Jon Manasse, Park Avenue Chamber Symphony & David Bernard - Sounds of America: Barber, Copland and Bernstein (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/48 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 73:49 minutes | 761 MB
Classical | Label: Recursive Classics, Official Digital Download
Nothing comes quite as close, musically speaking that is, to reaching at the core of America quite like the ballet Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland (1900-1990). Despite having received his formal musical training in Paris under Nadia Boulanger and living in Brooklyn, he's the composer who captures best the "big sky country" spirit of America, especially in works like Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man, Rodeo and his score for Of Mice and Men.