WALTER PISTON (1894-1976) -- A DISCOGRAPHY
This is a thoroughly revised and expanded version of a discography that originally appeared in the American Record Guide of June 1977, Among the major differences between this revision and the earlier effort are the addition of foreign issues, recording and release dates, matrix and take numbers, and coupling information, none of which ap peared in the previous version. Every effort has been made to include all known commercial and semi-private records that contain music by Walter Piston, On the other hand, no attempt has been made to docu ment the many recordings that exist only on private tapes, air-checks or other instantaneous discs, a formidable undertaking which lies outside the scope of this discography.
The format of the present discography conforms to the exemplary design created by J, F. Weber for his Discography Series which will be familiar to many readers of the ARSC Journal, For those readers unfamiliar with the Series abbreviations and symbols, a key is pro vided at the end of this introduction,
The arrangement of the discography is chronological by date of composition, First performance information for a given work appears immediately after the date of composition (or, in some cases, after the date and source of commission) and is prefaced by the letters, "f.p." Where there is more than one recording of a single work, the entries are listed in the order in which they were recorded, insofar as this could be determined, Variant or reissue numbers for a single recording are listed in sequence according to the date of release, American record numbers are always given first; European or foreign numbers follow with the country of origin indicated in parentheses (see key). All entries are twelve-inch LP's unless otherwise indi cated. Side indications have generally been ignored except in in stances where it was deemed necessary to point up a difference be tween the format of a first release and that of its nominal reissue, Recording dates, in most cases, were obtained from the files of the respective recording company or from the record itself, Release and delete dates for American LP's are from Schwann; release dates for RCA Victor 78 rpm records are taken from that company's files. Artist credits are given in as full a form as the available data permits. All entries are numbered sequentially and a complete per former index is provided at the conclusion of the discography.
Little has changed, unfortunately, since I lamented the lack of interest in Piston's music in a note prefacing the earlier discography, The most significant recording activity has been in the area of the symphonies; it is now theoretically possible to own at least one recording of each of the eight symphonies, The First Symphony has recently received its first recording on Louisville, and earlier accounts of the Third and Sixth Symphonies conducted by Hanson and Munch respectively have been restored to the catalog, Sadly though, Michael Tilson Thomas' wonderful reading of the Second Symphony on DG has been deleted, leaving only Dixon's routine performance in phony stereo. Especially welcome would be new versions of the Third and Fourth symphonies in stereo with present-day sonics; Hanson's Third on Mercury Golden Imports and Ormandy's Fourth on Columbia Special Products, fine though they may be from the standpoint of performance, are both showing their sonic ages,
Aside from the symphonies, the most significant issues to appear since the 1977 discography are two historical performances of consid erable interest, neither previously issued: Walter Gieseking's 1947 performance of the Concertino (entry #26) and the Budapest String Quartet's 1945 recording of the Second String Quartet, taken from a Library of Congress tape (entry #22). The greatest area of neglect continues to be among the works composed for solo instruments with orchestra. A recording of the Variations for Cello and Orchestra (1966) is sorely needed and the same holds true for the Second Violin Concerto of 1960. The concertos for flute and for clarinet and the Fantasy for English Horn, Harp and Strings (1952) would make excellent couplings (would it be asking too much to hope for such a record from the first-desk players of the Boston Symphony Orchestra?). And speak ing of apt couplings, is there some enterprising record company out there that would consider putting together a record to comprise the Three New England Sketches (1959), William Schuman's New England Triptych and Ives' Three Places in New England?
I would like to acknowledge the kind assistance of the many people who helped with the compilation of this discography, especially the following: Michael Gray; David Hall (Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives); Jeannine Ayotte and Diane Ota (Music Division, Boston Public Library); Ruth Watanabe (Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music); Dr. Donald Shetler (Institute of American Music, University of Rochester); and Ben Pernick (Fanfare). I would also like to thank the following people and record companies for providing recording dates and locations: Bernadette Moore (RCA); Don German and Martina McCarthy (CBS); Mona Griffin (Louisville); Dennis Miller (CR!); Jane Sarver (Coronet); and Dirk Keetbaas (CBC). Finally, a very special note of appreciation to Ed Fenninger of the Boston Public Library Sound Archive for allowing me to examine Piston's personal collection of recordings which were bequeathed to the library in his will. This last-minute endeavor produced no fewer than four new entries to what had been a substan tially completed manuscript. (Readers who are excited by the prospect of a sound archive in Boston should be cautioned that these facilities are, unfortunately, not open to the public at the present time,)
Readers who can provide additions or corrections are invited to write to me in care of this journal.
William David Curtis March, 1981
77 ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS
(78: ) electrical 78 rpm record (45: ) electrical 45 rpm record [12595-6] single disc numbers (label numbers) for 78 rpm sets are indicated in brackets : mx. XCO 25390 matrix number engraved in the original wax (RCA serial numbers do not always appear on the record) (7"). (10") seven- or ten-inch record a sequence of numbers in a set is connected by a hyphen I parallel mono and stereo numbers are separated by a slash set a single number applying to two or more records is identified as a set (E), (F), (G) English, French or German record numbers (rel. , del, ) U.S. release and deletion dates according to Schwann or RCA's card file (RCA 78 rpm records) (rec, ) date and location of recording (GR rev. ) date of review in Gramophone (applies only to English record numbers) ls., 2ss,, etc. indicates number of playing sides w/COPLAND with, indicates coupling(s) so Symphony Orchestra f,p, first performed. , ,
78 Three Pieces for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon (1926; f.p. 8 May'26 in Paris)
1. Allegro scherzando 2. Lento 3. Allegro
1 Barrere Woodwind Ensemble (Georges Barrere, Fred van Amburgh, Angel del Busto)
(78: New Music Quarterly Recordings Vol. II, No. 5/6: mx. 231, 232) (78: New Music Quarterly Recordings 1113: mx. not available)
2 members of the New Art Wind Quintet (Andrew Lolya, Irving Neidich, Tina di Dario)
Classic Editions set CE 2003 (rel. 12-53, del. 10-61)
3 members of the Berkshire Woodwind Ensemble (James Pappoutsakis, Pasquale Cardillo, Ernst Panenka)
Unicorn UNLP 1029, w/THOMPSON, RIETI, JONGEN (rel. 1-57, del. 1-59)
4 members of the Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet (Felix Skowronek, William McColl, Arthur Grossman) (rec. 1966 in Puerto Rico)
Lyrichord LL 158/LLST 7158, w/GOODMAN, KRENEK (rel. 8-66)
5 Bennington Woodwind Trio (Sue Ann Kahn, Gunnar Schonbeck, Maurice Pachman)
Golden Crest CRS 4140 (quad), w/KOECHLIN, LUENING, NOWAK, STRINGFIELD (rel. 3-76)
Sonata for Flute and Piano (1930; f.p. 13 Feb'31 in Boston: Georges Laurent, Jesus Mar1a Sanroma)
6 Doriot Anthony [Dwyer], Barbara Korn
Claremont CR 1205, w/DAHL, AVSHALOMOV (rel. 1-53, del. 12-64)
7 Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Veyron-Lacroix
(E) Felsted RL 89007, w/CLEMENTI, FRAN~IX, MOZART (GR rev. 3-57) (F) Barclay A 89001, same coupling -- 1957
8 P. Thomas, Larry Sitsky
(Australia) Brolga BZM 21, w/HONEGGER, HANSON -- c. 1958?
79 9 Albert Ratzbaum, Herman Brown
(USSR) MK D 015435-6(a), w/C,P,E. BACH, PROKOFIEV -- 1958
10 Julius Baker, Anthony Makas (rec, Nov'66 at Stereo Sound Studios, New York)
Westminster XWN 19121/WST 17121, w/MARTINfi, ROUSSEL, REIF (rel, 4-67, del, 4-71) Westminster Gold WGS 8146, same coupling (not in Schwann)
11 (1st movement only) Sarah Baird Fouse, Cecilia Ewing (rec, 1967 in Columbus, Ohio)
Coronet 1245 (mono) (rel, 7-69)
12 Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Fredrik Wanger
Music Minus One MMO 8107, w/DUTILLEUX -- 1973 N,B, Side A contains a complete performance using an abridged version of the second movement, Side B contains only the piano accompaniment and a second version of the accompaniment to the third movement played at a slower "practice tempo," Music for the flute part is included with the record.
13 Keith Bryan, Karen Keys (rec, May'76 in Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Orion ORS 76242, w/COPLAND, BURTON, VAN VACTOR (rel, 10-76)
14 Laila Padorr, Anita Swearengin
Laurel LP 14, w/COPLAND, DELLO JOIO, MUCZYNSKI (rel, 10-77)
15 Ingrid Dingfelder, Anita Gordon (rec, spring'78 at CBS Studios, New York)
Composers Recordings CR! SD 394, w/ROREM, FRAN~IX (rel, 10-78)
16 Doriot Anthony Dwyer, Susan Almasi Mandel
Grenadilla GS 1053, w/BARBER, COPLAND, DAHL, ROGERS (announced, not released)
80 Suite for Oboe and Piano (1931; f.p. 17 Jan'32 in Boston: Fernand Gillet, Jests Maria Sanroma)
1. Prelude 4. Nocturne 2. Sarabande 5. Gigue 3. Minuetto
17 Louis Speyer, Walter Piston
(78: Technichord T 1561: mx, T-1561-A, T-1561-B) -- 1940
18 Wayne Rapier, John Perry (rec. 1968 in Oberlin, Ohio)
Coronet 1409, w/GOOSSENS, SAINT-SAENS, TELEMANN, FRANCK, BACH (rel. 7-69)
String Quartet No. 1 (1933; f.p. 7 Mar'34 in Cambridge: Chardon Quartet)
19 Dorian Quartet (Alexander Cores, Harry Friedman, David Mankovitz, Bernard Greenhouse) (rec. 27 Sept'39)
(78: Columbia set M 388 [69745-7D], AM 388 [69748-50D], and MM 388 [70057-9D]: mx. XCO 25390, XCO 25391, XCO 25392, XCO 25393, XCO 25394, w/COWELL)
20 Juilliard Quartet (Robert Mann, Robert Koff, Raphael Hillyer, Arthur Winograd) (rec. 1952 at the Pittsburgh International Festival of Contemporary Music)
ASCAP PFCM CB 157, w/WEBERN, MALIPIERO (non-commercial) -- 1954
Concerto for Orchestra (1933; f.p. 8 Mar'34 in Cambridge: Boston SO- Walter Piston)
21 Polish National Radio Orch--William Strickland (rec. fall'68)
Composers Recordings CRI SD 254, w/RUGGLES, SWANSON, HIVELY (rel. 7-70)
String Quartet No. 2 (1935; f.p. 16 Mar'35 in Cambridge: Chardon Quartet)
22 Budapest String Quartet (Josef Roisman, Edgar Ortenberg, Boris Kroyt, Mischa Schneider) (rec. 18 Oct'45 in performance at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)
New World Records NW 302 (mono), w/SESSIONS (rel. 12-79)
81 Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1935, commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation; f,p, 30 Oct'35 at the Library of Congress: William Kroll, Horace Britt, Frank Sheridan)
23 New York Trio (Rachmael Weinstock, Otto Deri, Fritz Jahoda) (rec, spring'54 in Carl Fischer Hall, New York)
Perspective PR 2004, w/HINDEMITH (rel, 10-54, del, 2-58)
24 Temple University Trio (Helen Kwalwasser, Michael Haran, Alexander Fiorillo)
Golden Crest CRS 4117 (quad), w/PERSICHETTI, RIEGGER (rel, 1-74)
25 Western Arts Trio (Brian Hanly, David Tomatz, Werner Rose)
Laurel LR 104, w/BLOCH, SCHWANTNER, HOPKINS (rel, 10-76)
Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1937, commissioned by the Columbia Broadcasting System; f,p, 20 Jun'37 on a CBS broadcast from New York: Jesus Marra Sanroma, Columbia Broadcasting so--Piston)
26 Walter Gieseking, North German Radio Oreb of Frankfurt- Kurt Schroder (rec, Apr'47 from a broadcast)
Past Masters PM 28 (mono), w/HINDEMITH (rel, 6-80, not in Schwann)
27 Alexander Jenner, Vienna State Academy Orch--William Strickland (rec. in the Mozartsaal of the Vienna Konzerthaus)
Vox PL 7750, w/COPLAND, THOMPSON, BARBER, THOMSON (rel, 12-52, del, 9-56)
28 Marjorie Mitchell, Goteborg SO--William Strickland (rec, in Sweden)
Composers Recordings CRI 180, w/IVES, CARPENTER (rel, 2-64)
29 Gary Steigerwalt, Philharrnonia Virtuosi of New York (members of the New York Philharrnonic)--Richard Kapp (rec, 1976)
Vox Turnabout TV 34733, w/SCHUMAN (rel, 3-79)
Symphony No, 1 (1937; f,p, 8 Apr'38 in Boston: Boston SO--Piston)
30 Louisville Orch--Jorge Mester (rec, 7 Jan'78 at Macauley Theatre)
Louisville LS 766, w/HARRIS, WEINZWEIG (rel, 10-79)
82 The Incredible Flutist, complete ballet (1938, composed to a scenario by Hans Wiener; f,p, 30 May'38 in Boston: Boston Pops Orch--Arthur Fiedler)
31 Louisville Orch--Jorge Mester (rec, 20 Jan'76 at Macauley Theatre)
Louisville LS 755, w/BUCK (rel, 1-77) N,B, A review of this recording in the June, 1977 issue of American Record Guide briefly describes some of the differences between the complete ballet score and the orchestral suite,
The Incredible Flutist, orchestral suite (1938; f,p, 22 Nov'40: Pittsburgh SO--Fritz Reiner)
32 Boston Pops Orch--Arthur Fiedler (rec, 29 Jun'39 in Symphony Hall)
(78: RCA Victor set M 621 [12595-6] and DM 621 [13854-5]: serial nos. CS 037812-1, CS 037813-1, CS 037814-1, CS 037815-1) (rel. 3-40) (78: H.M.V. EB 142-3: mx, not available) RCA Camden CAL 145, w/MACDOWELL (rel, 2-55, del, 7/8-57) N,B, Serial numbers for the 78 rpm recording are from RCA's files and appear only on set DM 621. The numbers inscribed on set M 621 are 12595A, 12595B, 12596A and 12596B, On the RCA Camden reissue, the orchestra is identified only as the "Festival Concert Orchestra."
33 Berlin Radio SO--Arthur Rother
Urania URLP 7092, w/COPLAND (rel, 7-53, del, 9-60) (E) (10") Classics Club 149
34 Boston Pops Orch--Arthur Fiedler (rec, 1 Jul'53 in Symphony Hall)
RCA Victor set LM 6113 (rel, 10-54, del, 10-60) LM 2084, w/ROSSINI-RESPIGHI, !BERT (rel, 5-57, del, 9-61) (F) RCA Victor A 630217; 530235 (Italy) RCA Victor Al2R 0264 N,B, LSC 2084 contains only the Rossini-Respighi and Ibert selections.
35 Cleveland Pops Orch--Louis Lane (rec, 21-22 Aug'58 in Severance Hall)
Epic LC 3539/BC 1013, w/GOULD, ANDERSON, COPLAND, BERNSTEIN (rel, 3-59, del, 4-68) (E) EngColumbia 33CX 1702/SCX 3545, different coupling (GR rev, 4-65)
83 36 Eastman-Rochester SO--Howard Hanson (rec. in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York)
Mercury MG 50206/SR 90206, ls, w/MOORE (rel. 10-59, del, 5-65) MG 50423/SR 90423, ~s. w/HANSON, HOVHANESS, SESSIONS (rel. 4-65, del, 1-72) Mercury Golden Imports SRI 75050, ~s. w/CHADWICK (rel. 6-75) (E) Mercury MMA 11179/AMS 16129, ls. w/MOORE (GR rev. 2-63) (F) Philips set 6747 273 -- 1976
37 New York Philharmonic--Leonard Bernstein (rec. 2 Dec'63 in Manhattan Center)
Columbia ML 6343/MS 6943, w/flJKAS, MUSSORGSKY (rel. 3-67) set MG 31155 (rel. 6-72) 38 M,I,T. SO--David Epstein (rec. Mar-Apr'76) Vox Turnabout QTV-S 34670 (quad), w/COPLAND (rel. 4-77) (E) same (GR rev. 3-78)
Carnival Song, for men's chorus and eleven brass instruments (4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba), to an Italian text by Lorenzo de'Medici (1938; f.p. 7 Mar'40 in Cambridge: Harvard Glee Club--G. Wallace Woodworth)
39 Harvard Glee Club, brass ensemble of the Boston SO--G. Wallace Woodworth (rec. 23 Mar'40 in Symphony Hall)
(781 RCA Victor 180131 serial nos. CS 047172-1, CS 047173-1) (rel. 6-41) N.B. Serial numbers are from RCA's files and do not appear on the record, The numbers inscribed on the disc are 18013A and 18013B,
40 (accompaniment arr. for two pianos by the composer) Pomona College Men's Glee Club--William F, Russell; Vance Israel and Douglas Leedy, pfs. (rec. 16 Mar'57 at Bridges Hall of Music) Pomona College Souvenir Choral Recording 1958-11 mx. V-8359-1, w/BRAHMS, Gregorian chant, JOSQUIN, KOHN (non-commercial)
41 Cornell University Glee Club, Rochester Symphonic Brass Ensemble- Thomas A, Sokol (rec. in performance at Bailey Hall) Fleetwood FLP 6001/6001S, w/PALMER (rel, 5-67)
84 Sonata for Violin and Piano (1939; f,p, 20 Apr'39 in Brunswick, Maine: Jascha Brodsky, Frederic Tillotson)
42 Louis Krasner, Walter Piston
(78: Columbia set X 199 [71121-2D] and MX 199 [71123-4D]: mx, WXCO 26291A, WXCO 26292A, WXCO 26293A, WXCO 26294B)
43 Joseph Fuchs, Artur Balsam
Decca DL 9541, w/LOPATNIKOFF (rel, 10-51, del. 3-60)
Concerto [No, l] for Violin and Orchestra (1939; f.p. 18 Mar'40 in New York: Ruth Posselt, National Orchestral Association--Leon Barzin)
44 Hugo Kolberg, Berlin SO--Otto Matzerath
Mace MXX 9089 (phony stereo), w/violin and piano selections (rel, 6-70, del. 12-74) E.M,I. Odeon O 80610, same coupling (G) Electrola O 80610 (Spain) OLAX 1027
Chromatic Study on the Name of Bach, for organ (1940; f .p. 4 Mar'40 in Hartford, Connecticut: William Strickland)
45 Mildred Andrews (Aeolian-Skinner organ, First Presbyterian Church, Kilgore, Texas)
University of Oklahoma 2, w/LUBECK, KRENEK, SESSIONS (rel, 7/8-57)
46 Robert Noehren (rec, Mar'68 on the Noehren organ of First Baptist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan)
Lyrichord LL 191/LLST 7191, w/FINNEY, ADLER, FROMM, SOWERBY, NEAR, NOEHREN (rel, 6-68)
47 Kate van Tricht (Breil organ, St, Urbanus-Kirche, Gelsenkirchen Buer)
(G) Psallite PET 144-280574, w/BACH, KREBS, KAPI-KRALIK, LENEL, SOWERBY (rel, 1974, del, 1980)
85 Symphony No, 2 (1943, commissioned by the Alice M, Ditson Fund of Columbia University; f.p. 5 Mar'44 in Washington, D.C.: National so- Hans Kindler)
48 Vienna SO--Dean Dixon (rec, 1951 in the Vienna Konzerthaus)
(10") American Recording Society ARS 1, 2ss. (12") American Recording Society ARS 112, ls. w/COWELL Desto D 410/DST 6410 (phony stereo), w/PORTER (rel, 4-65) N.B. On the ARS records, the orchestra is identified only as the "American Recording Society Orchestra,"
49 Boston SO--Michael Tilson Thomas (rec, 5 Oct'70 in Symphony Hall)
Deutsche Grammophon 2530 103, w/SCHUMAN (rel. 3-71, del. 2-79) (E,G) same (GR rev, 7-71)
Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings (1943, composed for the Harvard University Germanic Museum radio recitals; f.p. 8 Aug'43 on a CBS broadcast from Cambridge: E. Power Biggs, Fiedler Sinfonietta; f,p, in concert 29 Oct'43: Biggs, Boston SO--Serge Koussevitzky)
50 E. Power Biggs, Boston SO--Serge Koussevitzky (A side rec. 24 Apr'45, B side rec. 7 Feb'46, both in Symphony Hall)
(78: RCA Victor 11-9262: serial nos, D5-RC-938-l, D5-RC-939-3) Columbia set M4X 35180 (rel, 5-79) N.B. Serial numbers are from RCA's files and do not appear on the record. The numbers inscribed on the disc are ll-9262A and ll-9262B,
51 Manuel E, Salsamendi, Orquesta de Camara--Silvio Aladjem
(Uruguay) (10") Antar-Telefunken ALP 1005, w/BACH -- 1960? N.B. There is no phonocopyright or other date on either the label or the record jacket. The copy in the Piston Collection at the Boston Public Library bears autographs of the performers dated July, 1960 and suggests that the record may have been released around that time.
Passacaglia for Piano (1943; f,p, 23 Oct'44 in New York: Shura Cherkassky)
52 Edyth Wagner (rec, Oct'72 in Cincinnati, Ohio)
Educo 8028 (in a 14-record set) -- 1974
86 53 Roger Shields
Vox set SVBX 5303 (rel. 9-77)
54 Arthur Tollefson (scheduled for recording in May'80)
Entr'acte Digitaldisk EDDS 16-9003 (Sony PCM-1600 process), w/RUGGLES, BARBER, BERNSTEIN (announced, not released)
Partita for Violin, Viola and Organ (1944, coIJU11issioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation; f.p. 29 Oct'44 at the Library of Congress: Wolfe Wolfinsohn, Eugene Lehner, E. Power Biggs)
1. Prelude 3. Variations 2. Sarabande 4. Burlesca
55 Samuel Thaviu, Kras Malno, V, W, Fillinger (rec, 1952 at the Pittsburgh International Festival of Contemporary Music)
ASCAP PFCM CB 190, w/HINDEMITH, KRENEK (non-coIJU11ercial) -- 1954
56 Gerald Wheeler, organ; violinist and violist not credited (rec, Dec'75 at St. Mathias Church in Montreal)
(Canada) CBC SM 292, w/MONNIKENDAM, FLEMING, MOZART -- 1980
Improvisation for Piano (1945)
57 Andor Foldes
(10") (78: Vox set 174 [single disc no. 16070]: mx. VX 9061)
Sonatina for Violin and Harpsichord (1945; f.p. 30 Nov'45 in New York: Alexander Schneider, Ralph Kirkpatrick)
58 Alexander Schneider, Ralph Kirkpatrick (rec. 20 Feb'51)
Columbia ML 4495, w/CAGE (rel. 4-52, del. 1-58)
59 Koji Toyoda, Michio Kobayashi (rec, 16-17 Apr'74)
(Japan) RCA JRZ 2206, w/HANDEL, MOZART, BACH (rel. 9-75)
60 Paul Zukofsky, Gilbert Kalish (piano)
Desto set DC 6435-7 (rel. 5-75) (E) same (GR rev. 4-76)
87 Divertimento for Nine Instruments (1946, commissioned by the Inter national Society for Contemporary Music; f,p, 18 May'46 in New York: ISCM Chamber Ensemble--Dimitri Mitropoulos)
61 Boston Symphony Chamber Players (Doriot Anthony Dwyer, fl; Ralph Gomberg, ob; Gino Cioffi, cl; Sherman Walt, bsn; Joseph Silverstein, Alfred Krips, vlns; Burton Fine, vla; Jules Eskin, vlc; Georges Moleux, cb) (rec, 26 Apr'65 in Symphony Hall)
RCA Victor set LM/LSC 6167 (rel, 10-66, del, 10-76) (E) RCA Victor RB/SB 6692, w/CARTER, COPLAND, FINE (GR rev, 2-67)
Symphony No, 3 (1947, commissioned by the Koussevitzky Music Founda tion; f,p, 9 Jan'48 in Boston: Boston SO--Serge Koussevitzky)
62 Harvard-Radcliffe Orch--Russell Stanger (rec, 11 May'51 in performance at Sanders Theatre in Cambridge)
Pierian Sodality Records mx. XTV 15382-lA, XTV 15383-lA, w/BACH (non-commercial) -- 1951
63 Eastman-Rochester SO--Howard Hanson (rec, May'54 at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York)
Mercury MG 40010, 2ss. (rel, 11-54, del, 1-57) MG 50083, 2ss. (rel. 2-57, del, 11-63) Mercury Golden Imports SRI 75107 (phony stereo), 1 l/5ss. w/HANSON (rel. 7-78) (E) Mercury MRL 2549, 2ss. (GR rev, 10-58) MMA 11136, w/COWELL (GR rev, 7-61)
Quintet for Piano and String Quartet (1949, commissioned by the University of Michigan; f,p, 2 Aug'49 in Ann Arbor: Joseph Brinkman, Stanley Quartet)
64 Johana Harris, New Music String Quartet (Broadus Erle, Matthew Raimondi, Walter Trampler, Claus Adam) (rec, 1952 at the Pittsburgh International Festival of Contemporary Music)
ASCAP PFCM CB 159, w/SHOSTAKOVICH (non-commercial) -- 1954
65 Earl Wild, Walden String Quartet (Homer Schmitt, Bernard Goodman, John Garvey, Robert Swenson)
WCFM LP 14, w/MARTINfi (rel, 2-53, del, 9-55) Mcintosh Music MM 109, w/MARTINfi (rel. 1-56, del. 12-57) Heliodor H/HS 25027 (phony stereo), w/HOVHANESS (rel, 8-66, del. 3-70)
88 Duo for Viola and Cello (1949; f.p. 13 Feb'50 in Los Angeles: Sven Reher, Kurt Reher)
66 Irving Ilmer, Leopold Teraspulsky (rec. 1971 in Bloomington, Indiana)
Coronet 1715, w/HAYDN, VILLA-LOBOS, BEETHOVEN, HINDEMITH (rel. 3-73)
Symphony No, 4 (1950, commissioned for the centennial celebration of the University of Minnesota; f.p. 30 Mar'51 in Minneapolis: Minneapolis SO--Antal Dorati)
67 Philadelphia Orch--Eugene Ormandy (rec. 15 Apr'54)
Columbia ML 4992, w/SCHUMAN (rel, 7-55, del, 8-68) CML 4992 (rel, 9-68, del. 8-74) AML 4992 (rel, 8-74)
Tunbridge Fair, intermezzo for symphonic band (1950, commissioned by the League of Composers; f,p, 16 Jun'50: Goldman Band--Piston)
68 Eastman Wind Ensemble--Frederick Fennell (rec, spring'53 at the Eastman Theatre in Rochester, New York)
Mercury MG 40006 (rel. 11-53, del. 1-57) (7") (45: Mercury 1 5062, w/SCHUMAN) Mercury MG 50079 (rel. 1-57, del. 5-69) Mercury Golden Imports SRI 75086 (phony stereo) (rel. 1977) (E) Mercury MMA 11009 (GR rev. 10-59) (Japan) Philips PC 1621 (rel, 12-75)
Symphony No, 5 (1954, commissioned by the Juilliard School of Music; f,p, 24 Feb'56 in New York: Juilliard Orch--Jean Morel)
69 Louisville Orch--Robert Whitney (rec, 24 Feb'65 at Catherine Spalding College Auditorium)
Louisville LOU/LS 653, w/KRAFT (rel, 5-65)
89 Symphony No, 6 (1955, conunissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Koussevitzky Music Foundation for the orchestra's 75th anniversary season; f,p, 25 Nov'55: Boston SO--Charles Munch)
70 Boston SO--Charles Munch (rec, 12-14 Mar'56 in Symphony Hall)
RCA Victor LM 2083, w/MARTINfi (rel, 5-57, del, 4-61) New World Records NW 286 (mono), w/KIRCHNER (non-conunercial) RCA Gold Seal AGLl-3794 (true stereo), w/MARTINfl (rel. 1-81) (E) RCA Victor RB 16030, w/MARTINfi (GR rev, 3-58) (2nd and 4th movements only) RCA Victor set LE 6006 (rel. 9-68)
71 Moscow Radio SO--Alexander Gauk
(USSR) MK D 09515-6/S 0255-6, w/HINDEMITH -- date?
Quintet for Wind Instruments (1956, conunissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation; f,p. 24 Jan'57 at the Library of Congress: Boston Woodwind Quintet)
72 Boston Woodwind Quintet (Doriot Anthony Dwyer, fl; Ralph Gomberg, ob; Gino Cioffi, cl; James Stagliano, hr; Sherman Walt, bsn) (rec, in Boston University Auditorium)
Boston Records B 407 (mono), ~s. w/TELEMANN, REICHA, ROPARTZ BST 1005 (stereo), ls, w/TELEMANN, REICHA (rel, 8-58, del, 1-67)
73 Boehm Quintette (Susan Stewart, fl; Phyllis Bohl, ob; Don Stewart, cl; Joseph Anderer, hr; Richard Vrotney, bsn) (rec, 1975 in New York)
Orion ORS 75206, w/B. WEBER (rel, 3-76)
74 J, Tanun Wind Ensemble (s. Saulus, fl; H. Varv, ob; R. Karin, cl; U, Uustalu, hr; I. Aasmets, bsn)
(USSR) MK ClO 08333-4(a), w/PART, SUCHON, PERSICHETTI, WINTER -- 1978
Serenata for Orchestra (1956, connnissioned by the Louisville Philharmonic Society; f,p, 24 Oct'561 Louisville Orch--Robert Whitney)
75 Louisville Orch--Robert Whitney (rec, c, Oct'56 in Columbia Auditorium)
Louisville LOU 58-6, w/VAN VACTOR, BENTZON (rel, 2-59)
90 Concerto for Viola and Orchestra (1957, commissioned by Joseph de Pasquale; f.p. 7 Mar'58 in Boston: Joseph de Pasquale, Boston SO- Charles Munch)
76 Paul Doktor, Louisville Orch--Robert Whitney (rec, c, Feb'63)
Louisville LOU 633, w/OVERTON (rel, 8-63)
Psalm and Prayer of David, for mixed chorus and seven instruments (fl, cl, bsn, vln, vla, vlc, cb; 2nd vln optional) to psalms 96 and 86 from the Book of Psalms (1958, commissioned by Brandeis University; f.p. 9 May'59 in Boston?: Chorus Pro Musica--Alfred Nash Patterson)
77 Peabody Conservatory Concert Singers, unidentified instrumental ensemble--Gregg Smith (rec, 1976)
Vox set SVBX 5353 (rel. 1979)
Symphony No, 7 (1960, commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association; f,p, 10 Feb'61: Philadelphia Orch--Eugene Ormandy)
78 Louisville Orch--Jorge Mester (rec, 12 Nov'74 in the Chapel of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)
Louisville LS 746, w/PISTON (rel, 9-75)
String Quartet No. 5 (1962, commissioned for the 1962 Berlin Festival; f,p, 8 Oct'62 in Berlin: Kroll Quartet)
79 Kohon Quartet (Harold Kohon, Isadora Kohon, Eugenie Dengel, W, Ted Hoyle)
Vox set SVBX 5305 (rel, 9-74)
Variations on a Theme by Edward Burlingame Hill (1963, commissioned by Isaac Kibrick for the Civic Symphony Orchestra of Boston; f,p. 30 Apr'63 in Boston: Civic SO--Kalman Novak)
80 Greater Boston Youth S~-Marvin Rabin
Greater Boston Youth set 1142 -- date? N,B. Out of print; formerly available at Jordan Marsh stores and local Boston record outlets.
91 Symphony No. 8 (1965, commissioned by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; f.p. 5 Mar'65: Boston SO--Erich Leinsdorf)
81 Louisville Orch--Jorge Mester (rec, 15 May'75 at Macauley Theatre)
Louisville LS 746, w/PISTON (rel, 9-75)
Ceremonial Fanfare, for brass instruments (6 horns, 4 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba), timpani and percussion (tambourine, tamtam, snare drum, bass drum) (1969, commissioned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art for its lOOth anniversary exhibition, 1970)
82 brass and percussion ensemble--Frederik Prausnitz (rec, 1970)
Metropolitan Museum of Art AKS 10001, w/SCHUMAN, BERNSTEIN, COPLAND, THOMSON -- 1970 N.B. Recorded on one side only; side two blank,
Concerto for String Quartet, Wind Instruments and Percussion (1976; f.p. 26 Oct'76: Portland String Quartet, Portland SO--Bruce Hangen)
83 Emerson Quartet (Eugene Drucker, Philip Setzer, Lawrence Dutton, Eric Wilson), members of the Juilliard Orch--Sixten Ehrling (rec. 13 May'78 at the Juilliard School, New York)
Composers Recordings CRI SD 248(78), w/COWELL, KOUSSEVITZKY (rel, 3-79) N,B, The original issue (1969) of CRI SD 248 coupled the Koussevitzky concerto with a work by Bloch which CRI could not obtain clearance to reissue,
92 PERFORMER INDEX
Aasmets, I. (bsn), 74 Eastman Wind Ensemble, 68 Adam, Claus (vlc), 64 Eastman-Rochester Symphony Oreb, Aladjem, Silvio (cond), 51 36, 63 Amburgh, Fred van (cl), 1 Ehrling, Sixten (cond), 83 Anderer, Joseph (hr), 73 Emerson Quartet, 83 Andrews, Mildred (organ), 45 Epstein, David (cond), 38 Erle, Broadus (vln), 64 Baker, Julius (fl), 10 Eskin, Jules (vlc), 61 Balsam, Artur (pf), 43 Ewing, Cecilia (pf), 11 Barrere, Georges (fl), 1 Barrere Woodwind Ensemble, 1 Fennell, Frederick (cond), 68 Bennington Woodwind Trio, 5 Fiedler, Arthur (cond), 32, 34 Berkshire Woodwind Ensemble, 3 Fillinger, V. W. (organ), 55 Berlin Radio Symphony Oreb, 33 Fine, Burton (vla), 61 Berlin Symphony Oreb, 44 Fiorillo, Alexander (pf), 24 Bernstein, Leonard (cond), 37 F'oldes, Ander (pf), 57 Biggs, E, Power (organ), 50 Fouse, Sarah Baird (fl), 11 Boehm Quintette, 73 ~riedman, Harry (vln), 19 Bohl, Phyllis (ob), 73 Fuchs, Joseph (vln), 43 Boston Pops Oreb, 32, 34 Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Garvey, John (vla), 65 61 Gauk, Alexander (cond), 71 Boston Symphony Oreb, 49, 50, 70 Gieseking, Walter (pf), 26 Boston Symphony Oreb Brass Gomberg, Ralph (ob), 61, 72 Ensemble, 39 Goodman, Bernard (vln), 65 Boston Woodwind Quintet, 72 Gordon, Anita (pf), 15 Brown, Herman (pf), 9 Goteborg Symphony Oreb, 28 Bryan, Keith (fl), 13 Greater Boston Youth Symphony Oreb, Budapest String Quartet, 22 80 Busto, Angel del (bsn), 1 Greenhouse, Bernard (vlc), 19 Grossman, Arthur (bsn), 4 Cardillo, Pasquale (cl), 3 Cioffi, Gino (cl), 61, 72 Hanly, Brian (vln), 25 Cleveland Pops Oreb, 35 Hanson, Howard (cond), 36, 63 Cores, Alexander (vln), 19 Haran, Michael (vlc), 24 Cornell University Glee Club, 41 Harris, Johana (pf), 64 Harvard Glee Club, 39 Dario, Tina di (bsn), 2 Harvard-Radcliffe Oreb, 62 Dengel, Eugenie (vla), 79 Hillyer, Raphael (vla), 20 Deri, Otto (vlc), 23 Hoyle, w. Ted (vlc), 79 Dingfelder, Ingrid (fl), 15 Dixon, Dean (cond), 48 Ilmer, Irving (vla), 66 Doktor, Paul (vla), 76 Israel, Vance (pf), 40 Dorian Quartet, 19 Drucker, Eugene (vln), 83 Jahoda, Fritz (pf), 23 Dutton, Lawrence (vla), 83 Jenner, Alexander (pf), 27 Dwyer, Doriot Anthony (fl), 6, 12 Juilliard Oreb, 83 16, 61, 72 Juilliard Quartet, 20
93 Kahn, Sue Ann (fl), 5 Ormandy, Eugene (cond), 67 Kalish, Gilbert (pf), 60 Ortenberg, Edgar (vln), 22 Kapp, Richard (cond), 29 Karin, R. (cl), 74 Pachman, Maurice (bsn), 5 Keys, Karen (pf), 13 Padorr, Laila (fl), 14 Kirkpatrick, Ralph (harpsichord), Panenka, Ernst (bsn), 3 58 Pappoutsakis, James (fl), 3 Kobayashi, Michio (harpsichord), Peabody Conservatory Concert 59 Singers, 77 Koff, Robert (vln), 20 Perry, John (pf), 18 Kohon, Harold (vln), 79 Philadelphia Orch, 67 Kohon, Isadora (vln), 79 Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York, Kohon Quartet, 79 29 Kolberg, Hugo (vln), 44 Piston, Walter (pf), 17, 42 Korn, Barbara (pf), 6 Polish National Radio Orch, 21 Koussevitzky, Serge (cond), 50 Pomona College Men's Glee Club, 40 Krasner, Louis (vln), 42 Prausnitz, Frederik (cond), 82 Krips, Alfred (vln), 61 Kroyt, Boris (vla), 22 Rabin, Marvin (cond), 80 Kwalwasser, Helen (vln), 24 Raimondi, Matthew (vln), 64 Rampal, Jean-Pierre (fl), 7 Lane, Louis (cond), 35 Rapier, Wayne (ob), 18 Leedy, Douglas (pf), 40 Ratzbaum, Albert (fl), 9 Lolya, Andrew (fl), 2 Rochester Symphonic Brass Ensemble, Louisville Orch, 30, 31, 69, 75, 41 76, 78, 81 Roisman, Josef (vln), 22 Rose, Werner (pf), 25 M.I.T. Symphony Orch, 38 Rother, Arthur (cond), 33 Makas, Anthony (pf), 10 Russell, William F. (cond), 40 Malno, Kras (vla), 55 Mandel, Susan Almasi (pf), 16 Salsamendi, Manuel E. (organ), 51 Mankovitz, David (vla), 19 Saulus, S, (fl), 74 Mann, Robert (vln), 20 Schmitt, Homer (vln), 65 Matzerath, Otto (cond), 44 Schneider, Alexander (vln), 58 McColl, William (cl), 4 Schneider, Mischa (vlc), 22 Mester, Jorge (cond), 30, 31, 78, Schonbeck, Gunnar (cl), 5 81 Schroder, Kurt (cond), 26 Mitchell, Marjorie (pf), 28 Setzer, Philip (vln), 83 Moleux, Georges (cb), 61 Shields, Roger (pf), 53 Moscow Radio Symphony Orch, 71 Silverstein, Joseph (vln), 61 Munch, Charles (cond), 70 Sitsky, Larry (pf), 8 Skowronek, Felix (fl), 4 Neidich, Irving (cl), 2 Smith, Gregg (cond), 77 New Art Wind Quintet, 2 Sokol, Thomas A. (cond), 41 New Music String Quartet, 64 Soni Ventorum Wind Quintet, 4 New York Philharmonic, 37 (see Speyer, Louis (ob), 17 Philharmonia Virtuosi of N.Y.) Stagliano, James (hr), 72 New York Trio, 23 Stanger, Russell (cond), 62 Noehren, Robert (organ), 46 Steigerwalt, Gary (pf), 29 North German Radio Orch of Stewart, Don (cl), 73 Frankfurt, 26 Stewart, Susan (fl), 73
94 Strickland, William (cond), 21, Varv, H, (ob), 74 27, 28 Veyron-Lacroix, Robert (pf), 7 Swearengin, Anita (pf), 14 Vienna State Academy Orch, 27 Swenson, Robert (vlc), 65 Vienna Symphony Orch, 48 Vrotney, Richard (bsn), 73 Tamm Wind Ensemble, 74 Temple University Trio, 24 Wagner, Edyth (pf), 52 Teraspulsky, Leopold (vlc), 66 Walden String Quartet, 65 Thaviu, Samuel (vln), 55 Walt, Sherman (bsn), 61, 72 Thomas, Michael Tilson (cond), 49 Wanger, Fredrik (pf), 12 Thomas, P, (fl), 8 Weinstock, Rachrnael (vln), 23 Tollefson, Arthur (pf), 54 Western Arts Trio, 25 Tomatz, David (vlc), 25 Wheeler, Gerald (organ), 56 Toyoda, Koji (vln), 59 Whitney, Robert (cond), 69, 75, 76 Trampler, Walter (vla), 64 Wild, Earl (pf), 65 Tricht, Kate van (organ), 47 Wilson, Eric (vlc), 83 Winograd, Arthur (vlc), 20 Uustalu, U, (hr), 74 Woodworth, G, Wallace (cond), 39
Zukofsky, Paul (vln), 60
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