For more than a century, American composers have paid tribute to New York City—its tall buildings, crowds, traffic, noise, energy--and the diversity of the people who live and work there.
In this hour, a celebration of the Big Apple in works by Gershwin, Carpenter, Copland, Bernstein and more.
FEATURED RECORDINGS
| Title | Group/Artist | Catalog # | UPC |
| On the Town | NY Philharmonic | Sony SK 60538 | 074646503829 |
| Sousa Marches | Band of H.M. Royal Marines | EMI Classics 585 5352 | 0724358553529 |
| Silks & Rags | Great American Main St. Band | EMI 54131 | 077775413120 |
| J. Strauss Jr. Edition., v. 51 | Slovak Radio Symphony Orch. | Marco Polo 8.223279 | 730099327923 |
| Skyscrapers | London Symphony Orchestra | EMI CDC-7 492632 | 077774926324 |
| Gershwin Rhapsodies | Los Angeles Philharmonic | Sony MK 39699 | 0074643969925 |
| Essential Leonard Bernstein | Israel Philharmonic | DG 289 471 518-2 | 028947151821 |
| Copland Collection: Orchestral Works, 1948-1971 | London Symphony Orchestra | Sony 47236 | 074644723625 |
| Foss: Complete Solo Piano | Dunn | Naxos 8.559179 | 636943917923 |
| New York Pictures | Rutgers Wind Ensemble | Mark Masters 9159MCD | 710396915924 |
| West Side Story Suite | Bell, Philharmonica Orchestra | Sony 89358 | 696998935822 |
