United States Music

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Alllow me to start this thread with a favorite...


Music of Ronald LoPresti:
From the collection of Karl Miller

All of these are  recordings of live performances, dates unknown, never commercially released.
Mp3 Files, 192 kps. 

Contents:
Prelude and Fugue for Strings
Arizona State University Orchestra
Eugene Lombardi, conductor   (Date

Symphony No1
Performers Unknown

Nocturne for Viola and Strings
Performers Unknown
Memorials for Chorus and Orchestra
Arizona State University Orchestra and Chorus
Eugene Lombardi, conductor
 
Symphony No.2 “from the Southwest”
Arizona State University Orchestra
Eugene Lombardi, conductor

This link will bring you to the mp3 versions.
http://www.mediafire.com/?gq64rczeo7oj34d


I have also posted these in FLAC format.
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vboy8t8l8sxxypu
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?rab4q548b58d345

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Clarinet Concerto by Barney Childs

Stanley Drucker, Clarinet
American Symphony Orchestra
Dennis Russel Davies, Conductor
Barney Childs

From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/?9w9b7a4o2omdc2y

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Music of Bernard Rogers
Repost from UC

From the collection of Karl Miller.  The sources vary in quality, but these have been subject to as much restoration magic as possible.
Sources are radio broadcasts and archival recordings.  I’m not aware of any of these having been released on CD—but welcome corrections from any of you, and I'll pull down anything that you feel should not be up there.


Music of Bernard Rogers Volume 1

1-5: Symphony No.4 “To Soldiers”
Battle Fantasy; Eulogy; Fugue and Epilogue
CBS Symphony Orchestra
Thor Johnson, conductor
[15 May 1949]

A version of this recorded has already been posted to Unsung.  Karl explains:

    The CBS SO performance which has previously been uploaded came from a Dictaphone disc I transferred some 40 years ago. I went back to my original tape of the transfer and did some restoration on the sound and hopefully it will easier to hear.

6-8: Symphony No.4
Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor
[6 May 1948]


9:  Symphony No.5 “Africa” (1962)
Visions; Tribal Drums
Symposium Orchestra
Composer, conducting

Notes from Karl:

    The recordings of the 4th and 5th Symphonies came from tapes owned by Paul Snook. The sound quality was not very good, so I did my best to restore the fidelity.  Since I know that the CBS version was recorded at 33 rpm and I have the disc, I feel rather secure in thinking that it is correctly pitched. The Eastman performance of the work was off a ½ step, not unlike many items I have from Eastman, so I repitched it.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?8rmnfcidla21pj6

Music of Bernard Rogers Volume 2.

1-10: Song of the Nightingale, Suite (1939)
Prelude; The gardens of the porcelain palace; Expedition of the Chinese gentlemen; Berceuse; A court festival; The clockwork nightingale; Death and the emperor; Song of the nightingale; Happy ending
Peabody Orchestra
Gunther Schuller, conductor

11:  Symphony No.3? in C
“On a Thanksgiving Song”
Rochester Philharmonic
Howard Hanson, conductor
[27 October 1937]

Notes  on Symphony 3 from  Karl:

    My copy was pitched at B. I have often had trouble with dubs from the Eastman Collection being pitched improperly. It can have to do with how the current to the turntables was supplied when the recording was made. However, re-pitching the work places the hum at 60 cps, which is where it should have been.

    The Fleisher collection says this work is in 4 movements, yet I could not find any breaks in the work. The Fleisher Collection catalog also states that the piece is supposed to be about 42 minutes in duration, yet my recording is 28 minutes long. Something suggesting a hymn tune can be found towards the end. While I am not familiar with a “Thanksgiving Song,” the prominence of the tune suggests such a reference. The sound quality is typical of Eastman in-house recordings of the period. 

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?bkh9rhrz503bn5x


Music of Bernard Rogers 3

1Apparitions for Orchestra
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Max Rudolf
[date unknown]

2-3 Four Pictures after Hans Christian Anderson
Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra/Howard Hanson [28 April 1945?]

4-8: Three Japanese Dances
Cleveland Orchestra/Louis Lane
[date unknown]

9: Portrait for Violin and Orchestra
Josef Gingold, violin
Cleveland Orchestra/George Szell
[18/20 October 1956]

10:  Suite “Silver World” (1949)
A Hobby Horse; Chinese March; A Princess; Tug of War
Eastman Little Symphony/Frederick Fennell
[date unknown]
No notes…

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ea1xhxcr93oab9f

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Lukas Foss: Exeunt

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Zdenek Macal, Conductor
Radio Broadcast, Date Unknown

DISSONANCE ALERT

From the collection of Karl Miller

http://www.mediafire.com/?67dbma3tembqbu4

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Music of Harl McDonald
From the collection of Karl Miller
All sources from LPs or Radio Broadcasts

Volume 1:
1-4 Symphony 1: The Santa Fe Trail (the Explorers, The Spanish Settlements, The Wagon Trains of the Pioneers
Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy
Victor M754

5. Rhumba from Symphony Number 2
Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski
Victor 8919

6. Cakewalk from Symphony #4
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy, Victor 15377

7. Festival of the Workers(Dance of the Workers)
Philadelphia Orchestra/Leopold Stokowski, Victor 8919

8-9: Two Poems on Hebrew themes
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy; Victor 14903

10-13: Children’s Symphony (On Familiar Tunes)
Allegro, Andante, Scherzo, Finale
Philadelphia Orchestra/Composer
Columbia ML 2141
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?zjq2vjnbfzzx88e

I've been informed that Tracks 5  and 7 are  available commercially. The Link above corrects this.
Volume 2
1-3: Violin Concerto
Alexander Hilsberg, Violin
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy
17 March, 1945

4-7: From Childhood, For Harp and Orchestra
Allegro, Moderato, Allegro
Edna Phillips, harp
Philadelphia Orchestra/Composer; Victor M839

8-10: Elegy and Battle Hymn
George Newton, Bass Baritone
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra/Fabien Sevitzky
28 Jan 1943

11.  My Country at War
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy, Victor M592

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dtysd9c6abeseaf

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Cantata for Soprano, Baritone, Violin and Harp by Robert Starer

1. Radio Intro
2. Cantata for Sop, Bar, Violin and Harp
3. Radio Outro

Radio Broadcast  20 March 1949 

From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ii88v6xysr1n72a

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John Lewis:  Jazz Ostinato
Modern Jazz Quartet
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Max Rudolf, Conductor
January 1967
Private Recording of live performance, (Venue unspecified, but the MJQ and CSO played Carnegie Hall that  month)

From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5aid76v2o1ley61

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William O Smith, Interplay (1964)

Private recording of live performance-- most likely details are:
Modern Jazz Quartet
Cincinatti Symphony Orchestra
Max Rudolf, Conductor
January, 1967


From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dk1ayt3km4dscb7

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Salvatore Martirano: Contrasto

New York Philharmonic
Lorin Maazel, conductor
Radio broadcast: November 11 1966

From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?x9ci6aoo98oxh6y

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Ralph Shapey: Ontongeny for Orchestra (1958)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Composer, conductor
Radio Broadcast, Date Unknown

From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5z8deesay39fsu8

Dissonance Alert

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Robert Washburn (b.1928)

Symphony No. 1

  Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
  Izler Solomon, conductor

http://www.mediafire.com/?uysp6kaqm9lph

from a radio broadcast. The work has never been issued commercially in any form, to the best of my knowledge.

Information about the composer: http://www2.potsdam.edu/washburb/. A very popular composer of symphonic band and wind ensemble music back in the 1960s and '70s, but not very well known for his symphonic music, which is excellent, as I hope you'll discover from this upload.

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Rock Requiem by Lalo Schifrin


Source LP, Verve 1971
LP Rip by Yoruba Jazz.
Unlikely to EVER be released on CD.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?k3fo4fuzdpc6ub3
WARNING: REPEATED LISTENING  MAY CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE

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Replacements kindly provided by a member - many thanks!! Further replacements are on the way.

"Some obscure American piano concertos:

Burrill Phillips (Ancient LP )
    http://www.mediafire.com/?9xzsr7slpilcmnz

Philip Bezanson (Radio Broadcast)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?2m768fbpisibmrq

Mary Carr Moore (Old cassette, has some tape distortions)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?mll7a9splgx2bw8

Howard Swanson (1907-1978) - These are some pieces off old LPs:
    Concerto for Orchestra
    Budapest phil orch, Benjamin Steinberg (Silhouettes in Courage SIL K 5001-2)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?dbhvh41x1d4kqhd

Howard Swanson
    Short Symphony
    American recording Societ Orchestra, Dean Dixon (ARS-7)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?vzkkmcyk473qzv1

Howard Swanson
    Night Music
    New York Ensemble of the Philharmonic Scholarship Winners, Dmitri Mitropoulos
    http://www.mediafire.com/?93o9ddv9t7d9ybw

Gene Gutche
    Concerto
    http://www.mediafire.com/?3pdhw23t91z2c2l

Toni Mineo
    Rhapsody 21
    Sondra Bianca, Piano, Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra (World's Fair Recordings 3333LP)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?tkekli7kqbo7044

J. Randolph Jones
    Symphony No. 1 D flat major
    http://www.mediafire.com/?b2paea3d09229eo

J. Randolph Jones
    Prelude to Night
    Philharmonic Orchestra of Hamburg, J. Randolph Jones (Mansions Records MR 1300)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?9bjhgmc6ipe6agt

Carl Dawson
    Symphony No. 1
    Philharmonic Orchestra of Indianapolis, Wolfgang Vacano (?Self published LP 9302)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?1rotf4uyyywjufd

Bernard Wagenaar
    Symphony No. 4 (1949)
    American Recording Society Orchestra, Herbert Haeffner (ARS-21)
    http://www.mediafire.com/?wrl4pkknlqq93sn

The performance details are in the name of each file."

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Ben Weber: Piano Concerto, Op 52 (1960)
William Masselos, Piano
NY Philharmonic Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein, conductor
Radio broadcast, March 26, 1961

From the collection of Karl Miller
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?eqld7nw2hp4urfp

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More replacements kindly provided by a member - many thanks!!

Rebekah Harkness
    Barcelona Suite
    http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9gn8s14ct6d0819

Rebekah Harkness
    Gift of the Magi
    http://www.mediafire.com/?9gn8s14ct6d0819

Julia Smith
    Piano Concerto in e
    http://www.mediafire.com/?j75sbp273athpo2

Boris Pregel:
    Fantasy in D Major
    http://www.mediafire.com/?p99jpid197q2bdo

Boris Pregel:
    Poeme Symphonique
    http://www.mediafire.com/?4a2m3rmdlitjpd1

Further details about these may be found in the file "American Music 2.htm" in the archive.