand Symphony Orchestra / Myer Fredman (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Aug/2002 ] "Myer Fredman conducts warm and purposeful performances of this group of orchestral works....a full-ranging recording." - Penguin Guide |
JOHN ALDEN CARPENTER
Carpenter - Chamber Music Paul Posnak, piano / Vega String Quartet [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 12/Jan/2003 ] "The Naxos recording is forthright, resonant and startlingly well up to the impressively big movement of the 1912 Sonata. Carpenter, who on the basis of this movement alone should be a great name, proves capable of building a beautifully judged... |