Copland: The Tender Land Suite; Creston: Alto Saxophone Conc Timothy Mcallister, Anna Mattix, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, Joann Falletta

JoAnn Falletta conducts the National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic in works by four extraordinary mid-20th-century American composers who helped shape the country’s musical destiny: Aaron Copland, Walter Piston, Paul Creston and Ulysses Kay. Includes two world premiere recordings – Paul Creston's Saxophone Concerto and Ulysses Kay’s poignant and elegiac Pietà.