Great American classical music (15)

The United States and its classical music tradition take the spotlight in this dedicated playlist! For many years, American classical music was heavily influenced by the European model; not until the 19th century, especially with the arrival of Antonin Dvořák at the National Conservatory in New York, did a distinctive musical language emerge, bearing the marks of local, native, and Creole idioms. Explore some of the greatest American and American-adjacent music: legendary composers, Big Five orchestras, rarely heard works, and world-renowned conductors await below!

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The Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood
The Leonard Bernstein Centennial Celebration at Tanglewood

With Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams, Midori, Thomas Ha...

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Klaus Mäkelä's Carnegie Hall debut: Stravinsky's Firebird and Rite of Spring
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Gustavo Dudamel and Herbie Hancock in Los Angeles
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Franz Welser-Möst conducts Mozart and Strauss — With Leif Ove Andsnes and Dorothea Röschmann
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Camilla Nylund sings masterpieces from the Great American Songbook
Camilla Nylund sings masterpieces from the Great American Songbook

With Marin Alsop and the Radio Symphony Orchest...

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Franz Welser-Möst conducts Mozart, Schoenberg, and Strauss
Franz Welser-Möst conducts Mozart, Schoenberg, and Strauss

With The Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Music...

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Sir Simon Rattle conducts Bernstein and Gershwin — With Wayne Marshall
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Andrea Bocelli: Concerto — One Night in Central Park
Andrea Bocelli: Concerto — One Night in Central Park

With Céline Dion, Tony Bennett, Bryn Terfel, an...

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Franz Welser-Möst conducts Loggins-Hull, Barber, and Prokofiev — With Alisa Weilerstein
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Sir Georg Solti conducts Mendelssohn and Brahms
Sir Georg Solti conducts Mendelssohn and Brahms

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1971

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Sir Georg Solti conducts Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Debussy
Sir Georg Solti conducts Mozart, Tchaikovsky and Debussy

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 1985

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John Adams's Nixon in China
John Adams's Nixon in China

Valentina Carrasco (stage director), Gustavo Du...

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