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Release Date: 08 May 2026
Label: Outhere / Delos
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 5
Barcode: 0013491362922
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: America/Beautiful
Description
America/Beautiful is a five-volume collection conceived, commissioned, and performed by pianist and arts advocate Min Kwon, comprising 76 new piano works by American composers inspired by "America the Beautiful." Kwon brings together a sweeping range of individual voices into a unified musical vision that invites listeners to experience the United States as a living, evolving cultural idea. The result is a deeply moving musical tapestry - a sonic portrait of the nation in all its complexity. Heard as a whole, the collection resists a single narrative, instead offering diverse perspectives that question and re-imagine the American experiment, bound together by the credo of E pluribus unum (out of many, one). As Kwon observes, "In spite of all the difficulties we face, there is still profound beauty, humanity, and possibility in this country." As the ideal partner for this bold, ambitious, and one-of-a-kind artistic undertaking, Delos celebrates the United States Semiquincentennial with this collection.
Min Kwon
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi
WindSync
Kristina Reiko Cooper; Constantine Orbelian; Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra
Isidore String Quartet
Mark Abel; Simone McIntosh; Michael McMahon; Alice K. Dade; Ieva Jokubaviciute; Jennifer Choi; Jona
Spoken Word
Spoken Word
Vladimir Delman; Rai Milan Symphony Orchestra; Rai Turin Symphony Orchestra
Quatuor Voce; Pablo Marquez; Jean-Baptiste Henry
Min Kwon
Bastien Rimondi; Theotime Langlois de Swarte; Victor Sicard; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal; Lauranne O
Christophe Rousset; Veronique Gens; Olivier Gourdy; Jean-Sebastien Bou; Ambroisine Bre; Laurence Ki
Giovanni Antonini; Kammerorchester Basel
Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Fabio Luisi
Stuart Jones
