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50/60. The Depression
Despite the Wall Street Crash and falling record sales, music was booming. Radio was reaching millions, swing bands entertained at speakeasies and Porgy and Bess had its premiere.
Copland: Billy the Kid
San Francisco Symphony
Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)
RCA 09026635112 Track 1
Woody Guthrie: Talking Dust Bowl Blues
Naxos 8.120742 Track 1
Duke Ellington: It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra
Ivie Anderson (vocal)
Naxos 8.120526 Track 3
Gershwin: Bess you is my woman now
Lawrence Winters (baritone)
Camilla Williams (soprano)
Orchestra and J.Rosamond Johnson Chorus
Lehman Engel (conductor)
Porgy and Bess - original cast recording Rec. 1951
Naxos 8.1102878/8 Track 21
Copland: Statements - Militant, Dogmatic and Jingo
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland (conductor)
SONY SM2K47232 CD 2 Track 9
Thomson: The Plow that broke the Plains (film score)
Philharmonia Viruosi
Richard Kapp (conductor)
Koch 311166 Tracks9-12
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