America Again Lara Downes

• 1 American Caprice 05:03
• 2 New York Waltzes: I. Waltz in C 00:46
• 3 New York Waltzes: II. Hesitation Waltz 01:08
• 4 New York Waltzes: III. Waltz in A 01:19
• 5 Shenandoah (arr. for piano) 03:57
• 6 From Blackbird Hills, Op. 83 03:50
• 7 24 Negro Melodies, Op. 59: No. 10. Deep River 05:16
• 8 Lonesome Roads: Nocturne 01:51
• 9 Poems of the Sea: III. At Sea: Allegro vivo (version for piano) 04:19
• 10 Porgy and Bess, Act II: I Loves You, Porgy (arr. N. Simone for piano) 04:19
• 11 Sueno Recurrente 02:46
• 12 13 Anniversaries: No. 3. For Stephen Sondheim 01:22
• 13 Promise 02:40
• 14 Slumber Song 02:34
• 15 Gladiolus Rag 03:43
• 16 The Jazz Singer: Blue Skies (arr. A. Tatum for piano) 03:23
• 17 Fantasie negre 07:09
• 18 Blues No. 1 (Sentimental Melody: Slow Dance) 01:35
• 19 Melancholia 03:01
• 20 Lil boy named David 03:16
• 21 The Wizard of Oz: Over the Rainbow (arr. for piano) 03:02
• Total Runtime 01:06:19

Info for America Again

Luscious, moody and dreamy: America Again, a collection of American music inspired by Langston Hughes's poem Let America Be America Again. Pianist Lara Downes mines the traditions of the concert hall, the American Songbook, jazz, ragtime, and folk ballads to capture the essence of the American dream and the American struggle.

As Hughes wrote in 1938, still so true in our time: 'Let America be America again-- The land that never has been yet-- And yet must be--the land where every man is free. Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--Let it be that great strong land of love.'

This music is a tribute to the generations of Americans who dream the impossible: black and white, men and women, immigrants and pioneers. A uniquely diverse American portrait, featuring music by composers including Harold Arlen, Amy Beach, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Morton Gould, Florence Price, David Sanford, and George Walker.

Lara Downes, piano

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