Various Composers - America/Beautiful (Min Kwon)

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CD1

1. Samuel Ward - America the Beautiful (Arr. for Piano by Samuel Adler)
2. Samuel Adler - A Celebration of Our Beautiful Nation
3. Bruce Adolphe - A Contemplation
4. Leila Adu-Gilmore - United Underdog
5. Timo Andres - American Coda
6. Anonymous - TBD
7. Andrew Bambridge - Oh Beautiful
8. Jonathan Berger - But, Wait a Minute…
9. Victoria Bond - Sea to Shining Sea
10. Peter Boyer - Still Beautiful
11. Kenji Bunch - Beauty for All (Or for None at All)
12. Theo Chandler - Undimmed by Tears
13. Anthony Cheung - No Longer Stain
14. Charles Coleman - To Be Beautiful
15. Stewart Copeland - America Quite Beautiful

CD2

1. Viet Cuong - America the Beautiful: Echo Chamber
2. Sebastian Currier - 23 Variations on America
3. Richard Danielpour - Fantasy Variation (The Visible Enemy)
4. Tyson Gholston Davis - American Tableau (Tableau XI for Piano)
5. Justin Dello Joio - Playing with Fire
6. Donnacha Dennehy - New Jersey
7. Jed Distler - Ameritango
8. Avner Dorman - American Toccata
9. Reena Esmail - America/Desh
10. Alan Fletcher - Liberty in Law
11. Michael Gandolfi - Of Liberating Strife
12. Michael Gilbertson - Grace
13. John Harbison - Getting the Upper Hand on America
14. Stephen Hartke - O genus infelix humanum
15. Jake Heggie - Undiscovered
16. Fred Hersch - Four Windows into America
17. Jonathan Bailey Holland - No Man’s Land
18. Huang Ruo - Meditation

CD3

1. Vijay Iyer - Crown Thy Good
2. Pierre Jalbert - Endeavor
3. Kristjan Järvi - Look Up America
4. Gabriel Jenks - Passage
5. Juan Pablo Jofre - Air of America
6. Aaron Jay Kernis - Epilogue: End of the Dream
7. Texu Kim - America the Dream
8. Texu Kim - America the Polarized
9. Jiyoung Ko - My America
10. Libby Larsen - Amber (Variation)
11. George Lewis - America, the Changing Same
12. Lei Liang - America the Beautiful… Devastatingly Quiet…
13. David Serkin Ludwig - Qaddiš
14. Miya Masaoka - Praying for a Sign
15. Jessica Meyer - Halcyon Skies
16. Patricio Molina - Amrika
17. Paul Moravec - America, the Work in Progress

CD4

1. Nico Muhly - Refine
2. John Musto - Habanera
3. Qasim Naqvi - America The
4. Daniel Newman-Lessler - Kintsugi
5. Scott Ordway - You Are Welcome Here
6. Paola Prestini - Through Eyes That See Quite Clearly…
7. Dave Ragland - A Most Glorious Grace
8. Shulamit Ran - America Summer 2020 (The Beautiful)
9. Gity Razaz - Beauty of America
10. Gyan Riley - Endure
11. Terry Riley - Crown of Brotherhood
12. Daniel Bernard Roumain - America, Never Beautiful
13. Greg Sandow - America Slow Dance
14. Greg Sandow - 12-Tone America
15. David Sanford - Three Places in America (Less than a Mile From Each Other)
16. Paul Schoenfeld - Aramaic Fuel Tube

CD5

1. Jeff Scott - Purple Mountains
2. Juri Seo - America the Beautiful - "Sotto voce"
3. Robert Sirota - Two Variations: …Alabaster Cities… –
4. Robert Sirota - …God Mend Thine Every Flaw…
5. Derrick Skye - Woven, Gesture, Flow
6. Augusta Read Thomas - Fusion
7. Christopher Trapani - Thine Every Flaw
8. Liliya Ugay - The Beautiful
9. Melinda Wagner - Swinging in My Yard (An American Reverie)
10. Wang Jie - Under the Same Flag
11. Trevor Weston - A Fantasy on America
12. Pamela Z - America America America America America
13. Judith Lang Zaimont - In Darkness Veiled
14. Patrick Zimmerli - Melting!
15. Samuel Zyman - Latin, America Beautiful
16. Samuel Ward - America the Beautiful (Arr. for Piano by Min Kwon)

Min Kwon, piano

Date: 2026

Label: Delos

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Min Kwon’s America/Beautiful is a five-volume project featuring 76 newly commissioned piano works by American composers, each inspired by the hymn “America the Beautiful.” Conceived as both an artistic and cultural reflection, the collection presents a wide spectrum of musical voices that together portray the United States as a diverse and evolving national identity. Rather than offering a single narrative, the works explore contrasting perspectives that reflect and reimagine the American experience, unified by the principle of E pluribus unum. Through this ambitious undertaking, Kwon highlights themes of humanity, resilience, and possibility, creating a cohesive yet multifaceted musical portrait of contemporary America.

Min Kwon is a Korean-born American pianist with an extensive international career as a soloist, chamber musician, pedagogue, and arts advocate. She has performed in over 60 countries and across all 50 U.S. states, appearing with major orchestras including those in Philadelphia, Atlanta, New Jersey, and Fort Worth, as well as leading ensembles in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. A professor of piano at Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts since 2002, she is also founder of the Center for Musical Excellence, dedicated to mentoring young artists worldwide. Her career includes acclaimed recitals at Carnegie Hall and collaborations with leading musicians and ensembles. Kwon is widely recognized for her recordings, festival leadership, and commitment to expanding cultural exchange through music.