A podcast look at this new recording by the Fine Arts Quartet of four string quartets by American composers: Ralph Evans, Philip Glass, George Antheil and Bernard Hermann.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559354

To celebrate the centenary of Leroy Anderson’s birth, Naxos has released 3 CDs of his orchestral music, including the many world premiere recordings.

This podcast looks at his life, and at this new recording featuring the BBC Concert Orchestra conducted by Leonard Slatkin.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559357

An introduction to three world premiere recordings of pieces by Alan Hovhaness - Fanfare for the New Atlantis, Guitar Concerto No. 2 and his Symphony No. 63.

All these pieces show the lush sounds and soaring melodies that have drawn many people to his music - and baffled other composers in an age when lush melodic writing was not the norm.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559336

An interview with violinist Philippe Quint as he talks about his new recording of The Red Violin Caprices by John Corigliano, and the Portraits by Virgil Thomson.

Quint also describes how he fell in love with American music when he first arrived in the United States.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559364