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Classical Music Compositions from 1940 and later - Vinyl only

This is the theme for the next music listening gathering of our local group and I'm looking for suggestions. This is a vinyl only listening session, so new music available only on digital are excluded. Yes, I know that is limiting, but that's the way it is for this listening session. 

A few pieces I've been thinking to bring from my collection, just starting from the "As",  are:

Adams, John - Harmonium, for large orchestra and chorus - De Waart/San Francisco SO - ECM 25012
Alwyn - Str Qt 2 (1975) - Quartet of London - Chandos ABRD 1063
Alwyn - Symphony No. 2 - Alwyn/LPO - Lyrita SRCS 85
Arnold, Malcolm - Pf Trio, op54 - Nash Ensemble - Hyperion A66171
Arnold, Malcolm - Overture to Tam O'Shanter, Op51 - Eiji Oue/MinnO - Reference Recordings RM 2510
Bernstein - Serenade for Violin Solo, Strings and Perc - Bernstein/SymoftheAir, Isaac Stern, vn - Columbia

What music on LP would you recommend? 
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schubert
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Thanks Learsfool . I'm old and lazy and if I think its a one -off like the Oboe Cnt. I just skip the soloist . It is lazy and I shouldn't do as I know better.
schubert
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The mention of Ives by Learsfool really got me thinking about who  is the best expositor of America in his music and in what work does he express the American reality best.

I say its Samuel Barber in his 1947 masterpiece " Knoxville ; Summer of 1915" based upon what many think is the Great American Novel , James Agee’s "A death in the family " .

The fact that Barbers "Adagio for Strings" has become the de-facto American anthem in times of tragedy is also a strong argument for him being the most American of composers .


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rushton OP
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The mention of Ives by Learsfool really got me thinking about who  is the best expositor of America in his music and in what work does he express the American reality best.
I suppose so many think of Ives in this respect because so many of his compositions were explicitly "Americana", like:
From the Steeples and the Mountains
Holidays Symphony
Thanksgiving
The Fourth of July
Three Places in New England
Variations on "America"

But, the composer who has always captured the American reality best for me is Aaron Copland, with his compositions like these:
Appalachian Spring
Billy the Kid - Ballet Suite
Fanfare for the Common Man
Lincoln Portrait
Quiet City
Rodeo
Symphony No. 3
The Red Pony
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rcprince
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A little early in your time frame, but you could add Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphoses of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber to the playlist, it's a lot of fun.  There is a reissue of a Decca recording by Abbado (can't remember the orchestra) out there which was pretty good.
schubert
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Copland was more a composer for the American Dream which is far from the American reality .
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