1 CD / Gothic Records /
2009-04-14
Works: Joseph Brackett: Simple Gifts; Thomas Hammond Jr.: The humble heart; Susanna Brady: Star of purity; Traditional: All at home; I wish I was a child again; William Billings: I am the rose of Sharon; El...
Ensemble:
Tudor Choir
On the follow-up to the choir's successful CD of Shaker tunes, 'Gentle Words', the Tudor Choir expands the repertoire to include other British and American...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2008-08-26
Works: William Perry: Concerto for Cello "Jamestown"; William Schuman: Orpheus and his Lute; Fantasy "A Song of Orpheus"; Virgil Thomson: Concerto for Cello
Performers:
Alexander, Jane; Hanani, Yehuda
Ensemble:
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
This recording presents three important yet infrequently heard American cello works. It is the first modern recording of William Schuman's 'A Song of Orpheus'; the...continue...
1 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-06-24
Works: Virgil Thomson: The Plow that Broke the Plains; Concertino for Harp, Strings and Percussion "Autumn"; The River; Howard Hanson: Symphony no 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"
Performers:
Stockton, Ann Mason
Ensemble:
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
Virgil Thomson and Howard Hanson were exact contemporaries, both being born in 1896, and both hailing from the midwest: Thomson from Kansas and Hanson from...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2008-05-27
Works: John Corigliano: The Red Violin Caprices for Violin solo; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Virgil Thomson: Portraits (25) for Piano, 1940; Five Ladies; Portraits (8) for Violin solo
Performers:
Quint, Philippe; Wolfram, William
John Corigliano has revisited his score for the 1997 film 'The Red Violin' several times. In 'The Red Violin Caprices', content is allied to a...continue...
1 CD / Bridge /
2008-04-01
Works: Virgil Thomson: Feast of Love; Roy Harris: Give me the splendid silent sun; Horatio Parker: Cáhal Mór of the Wine-Red Hand, Op. 40; John Alden Carpenter: Water Colors; Charles T. Griffes: P...
Performers:
Mason, Patrick
Ensemble:
Odense Symphony Orchestra
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BDG 9254
1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores /
2007-12-25
Works: Dominick Argento: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing; Giovanni Palestrina: Super flumina Babylonis; Traditional: Hark, I hear the harp eternal; How firm a foundation; Edmund Rubbra: Tenebrae Mote...
Performers:
Chalmers, David; Helfrich, Chris; Hempel, Francis; Jordan, James [Organ]; Ortolani, Amanda Dawn; Schuman, Kathy; Shannon, Kathryn
Ensemble:
Archangelus Brass Ensemble; Gloriae Dei cantores
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CDBY 164388
1 CD / Albany Records /
2007-12-01
Works: Randall Thompson: Frostiana; Quis multa gracilis; Charles Fussell: A Walt Whitman Sampler; Sir William Walton: Nunc dimittis; Leonard Bernstein: Mass; Steven Sametz: Dulcis amor; Stephen Paulus: Shal...
Ensemble:
Harvard Glee Club
2008 will mark the 150th anniversary of the internationally renowned Harvard Glee Club, the oldest college chorus in America. Under the direction of Jameson Marvin...continue...
Includes work(s) by Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ensemble: Harvard Glee Club. Conductor: Jameson Marvin....continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2007-10-30
Works: Virgil Thomson: The Plow that Broke the Plains; The River
Ensemble:
Post-Classical Ensemble
"The few recordings of Virgil Thomson's scores for The Plow that Broke the Plains have all been quite fine in different ways. Of them, Leopold...continue...
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NXS 8559291
1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) /
2007-01-30
Works: Virgil Thomson: The Plow that Broke the Plains; The River
Ensemble:
Post-Classical Ensemble
"…this one is so exceptional that we had to bring it to your attention. In fact, it could well turn out to be the most...continue...
Run Time: 112 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, Dolby 2.0 Country of Origin: USA ...continue...
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1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records /
2006-10-01
Works: Virgil Thomson: Concerto for Cello; Portraits (25) for Piano, 1940; Charles Fussell: Variations for Cello and String Orchestra "Right River"; Ballades (2) for Cello and Piano
Performers:
Feldman, Emmanuel; Phinney, Joy Cline
Ensemble:
Nashville Chamber Orchestra; New England String Ensemble
This is undoubtedly the first commercial recording of the Virgil Thomson Cello Concerto (whose first movement provides the title for this disc) since the classic...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Includes work(s) by Virgil Thomson....continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2005-09-20
Works: Virgil Thomson: Synthetic Waltzes; Songs (4) to Poems of Thomas Campion; Sonata for Violin and Piano; Two by Marianne Moore; Praises and Prayers (5)
Performers:
Evans, Rachel; Krakauer, David; Lang, Ellen; Reit, Alyssa; Sachs, Joel; Seltzer, Cheryl; Wu, Mia
Much of Thomson's early music, which comprises setting of Stein's poetry and the 'Synthetic Waltzes', balances modernity and classicism, and the 'Sonata for Violin &...continue...
1 CD / Avie /
2005-08-23
Works: JanPieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est; Anonymous: Ther is no rose of swych vertu; Dietrich Buxtehude: In dulci jubilo, BuxWV 52; Michael Praetorious: Musae Sioniae; Peter Cornelius: Weih...
Performers:
Consoli, Susan; Finney, John [organ]; Giampa, Janice; Grimes, John; Krueger, Christopher; Nomura, Christopheren; Rolfe, Wendy; Seidler, Reinmar; Starkman, Jane; Stepner, Daniel; Watson, Kristen
Ensemble:
Handel and Haydn Society; Handel and Haydn Society Chorus; Trinity Handbell Ensemble
Bostons Handel and Haydn Society is one of Americas leading choral ensembles. Under the direction of recently appointed music director Grant Llewellyn, the Society has...continue...
1 CD / Albany Records /
2004-11-01
Works: Hayes Biggs: Susan's Waltz; Wayne Peterson: Valse Subliminale; Robert Helps: Valse MIrage; Andrew Imbrie: Waltz; Eric Moe: Pulaski Skyway Waltz; Louis Karchin: Ghost Waltz; Charles Wuorinen: Self-Sim...
Performers:
Moe, Eric
1 CD / Hyperion /
2004-09-14
Works: Virgil Thomson: The Plow that Broke the Plains; Louisiana Story; Power Among Men
Ensemble:
New London Orchestra
1 CD / MMC Recordings /
2003-11-04
Works: William Thomas McKinley: Quartet for Strings no 9; David L. Post: Quartet for Strings no 1; Mitch Hampton: Quartet for Strings no 1 "The Universal Cycle"; Virgil Thomson: Quartet for Strings no 1
Ensemble:
Boston Composers String Quartet
1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records /
2003-07-01
Works: Nikolai Lopatnikoff: Festival Overture, Op. 40; Robert Helps: Concerto for Piano no 2; Virgil Thomson: Filling Station; Robert Kurka: Symphony no 2, Op. 24
Performers:
Feinberg, Alan
Ensemble:
Albany Symphony Orchestra
1 CD / Newport Classic /
2003-05-27
Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore; Virgil Thomson: Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree
Ensemble:
Boston Cecilia
1 CD / North/South Recordings /
2003-01-01
Works: Randall Snyder: Fictions; Hilary Tann: Nothing Forgotten; Allan Crossman: Millenium Overture Dance; Sarah Meneely-Kyder: Letter from Italy, 1944; Virgil Thomson: Sonata da chiesa for Clarinet, Trumpe...
Performers:
Buck, Deborah; Koessel, Wolfram; Lifchitz, Max; Yueh, Chai-lun
Ensemble:
North/South Consonance; North/South String Quartet
1 CD / New World Records /
2001-09-01
Works: Morten Lauridsen: O magnum mysterium; Stephen Paulus: Nativity Carols (3); Wishes and Candles; Wayne Oquin: Ave Maria; Ned Rorem: Motets (7) for the Church Year; William Bolcom: Neighbors on this fro...
Performers:
Feld, Melanie; Jolles, Susan; Martin, Lois
Ensemble:
New York Concert Singers
1 CD / Postcards /
2001-02-27
Works: Samuel Barber: Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 20; Aaron Copland: Four Piano Blues; Benny Golson: On Gossamer Wings; Roy Harris: American Ballads I; Frederic Rzewski: North American Ballads (4) for Pia...
Performers:
Downes, Lara
1 CD / Arsis /
2000-09-01
Works: Rodney Lister: Nativitie; Chorale; The Stones; The Oxen; Kings and Shepherds; Virgil Thomson: The Holly and the Ivy; Remember Adam's fall; Song for the Stable; Scenes from the Holy Infancy; Charles I...
Performers:
Ahlbeck, Laura; Billingsley, Glenn; Bisson, Noel; Brownfield, Susan; Combs, Allen; Dampman, Alice; DeSelms, James; Dwyer, Mark; Elowitch, Jennifer; Hermes, Stephen; Konicek, Denise; Lister, Rodney; M...
Ensemble:
Church of the Advent Choir; Harvard Glee Club
1 CD / Elysium /
2000-03-01
Works: George Kleinsinger: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings; Elliott Carter: Pastorale for Clarinet and Piano; Virgil Thomson: Portraits (5) for 4 Clarinets; Douglas Moore: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings;...
Performers:
Abram, Blanche; Drucker, Naomi; Drucker, Stanley; Finckel, Chris; Freeman, Stephen; Martin, Lois; Sato, Erika; Smylie, Dennis; Wong, Deborah
Ensemble:
American Chamber Ensemble
"...The quintets by...Kleinsinger and...Moore are the most accesible and substantial works, treating the clarinet as a member of the ensemble and not according it particular...continue...
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ELY 718
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2000-02-01
Works: Virgil Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Journey to America
Ensemble:
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
The four works included on this disc are among Virgil Thomson's most immediately attrative scores. The 'Symphony on a Hymn Tune' dating from 1928 takes...continue...
For its American Classics Series, the Naxos label has assembled four of Virgil Thomson's compositions that take the American experience as its theme. Thomson's famous music criticism conjures up the i...continue...
1 CD / Hyperion /
1999-08-01
Works: Charles Ives: From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; Processional "Let there be light"; Samuel Barber: Mutations from Bach's "Christe, du Lamm Gottes"; Roy Harris: Chorale for Organ and...
Performers:
Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Clews, Richard; Larkin, Christopher; Lee, David
Ensemble:
London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble
1 CD / New World Records /
1999-04-20
Works: Virgil Thomson: Symphony on a Hymn Tune; Arthur Berger: Composition for Piano 4 Hands; Perspectives III; Suite for Piano 4 Hands; Harold Shapero: Sonata for Piano 4 Hands
Performers:
Kopp, David; Lister, Rodney
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