Playlist for Saturday, July 4, 2026

Afro-American Trad: Spiritual, I'm a Pilgrim

Chanticleer
Our American Journey

Teldec 48556-2

James P Johnson: "American Symphonic Suite"

"Lament"

Leslie Stifelman, p; Concordia Orch/Marin Alsop
James P. Johnson - Symphonic Music

Nimbus NI-2745

Kern: "Mark Twain: Portrait for Orchestra"

Boston Pops/Keith Lockhart
American Visions

RCA 68786-2

Aaron Copland: "Old American Songs" Set 1

IV. "Simple Gifts"

St Charles Singers, Elgin Sym/Robert Hanson
Copland: Piano Concerto * The Tender Land

Naxos 8.559297

Antonin Dvorák: String Quartet No. 12 in F, Op. 96, "American"

Takacs String Quartet
String Quartets Op.96 'The American' • Op.105 • 5 Bagatelles, Op.47

London 430077-2

Florence Price: "Five Folksongs in Counterpoint"

No. 4, "Shortnin' Bread"

Agave
American Originals: A New World, A New Canon

Acis APL-20445

African Trad: "Red River Valley"

Dale Warland Singers/Dale Warland
The Dale Warland Singers * Blue Wheat

American Choral Catalog ACC-122

Virgil Thomson: "The River" Suite

Los Angeles Chamber Orch/Sir Neville Marriner

EMI CDM7-64307-2

Charles Ives: Song, "At the River" (1916)

William Sharp, br; Steven Blier, p
The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 3

Albany TROY-079

American ANON 18th c: Washington's March

Janice Beck, o (First Baptist Church, Ann Arbor, MI)
N/A

MHS ORA-262

Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 66 in B-Flat

Philharmonia Hungarica/Antal Dorati
Haydn * The Complete Symphonies * Antal Dorati

London 4781221 (33)

William Grant Still: "Swanee River"

Denver Oldham, p
Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still * Denver Oldham

Koch 3-7084-2

George Gershwin: "An American in Paris"

in miniature

Richard Glazier, p
A Salute to the Hollywood Musical

Centaur CRC-2577

George Gershwin: "Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture"

London Sym Orch/André Previn
Porgy and Bess, Second Rhapsody, Cuban Overture

EMI/Ang CDC7-47021-2

George Gershwin: Three Preludes

No. 3

Anne Sophie Mutter, v; Lambert Orkis, p
Die Violin Sonaten 1-10

DG 457619-2 (4)

Antonin Dvorák: American Suite in A, Op 98b

Royal Liverpool Phil/Libor Pesek

Virgin 90723-2

Florence Price: "Fantasie Negre" (1929)

Michelle Cann, p
Revival

Platoon PLAT-18088

Florence Price: Song, "Desire"

Karen Slack, s; Michelle Cann, p

Azica ACD-71370

Scott Joplin: "Bethena: A Concert Waltz"

William Bolcom, p

Omega OCD-3001

Scott Joplin: "Fig Leaf Rag"

Alexander Peskanov, p
JOPLIN: Piano Rags, Vol. 1

Naxos 8.559114

Scott Joplin: "Peacherine Rag" (1901)

Lara Downes, p
Reflections: Scott Joplin Reconsidered

Rising Sun Music RS-016

Aaron Copland: Symphony no.3

New York Phil/Leonard Bernstein
Symphony No. 3 • Quiet City

DG 419170-2

Nora Douglas Holt: "Nora's Dance"

Lara Downes, p

Rising Sun Music 0616908742197

Henri Vieuxtemps: "Souvenir d'Amerique," Op 17 (Variations on Yankee Doodle)

Tchaikovsky Chamber Orch/Lazar Gosman, v
Masterworks Dinner Classics "An American Picnic"

Sony MFK-48257

Benjamin Britten: "An American Overture," Op. 27a

City of Birmingham Sym Orch/Sir Simon Rattle
Rattle Conducts Britten

EMI/Ang CZS5-73983-2 (2)

William Schuman: "American Festival" Overture

St Louis Sym/Leonard Slatkin
Symphony No. 10 / New England Triptych / American Festival Overture

RCA 61282-2

William Schuman: "Mail-Order Madrigals" (1971)

#1, Attention, Ladies!

Gregg Smith Singers/Gregg Smith

Vox CD3X-3037 (3)

Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: Piano Quintet in f-sharp, Op 67

Garrick Ohlsson, p; Takács Quartet
Amy Beach

Hyperion CDA-68295

Amy (Mrs HHA) Beach: "Summer Dreams," Op. 47

No. 2, "Robin Redbreast"

Genova and Dmitrov Duo
Amy Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo

CPO 555453-2

Sousa: "With Pleasure"

Wallace Collection/John Wallace
Stars And Stripes Forever- Great Marches an Incidental Music

Nimbus NI-5129

Robert Russell Bennett: "Symphonic Songs for Band"

Northwestern U Sym Wind Ensemble/John P Paynter
Winds Of Change: American Music For Wind Ensemble From The 1950s To The 1970s

New World 80211-2

Francis Johnson: "The New Bird Waltz"

Chestnut Brass Company/Tamara Brooks
The Music Of Francis Johnson And His Contemporaries: Early 19th-Century Black Composers

Musicmasters 7029-2-C

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat, K. 271, "Jeunehomme"

Alfred Brendel, p; Scottish Chamber Orch/Charles Mackerras
Mozart: Pian Concertos K271 "Jeunehomme" & K503

Philips 470287-2

William Grant Still: "Quit Dat Fool'nish"

Sierra Winds
Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still

Cambria CD-1083

Florence Price: "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"

VI. Finale

Robert Bennesh, o; Malmö Opera Cho & Orch/John Jeter
Price: Choral Works

Naxos 8.559955

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