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America/Beautiful

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Details

Composer
Various
Artist
Min Kwon
Format
CD
Label
Delos
Released
May 08, 2026
Catalog #
DE 3629
UPC
013491362922

About

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 it's 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.

Tracklist 82 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 America the Beautiful (arr. S. Adler for piano) 00:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    America the Beautiful (arr. S. Adler for piano)
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Samuel A. Ward
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  3. 2 A Celebration of Our Beautiful Nation 02:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    A Celebration of Our Beautiful Nation
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Samuel Adler
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  4. 3 A Contemplation 02:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    A Contemplation
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    Bruce Adolphe
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  5. 4 United Underdog 03:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    United Underdog
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Leila Adu-Gilmore
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  6. 5 American Coda 03:35
    Track
    5
    Title
    American Coda
    Duration
    03:35
    Composer
    Timo Andres
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  7. 6 TBD 02:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    TBD
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Anonymous
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  8. 7 Oh Beautiful 03:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Oh Beautiful
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Andrew Bambridge
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  9. 8 But, wait a minute… 04:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    But, wait a minute…
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Jonathan Berger
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  10. 9 Sea to Shining Sea 04:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sea to Shining Sea
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Victoria Bond
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  11. 10 Still Beautiful 02:41
    Track
    10
    Title
    Still Beautiful
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Peter Boyer
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  12. 11 Beauty For All (Or for None at All) 02:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Beauty For All (Or for None at All)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Kenji Bunch
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  13. 12 Undimmed By Tears 02:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Undimmed By Tears
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Theo Chandler
    Performer
    Graeme Steele Johnson, Brian Hong, Min Kwon
  14. 13 No longer stain 04:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    No longer stain
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Anthony Cheung
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  15. 14 To be Beautiful 02:57
    Track
    14
    Title
    To be Beautiful
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Charles Coleman
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  16. 15 America Quite Beautiful 03:56
    Track
    15
    Title
    America Quite Beautiful
    Duration
    03:56
    Composer
    Stewart Copeland
    Performer
    Yoon Kwon, Min Kwon
  17. Disc 2
  18. 1 America the Beautiful: Echo Chamber 02:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    America the Beautiful: Echo Chamber
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Viet Cuong
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  19. 2 23 Variations on America 07:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    23 Variations on America
    Duration
    07:28
    Composer
    Sebastian Currier
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  20. 3 Fantasy Variation (The Visible Enemy) 05:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantasy Variation (The Visible Enemy)
    Duration
    05:53
    Composer
    Richard Danielpour
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  21. 4 Tableau XI, "American Tableau" 04:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tableau XI, "American Tableau"
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Tyson Gholston Davis
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  22. 5 Playing with Fire 04:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Playing with Fire
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Justin Dello Joio
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  23. 6 New Jersey 03:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    New Jersey
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Donnacha Dennehy
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  24. 7 Ameritango 03:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    Ameritango
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    Jed Distler
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  25. 8 American Toccata 02:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    American Toccata
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Avner Dorman
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  26. 9 America/Desh 04:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    America/Desh
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    Reena Esmail
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  27. 10 Liberty in Law 05:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Liberty in Law
    Duration
    05:30
    Composer
    Alan Fletcher
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  28. 11 Of Liberating Strife 04:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    Of Liberating Strife
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Michael Gandolfi
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  29. 12 Grace 03:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Grace
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Michael Gilbertson
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  30. 13 Getting the Upper Hand on America 01:40
    Track
    13
    Title
    Getting the Upper Hand on America
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    John Harbison
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  31. 14 O Genus Infelix Humanum 04:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    O Genus Infelix Humanum
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Stephen Hartke
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  32. 15 Undiscovered 02:45
    Track
    15
    Title
    Undiscovered
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Jake Heggie
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  33. 16 Four Windows into America 03:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    Four Windows into America
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Fred Hersch
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  34. 17 No Man's Land 02:51
    Track
    17
    Title
    No Man's Land
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Jonathan Bailey Holland
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  35. 18 Meditation 05:22
    Track
    18
    Title
    Meditation
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    Ruo Huang
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  36. Disc 3
  37. 1 Crown thy Good 05:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    Crown thy Good
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Vijay Iyer
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  38. 2 Endeavor 04:12
    Track
    2
    Title
    Endeavor
    Duration
    04:12
    Composer
    Pierre Jalbert
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  39. 3 Look up America 05:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    Look up America
    Duration
    05:45
    Composer
    Kristjan Järvi
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  40. 4 Passage 04:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Passage
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Gabriel Jenks
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  41. 5 Air of America 02:54
    Track
    5
    Title
    Air of America
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Juan Pablo Jofre
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  42. 6 Epilogue: End of the Dream 06:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    Epilogue: End of the Dream
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Aaron Jay Kernis
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  43. 7 America the Dream 02:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    America the Dream
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Texu Kim
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  44. 8 America the Polarized 02:13
    Track
    8
    Title
    America the Polarized
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Texu Kim
    Performer
    Siwoo Kim, Andy Lin, Nan-Cheng Chen, Min Kwon
  45. 9 My America 02:20
    Track
    9
    Title
    My America
    Duration
    02:20
    Composer
    Jiyoung Ko
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  46. 10 Amber (Variation) 02:24
    Track
    10
    Title
    Amber (Variation)
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    Libby Larsen
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  47. 11 America, the changing same 03:19
    Track
    11
    Title
    America, the changing same
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    George Lewis
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  48. 12 America the Beautiful… devastatingly quiet… 02:53
    Track
    12
    Title
    America the Beautiful… devastatingly quiet…
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Lei Liang
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  49. 13 Qaddiš 03:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    Qaddiš
    Duration
    03:10
    Composer
    David Serkin Ludwig
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  50. 14 Praying for a Sign 04:51
    Track
    14
    Title
    Praying for a Sign
    Duration
    04:51
    Composer
    Miya Masaoka
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  51. 15 Halcyon Skies 03:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    Halcyon Skies
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Jessica Meyer
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  52. 16 Amrika 03:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    Amrika
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Patricio Molina
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  53. 17 America, the Work in Progress 05:16
    Track
    17
    Title
    America, the Work in Progress
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Paul Moravec
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  54. Disc 4
  55. 1 Refine 03:42
    Track
    1
    Title
    Refine
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Nico Muhly
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  56. 2 Habanera 01:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    Habanera
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    John Musto
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  57. 3 America The 02:47
    Track
    3
    Title
    America The
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Qasim Naqvi
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  58. 4 Kintsugi 02:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    Kintsugi
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Daniel Newman-Lessler
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  59. 5 You are Welcome Here 04:29
    Track
    5
    Title
    You are Welcome Here
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Scott Ordway
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  60. 6 Through eyes that see quite clearly… 04:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    Through eyes that see quite clearly…
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Paola Prestini
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  61. 7 A Most Glorious Grace 03:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    A Most Glorious Grace
    Duration
    03:16
    Composer
    Dave Ragland
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  62. 8 America Summer 2020 [the Beautiful] 02:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    America Summer 2020 [the Beautiful]
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Shulamit Ran
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  63. 9 Beauty of America 02:27
    Track
    9
    Title
    Beauty of America
    Duration
    02:27
    Composer
    Gity Razaz
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  64. 10 Endure 02:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    Endure
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Gyan Riley
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  65. 11 Crown of Brotherhood 07:39
    Track
    11
    Title
    Crown of Brotherhood
    Duration
    07:39
    Composer
    Terry Riley
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  66. 12 America, NEVER beautiful 04:34
    Track
    12
    Title
    America, NEVER beautiful
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Daniel Bernard Roumain
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  67. 13 America Slow Dance - 01:42
    Track
    13
    Title
    America Slow Dance -
    Duration
    01:42
    Composer
    Greg Sandow
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  68. 14 12-Tone America 01:33
    Track
    14
    Title
    12-Tone America
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Greg Sandow
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  69. 15 Three Places in America (less than a mile from each other) 04:04
    Track
    15
    Title
    Three Places in America (less than a mile from each other)
    Duration
    04:04
    Composer
    David Sanford
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  70. 16 Aramaic Fuel Tube 04:39
    Track
    16
    Title
    Aramaic Fuel Tube
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Paul Schoenfeld
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  71. Disc 5
  72. 1 Purple Mountains 01:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    Purple Mountains
    Duration
    01:53
    Composer
    Jeff Scott
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  73. 2 America the Beautiful, "sotto voce" 03:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    America the Beautiful, "sotto voce"
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Juri Seo
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  74. 3 …alabaster cities… - 03:00
    Track
    3
    Title
    …alabaster cities… -
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Robert Sirota
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  75. 4 …God mend thine every flaw… 01:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    …God mend thine every flaw…
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Robert Sirota
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  76. 5 Woven, Gesture, Flow 04:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    Woven, Gesture, Flow
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Derrick Skye
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  77. 6 FUSION 03:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    FUSION
    Duration
    03:42
    Composer
    Augusta Read Thomas
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  78. 7 Thine Every Flaw 02:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Thine Every Flaw
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Christopher Trapani
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  79. 8 The Beautiful 04:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Beautiful
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Liliya Ugay
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  80. 9 Swinging in My Yard (an American reverie) 02:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    Swinging in My Yard (an American reverie)
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Melinda Wagner
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  81. 10 Under the Same Flag 05:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    Under the Same Flag
    Duration
    05:44
    Composer
    Jie Wang
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  82. 11 A Fantasy on America 05:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    A Fantasy on America
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Trevor Weston
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  83. 12 America America America America America 04:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    America America America America America
    Duration
    04:39
    Composer
    Pamela Z
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  84. 13 In darkness veiled 04:23
    Track
    13
    Title
    In darkness veiled
    Duration
    04:23
    Composer
    Judith Lang Zaimont
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  85. 14 Melting! 02:56
    Track
    14
    Title
    Melting!
    Duration
    02:56
    Composer
    Patrick Zimmerli
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  86. 15 Latin, America Beautiful 02:17
    Track
    15
    Title
    Latin, America Beautiful
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Samuel Zyman
    Performer
    Min Kwon
  87. 16 America the Beautiful (arr. Min Kwon for voice and piano) 02:55
    Track
    16
    Title
    America the Beautiful (arr. Min Kwon for voice and piano)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Samuel A. Ward
    Performer
    Stephen Costello, Min Kwon