American Composers Sale

Over 200 titles featuring works by American composers are on sale now at ArkivMusic!

Discover works by iconic American composers, including Charles Ives, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein.

Shop the sale now before it ends at 9:00am ET, Tuesday, November 18, 2025

  • Explorer Set - American Edition
    On Sale
    Explorer Set - American Edition

    $24.99 Regular price $32.99

    Explorer Set - American Edition


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 13, 2025

  • Piano Sonatas by Ginastera, Griffes, & Barber
    On Sale
    Piano Sonatas by Ginastera, Griffes, & Barber

    $11.99 Regular price $15.99

    Jeffrey Chappell performs three great pianos sonatas from the 20th Century, by Alberto Ginastera, Charles T. Griffes, and Samuel Barber


    Format: CD

    Release Date: June 06, 2025

  • Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Bernstein: Hallelujah Junction
    On Sale
    Adams, Stravinsky, Gershwin & Bernstein: Hallelujah Junction

    $15.99 Regular price $20.99

    Anna Geniushene and Lukas Geniusas both have brilliant careers as soloists: Anna won the silver medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2022 and now records for Fuga Libera, while Lukas' two Rachmaninov...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 23, 2025

  • Silence is golden
    On Sale
    Silence is golden

    $15.99 Regular price $20.99

    SILENCE IS GOLDEN ist ein Dramedy-Album. Die Aufnahmen haben etwas gemein: sie bergen tonnenschwere Inhalte, die durch Humor leicht verdaulich werden. Musikalische Gesellschaftssatire von Schubert bis Ligeti.


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 16, 2025

  • American Excursions
    On Sale
    American Excursions

    $11.99 Regular price $15.99

    This repertoire spans almost eighty years of classical composers' excursions into blues, folk, hip-hop, jazz, musical theater, samba, tango, techno and other genres. Each piece goes beyond mere stylistic imitation, cultivating an authentic expressivity within...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: May 02, 2025

  • The Other 20th Century 1903-1986
    On Sale
    The Other 20th Century 1903-1986

    $11.99 Regular price $14.99

    - The 20th century saw an immense and revolutionary development in musical styles and language, some radically parting from the fundamental musical traditions. This CD presents works for flute and piano by composers who adhered...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • The Glass Menagerie - A ballet by John Neumeier
    On Sale
    The Glass Menagerie - A ballet by John Neumeier

    $38.99 Regular price $51.99

    Discover the brilliance of the iconic John Neumeier in this captivating double feature. The Glass Menagerie, inspired by Tennessee Williams' poignant drama, showcases Neumeier's extraordinary talent for storytelling through movement. At the center of this...


    Format: DVD with CD

    Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • The Glass Menagerie - A ballet by John Neumeier
    On Sale
    The Glass Menagerie - A ballet by John Neumeier

    $34.99 Regular price $45.99

    Discover the brilliance of the iconic John Neumeier in this captivating double feature. The Glass Menagerie, inspired by Tennessee Williams' poignant drama, showcases Neumeier's extraordinary talent for storytelling through movement. At the center of this...


    Format: Blu-Ray

    Release Date: April 18, 2025

  • Unexpected America
    On Sale
    Unexpected America

    $15.99 Regular price $20.99

    With the energy of a jet engine, violinist Oscar Bohorquez and pianist Frank Braley dive into a whirlwind exploration of unknown and thrilling American repertoire. Duos by Paul Schoenfield, William Bolcom, Aaron Copland, Mike Mower,...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 07, 2025

  • Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Bernstein:  Divertimento
    On Sale
    Schumann: Symphony No. 2; Bernstein: Divertimento

    $14.99 Regular price $19.99

    Leonard Bernstein conducted regularly in Munich from the 1980s onwards. It was then that he learned to appreciate and love the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in particular. In October 1976, Bernstein appeared with an all-Beethoven...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 15, 2024

  • Beethoven, Biedenbender, Gershwin & Grieg: Light
    On Sale
    Beethoven, Biedenbender, Gershwin & Grieg: Light

    $15.99 Regular price $20.99

    The Sonus Quintet is Germany's first reed quintet, consisting of clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone, oboe, and bassoon. This unusual combination of woodwind instruments allows for imaginative and airy sounds beautifully showcased on the ensemble's GENUIN...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 15, 2024

  • Ives, P. Liptak, D. Liptak & Sekhon: Reflections
    On Sale
    Ives, P. Liptak, D. Liptak & Sekhon: Reflections

    $11.99 Regular price $15.99

    This is an album of first-rate contemporary American works for violin piano, with superb performances by Pia Liptak, violin, and Yi-Wen Chang, piano. Pia Liptak: Fantasy; Charles Ives: Second Sonata for Violin and Piano; Pia...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 04, 2024

  • Around Gershwin / Richard Galliano
    On Sale
    Around Gershwin / Richard Galliano

    $13.99 Regular price $17.99

    Around Gershwin is star accordionist Richard Galliano's tribute to George Gershwin, in-terweaving his music with works by early twentieth-century composers such as Debus-sy, Rachmaninoff, Satie, Ravel and Faure, as well as new compositions of his...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 27, 2024

  • Made in USA - Gershwin, Beach & Barber / Claire Huangci
    On Sale
    Made in USA - Gershwin, Beach & Barber / Claire Huangci

    $15.99 Regular price $20.99

    Presented as 'An Experiment in Modern Music' when it was premiered in 1924, Rhapsody in Blue made George Gershwin famous, and he soon set to work on a version for solo piano, recorded here by...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: September 20, 2024

  • Oquin, Parker & Rouse: Organ Concertos / Jacobs, Guerrero, Nashville Symphony
    On Sale
    Oquin, Parker & Rouse: Organ Concertos / Jacobs, Guerrero, Nashville Symphony

    $14.99 Regular price $19.99

    Click here to listen to the Naxos podcast interview with Paul Jacobs about this release. This release features organ concertos by some of America's finest contemporary composers: Horatio Parker's 'imposing and brilliant' piece is heard...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: August 23, 2024