For generations Americans from all walks of life have been inspired by Abraham Lincoln. This includes generations of American composers who have written a long list of works dedicated to or inspired by the history and words of the 16th President of the United States.

This episode looks at eight Lincoln-inspired works by eight different American composers.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.559373-74

 

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Tags: 8.559373-74, Aaron Copland, Abraham Lincoln, Charles Ives, conductor, Ernst Bacon, George Frederick McKay, Leonard Slatkin, mezzo soprano; Barry Scott, Morton Gould, Narrator, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Naxos American Classics, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Paul Turok, Roy Harris, Sharon Mabry, Vincent Persichetti

Nashville Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin has just released a new recording of Pictures at an Exhibition with each movement transcribed for orchestra by a different arranger.

Some of the arrangers, like Vladimir Askhenazy and Leopold Stokowski are well known, others are not.

But all have been moved by Mussorgsky’s music, and all have created brilliant arrangements.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570716

 

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Tags: 8.570716, Baba Yaga, Bydlo, Douglas Gamely, Franz Liszt, Great Gate of Kiev, Leonard Slatkin, Leopold Stokowski, Modest Mussorgsky, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, Naxos Classical Music Spotlight, Peng Peng, Pictures at an Exhibition, Victor Hartmann, Vladimir Ashkenazy