CDs compile music from Ken Burns' "The War"

Three CDs of music from Ken Burns' World War II documentary "The War" are set for release today. They include new music by Norah Jones and others, along with 1940s classics.

You can order any of them by clicking the title links below:

The War: A Ken Burns Film [SOUNDTRACK]
1. American Anthem - Norah Jones
2. Walton, The Death of Falstaff - Leonard Slotkin & London Philharmonic Orchestra
3. The Wang Wang Blues - Benny Goodman Sextet
4. Movin' Back - Wynton Marsalis (composer & arranger)
5. How Long Blues - Count Basie
6. In the Nick of time - Edgar Meyer, Joshua Bell, Sam Bush & Mike Marshall
7. It's Been a Long, Long Time- Bing Crosby with Les Paul
8. America My Home (Excerpt) - Wynton Marsalis (composer & arranger)
9. If I could Be With You (One Hour Tonight) - Kay Starr, accompanied by the Capitol International Jazzmen
10. Blue As the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur (Excerpt) - Yo-Yo Ma & The Silk Road Ensemble
11. Until I'm In Your Arms Again - Wynton Marsalis
12. Variations For the Healing of Arinushka - Kalle Randalu
13. Basie Boogie - Count Basie & His Orchestra
14. Solitude - Duke Ellington & His Orchestra
15. Concerto for Clarinet, Strings, Harp and Piano (Excerpt) - Benny Goodman, Aaron Copland & Columbia Symphony Orchestra
16. If You Can't Smile and Say Yes - The King Cole Trio
17. American Anthem - Amanda Forsyth & Bill Charlap

Sentimental Journey - Hits from the Second World War
1. WE'LL MEET AGAIN Benny Goodman & His Orchestra
2. DANCING IN THE DARK Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
3. LITTLE BROWN JUG Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
4. I'LL BE SEEING YOU Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
5. MOONGLOW Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
6. MEMORIES OF YOU Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
7. I'LL GET BY Harry James & His Orchestra
8. ON THE ALAMO Benny Goodman & His Sextet
9. PENNIES FROM HEAVEN Teddy Wilson & His Orchestra
10. BODY AND SOUL Coleman Hawkins & His Orchestra
11. LET'S GET LOST Frank Sinatra
12. BLUES IN THE NIGHT Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
13. THERE SHALL BE NO NIGHT Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
14. ECHOES OF HARLEM Cootie Williams & His Rug Cutters
15. SKLARK Earl Hines & His Orchestra
16. SATURDAY NIGHT IS THE LONELIEST 17.NIGHT OF THE WEEK Frank Sinatra
17. PAPER DOLL The Mills Brothers
18. LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY Frank Sinatra
19. SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY Les Brown & His Orchestra
20. WAITING FOR THE TAIN TO COME IN Harry James & His Orchestra

I'm Beginning to See the Light - Dance Hits from the Second World War
1. C JAM BLUES Duke Ellington & His Famous Orchestra
2. FRENESI Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
3. IN THE MOOD Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
4. LET ME OFF UPTOWN Gene Krupa & his Orchestra
5. TAXI WAR DANCE Count Basie & His Orchestra
6. THE SHEIK OF ARABY Coleman Hawkins All Star Octet
7. PISTOL PACKIN MAMA Al Dexter & His Troopers, with vocal by Al Dexter
8. AMERICAN PATROL Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
9. FOR THE GOOD OF YOUR COUNTRY Count Basie & His Orchestra
10. CHEROKEE Charlie Barnet & His Orchestra
11. ROSE ROOM Benny Goodman Sextet
12. I'M BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT Harry James & His Orchestra
13. TUXEDO JUNCTION Erskine Hawkins (the Twentieth Century Gabriel) & His Orchestra
14. ONE O CLOCK JUMP Count Basie & His Orchestra
15. I'M CONFESSIN Artie Shaw & His Orchestra
16. (I'VE GOT A GAL IN) KALAMAZOO Glenn Miller & His Orchestra
17. BOOGIE WOOGIE Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra
18. TAIN'T WHAT YOU DO (IT S THE WAY THAT YOU DO IT) Jimmie Lunceford & His Orchestra
19. SING, SING, SING Benny Goodman & His Orchestra

Songs Without Words - Classical music from "The War"
1. WALTON: THE DEATH OF FALSTAFF Leonard Slatkin & London Philharmonic Orchestra
2. DVORÁK: CELLO CONCERTO IN B 3.MINOR (SECOND MOVEMENT) Yo-Yo Ma, Kurt Masur & New York Philharmonic
3. COPLAND: CONCERTO FOR CLARINET, STRINGS, HARP AND PIANO Benny Goodman, Aaron Copland & Columbia Symphony Orchestra
4. LIGETI: LAMENTO FROM HOMMAGE Á BRAHMS Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Marie-Luise Neunecker, Saschko Gawriloff
5. FAURÉ: ÉLÉGIE, Op. 24 Steven Isserlis & Pascal Devoyon
6. LISZT: NUAGES GRIS Barry Douglas
7. COPLAND: GROVERS CORNERS FROM OUR TOWN Aaron Copland & New Philharmonia Orchestra
8. MEDELSSOHN: SONG WITHOUT WORDS Yo-Yo Ma & Emmanuel Ax
9. ELGAR: NIMROD FROM ENIGMA VARIATIONS Leonard Slatkin & London Philharmonic Orchestra

Additionally, a four-disk set collecting all the above is also available.

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