Yellowstone: The Music of Nature is an album by Mannheim Steamroller

Mannheim Steamroller

Mannheim Steamroller is an American music group founded by Chip Davis and Jackson Berkey, known primarily for its modern recordings of Christmas music. The group has sold 28 million albums in the U.S. alone.-Beginnings:...

, released in 1989. The concept pays homage to nature and to Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone National Park, established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872, is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho...

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The album consists of a compilation of older tracks from Davis and (relatively) newer tracks (Earthrise and Return to the Earth--the former of which had appeared in a 1987 American Gramaphone 'sampler'), and fully orchestrated pieces from notable classical composers such as Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy

Claude-Achille Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel, he was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions...

, Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Vivaldi

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi , nicknamed because of his red hair, was an Italian Baroque composer, priest, and virtuoso violinist, born in Venice. Vivaldi is recognized as one of the greatest Baroque composers, and his influence during his lifetime was widespread over Europe...

, Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi

Ottorino Respighi was an Italian composer, musicologist and conductor. He is best known for his orchestral "Roman trilogy": Fountains of Rome ; Pines of Rome ; and Roman Festivals...

, and Ferde Grofé

Ferde Grofé

Ferde Grofé was a prominent American composer, arranger and pianist. During the 1920s and 1930s, he went by the name Ferdie Grofé.-Early life:...

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Track listing

1. "Pines of Rome: I Pini Di Villa Borghese" – 2:58
2. "Pines of Rome: III Pini Del Gianicolo" – 7:15
3. "Interlude III" – 2:26
4. "Ballade" – 7:28
5. "Sunrise at Rhodes" – 3:44
6. "Come Home To The Sea" – 4:50
7. "Morning" – 2:46
8. "Interlude VI" – 3:11
9. "La Primavera (Spring): I Allegro" – 3:47
10. "La Primavera (Spring): 3 Allegro" – 4:57
11. "Nepenthe" – 5:27