Billy the Kid Rodeo - Copland, Aaron 1900-1990; Bernstein, Leonard 1918-1990; New York Philharmonic (New York : CBS Records, 1981)
Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes. Buckaroo holiday (7:04) ; Corral nocturne (4:05) ; Saturday night waltz (4:14) ; Hoe-down (3:08) -- Billy the kid (Ballet suite). Introduction : The open prairie (3:16) ; Street in a frontier town (3:23) ; Mexican dance and finale (3:10) ; Prairie night (Card game at night) (3:13) ; Gun battle (1:49) ; Celebration (after Billy's capture) (2:21) ; Billy's death (1:19) ; The open prairie again (1:48).
Program notes (7 pages) inserted in the container.
Originally released in 1960 under the Columbia Masterworks label as Columbia MS 6175.
New York Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes recorded at Manhattan Center, New York, 1960; Billy the Kid (Ballet suite) recorded at Symphony Hall, Boston, 1959.
Keywords: Ballets