United States Music

[guest145]

From Schuylkill88: The soloist in the trombone Fantasy was the then principal of the Philadelphia Orchestra Glenn Dodson.

Thank you, Schuylkill88, for that missing bit of information!

[Dundonnell]

Are you sure that the recent upload of the Don Gillis Piano Concerto No.2 by the Sinfonia Varsovia is not taken from the Albany cd ??? ???

[Jolly Roger]

Are you sure that the recent upload of the Don Gillis Piano Concerto No.2 by the Sinfonia Varsovia is not taken from the Albany cd ??? ???

did not check that, but that is likely.
I'll delete the post asap

[Dundonnell]

Probably the wisest option :)

[Dundonnell]

Following some earlier discussion of the music of Ernst Bacon and the uploads of some of that music, I have been honoured by a private and very gracious message from the composer's widow pointing out a few mistakes in my online catalogue of Bacon's music.

I shall correct these once get back from London next week.

If the hugely welcome uploads from  Karl Miller's collection and the catalogue help to raise awareness of Ernst Bacon's music I, for one, would be delighted.

[JimL]

I don't know if anybody's noticed this yet, but the link to the upload of Arthur Foote's Cello Concerto is no longer valid.  Could somebody restore it, or please reload it?  Thanks in advance.

[Dundonnell]

I don't know if anybody's noticed this yet, but the link to the upload of Arthur Foote's Cello Concerto is no longer valid.  Could somebody restore it, or please reload it?  Thanks in advance.

I have uploaded the Foote for you :)

[JimL]

Thanks, Colin!

[guest224]

Here are reposts of American music found by Sydney to have broken links. They are all in one big file, and if I have missed a description, I always write the performers, etc. in the track name. If problems, contact me.

http://www.mediafire.com/?vf24w1rqeeg15


Rebekah Harkness
  Barcelona Suite
  Gift of the Magi
    Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Sylvan Levin (Landmarks of American Music--Vanguard VRS 1058)

Eugene Weigel (Born in Ohio, later career in Canada)
  Prairie Symphony
    University of Illinois SO, Bernard Goodman (CRS 2 10" LP)
Gordon Binkerd
  Sun Singer
    University of Illinois SO, Bernard Goodman (CRS 2 10" LP)

Max Brand
  The Wonderful One-Hoss Shay
    Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy (Columbia ML 2141 10" LP)

Mana-Zucca (Augusta Zuckerman)
  Piano Concerto in E flat major
    Mana-Zucca, Piano, O de l'association des concerts Pasdeloup, Paris, Jean Allain (Bradime-Disques LP LD-MS-1601)

Boris Koutzen (born in Russia but from age 23 career was in USA, citizen from 1929
  Concertino for Piano and Strings
    Robert Guralnik, Piano, Orchestre Lamoureux, Leon Barzin (Serenus LP SRE 1010/SRS 12010)

Charles Haubiel
  Pioneers, a Symphonic Saga
  Portraits for Symphony Orchestra
    Philharmonia Orchestra, Hans-Jurgen Walther (Dorian Records LP 1008)

Louis Edgar Johns
  Medieval Suite for String Orchestra
    Philharmonia Orchestra, Hans-Jurgen Walther (Dorian Records LP 1008)

Charles Wakefield Cadman
  American Suite
    Philharmonia Orchestra, Hans-Jurgen Walther (Dorian Records LP 1008

Julia Smith
  Piano Concerto in e (Intro and 3 mvts, don't know titles of mvts)
    Larry Waltz, Piano, Dallas Civic O, Lee Schaend (Radio broadcast)

Gastone Usigli (born in Venice but career in San Francisco after 1930 or so)
  Prometheus unbound
  Humanitas
    Wiener konzert-vereinigung, F. Charles Adler (Memorial LP to composer, no numberings, etc.)

Conrad de Filipis, MD
  Symphonic Rhapsody for Orchestra
    London SOo, Alun Francis
  Dialogue for Piano and Orchestra
    Phillip Fowke, Pf, London SO, Alun Francis (From Cassette MMG D-CMG 116--no evidence of CD re-release found by me)

Rayner Brown 1912-1999
Concerto for Two Pianos, Brass and Percussion
    Los Angeles Brass Society, Sharon Davis, Russell Stepan, Pianos (LP WIM Records
 
William Schmidt 1926-2009
  Double Concerto for Trumpet, Piano and CO, Anthony Plog, Trumpet, Sharon Davis, Piano, Pasadena CO, Robert Kenneth Duerr (LP WIM Records WIMR-20)

James Sellars 1943-
  Pianoconcert
    Yvar Mikhashoff, Piano, Danish RCO, Jorma Panula (LP Spectrum SR 310)

Boris Pregel was born in Ukraine, ultimately came to US in 1939 and worked as an engineer in the atomic science field. But he studied music from very young and composed at least the following light pieces from an old LP (HiFi MUSIC LPM 1027)


Milano Symphony Orchestra, D'Artega:

Concerto Pathetique
  Bruno Canino, Piano
Petit Scherzo
Romance
Fantasy in D Major
  Renato Biffoli, Violin
Nocturne Dramatique
  Bruno Canino, Piano
Valse
Prelude
Poeme Symphonique

Eric Delamarter
Here are some very old recordings of American composer Eric DeLamarter's music, taken from a radio broadcast many years ago, some have announcements at end, and they merely say "played by an orchestra, conducted by the composer", no more specific than that. I am including all that I have, regardless of sound condition!:
Track 1: String Quartet
Track 2: Symphony in D
Track 3: Giddy Puritan Overture
Tracks 4 and 5: Sunset Trio
Track 6: Symphony No. 2
Tracks 7 and 8: Huckleberry Finn

Eric Stokes
Here are some broadcast recordings of the 5 Symphony(s) [yes, that's how he named them] of American composerEric Stokes and his Music for Piano and Orchestra, He pretty much went his own way in composition, and though these recordings aren't divided into movements, I will include the names of the mvts because they are entertaining at the very least. Here is an article called "Remembering Eric Stokes" that was written for the liner notes of a New World CD of Stokes' music, (doesn't include any of these works) which is very informative about this interesting man. There's also a brief wiki.
http://www.newworldrecords.org/linernotes/80596.pdf

Symphony(s) I
  Rines, Intermedii, Turkey Tracks, Echo's Shell
    Atlanta SO, Dennis Russell Davies (11-08-1986)
Symphony(s) II
  Distant drummer, granary of the birds, turkey tracks
    Rochester PO, David Zinman (02-11-1982)
Symphony(s) III "Captions on the War Against Earth
  Explaining Hell to the Natives, Petroleum Junkie, Uranium High Train
    Kansas City Symphony, William McLaughlin (01-06-1990)
Symphony(s) IV "The Ghost Bus to Eldorado"
  The Billboard Round-up, Balck Ice, DArk Wing, The Ghost Bus to Eldorado
    Minnesota Orch, DAvid Zinman (05-29-1992)
Symphony(s) V "Native Dancer
  Dance of the Ohms and Amps, Hard Hat, Harbor Nocturne, Seed Singer
    Tulsa Philharmonic, Bernard Rubenstein (unkown date of performance)
Concert Music for Piano and Orchestra
  Dennis Russell Davies, San Francisco SO, Eric Stokes (12-03-1982)

 

Hello - this link appears to be broken.  WOuld it be possible to re-upload?  I am particularly interested in the Pregel.....

[jowcol]

Music of Alan Hovhannes



From the colllection of Karl Miller

This is a truly monumental collection of true original composer.  Karl has spent nearly two months pulling this together and tweaking the sound on the varied tracks, coverinng 37  Of the 67 "Symphonies" he has written, this collection has one or more versions of the following:

• Symphony No.1  Exile Symphony  Op.17 No.2 (1936)   
• Symphony No.2  Mysterious Mountain  Op.132 (1955)   
• Symphony No.5  Short   Op.170 (1953)   
• Symphony No.6  Celestial Gate  Op.173 (1959)   
• Symphony No.8  Arjuna  Op.179 (1947)   
• Symphony No.10  Vahaken  Op.184 (1944, revised 1965)   
• Symphony No.12  "Choral" Op.188 (1960)   
• Symphony No.13  Ardent Song  Op.190 (1953)   
• Symphony No.15  Silver Pilgrimage  Op.199 (1962)   
• Symphony No.16  Kayagum  Op.202 (1962)   
• Symphony No.17  Symphony for Metal Orchestra  Op.203 (1963)   
• Symphony No.18  Circe  Op.204 (1963)   
• Symphony No.19  Vishnu  Op.217 (1966)   
• Symphony No.20  Three Journeys to a Holy Mountain  Op.223 (1968)
• Symphony No.21  Etchmiadzin  Op.234 (1968)   
• Symphony No.22  City Of Light  Op.236 (1970)   
• Symphony No.23  Ani  Op.249 (1972)   
• Symphony No.26   Op.280 (1975)   
• Symphony No.27   Op.285 (1976)   
• Symphony No.28 Op.286 (1976)   
• Symphony No.29   Op.289 (1976)   
• Symphony No.31  Op.294 (1976-77)   
• Symphony No.34  Op.310 (1977)   
• Symphony No.35  Op.311 (1978)   
• Symphony No.36  Op.312 (1978)
• Symphony No.38  Op.314 (1978   
• Symphony No.40 Op.324 (1979)   
• Symphony No.43 Op.334 (1979)   
• Symphony No.46  To The Green Mountains  Op.347 (1980)   
• Symphony Nos. 47 “Walla Walla, Land of Many Waters”   
• Symphony 48: “Visions of Andromeda” Op. 355   
• Symphony No.50  Mount St. Helens  Op.360 (1981-82)   
• Symphony No.57, Op.381 “Cold Mountain”   
• Symphony No. 58: Symphony Sacra   
• Symphony No.59, Op.395 “Bellevue”   
• Symphony No.60  To The Appalachian Mountains  Op.429   
• Symphony No. 66  Hymn to Glacier Peak  Op.428 (1992)
• Symphony No.67  Hymn To The Mountains  Op.429 (1992)

In addition, this collection has:    

• Ode to the Temple of Sound   
• Suite 1 for Band.   

All recordings come from radio broadcasts, out of print LPs, and from private collections.  To the best of my knowledge, none of these recordings has been commercially released in digital form.

This collection is so staggering I felt compelled to come up with a booklet that was worthy of it. This booklet

http://www.mediafire.com/view/yretb1ck3bod7y6/Hohannes_Booklet.pdf

Is more than 60 pages long.  (Note-- the link is only for the booklet.  You need to go to the downloads section to access the recordings).  The Booklet has a full listing of information about each recording, as well as bibliographical information, detailed descriptions of nearly all of the symphonies in this collection, analysis of his compositional style, and also many quotes and insights from Hovhaness himself.  Material in the booklet comes from the Hovhaness web site, a conference paper on his works for band, interviews with Hovhaness, and excerpts from Chung Park's PhD thesis about Hovhannes.  (Park conducted the 2009 Visions of the East CD with an all-Hovhaness program.)

And for what it's worth, I can't stop listening to the 5th section of the Vishnu Symphony.

[Elroel]

Many, many, thanks to Karl Miller and Jowcol for all these Hovhaness' works.
I could add a number of symphonies to my collection.
Not all the works may be called 'powerful', but they are IMHO very listenable and I'm glad to have them!

[Elroel]

Back to the uploads of Hovhaness Symphonies.

I think there is a little mistake in the zip-files with symphony Nº 3.
On YT Symphony 3 takes about 28 min; in the upload 19 mins.
Listening to both versions I think the file in the upload called 015_Intro is in fact the first part of the symphony

[dyn]

That is certainly an enormous amount of music, for which many thanks.

For those like me with limited bandwidth, can you recommend a good starting point? I don't believe I've ever knowingly heard a note of Hovhaness before.

[Dundonnell]

This is quite incredible :)

I had a total of 28 Hovhaness symphonies in my own cd collection-out of the 67 he composed-I shall (shortly) have another 22 ;D

Huge thanks to both jowcol and Karl Miller :) :)

The booklet-which I have already downloaded-looks marvellous too :)

[guest145]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, jowcol (and Karl)! I can't even begin to adequately express my appreciation for this enormous undertaking! So many gaps in my collection will now be filled!