Persichetti, Vincent

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

American Originals by Dello Joio, Gould, Mennin, Schuman et al.

1 CD / Klavier / 2011-11-15

Works: Norman Dello Joio: Variants on a Mediaeval Tune, for band; Morton Gould: Ballad, for band; Peter Mennin: Canzona; Vincent Persichetti: Divertimento, for band Op. 42; Igor Stravinsky: Circus Polka, fo...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell
Ensemble: ; USAF Heritage of America Band

The title of this recording tells it all. This is not band music; it is music which uses the American band as its voice. Music...continue...
Recording information: Chrysler Hall Performing Arts Theater, Norfolk, VA (02/1994)....continue...

Vincent Persichetti: Works for Band

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Divertimento, for band Op. 42; Mascarade, Op 102; Pageant for band, Op 59; Symphony no 6 ("For Band"), Op. 69; Psalm for Band, Op. 53; Parable for Band (Poem for band), Op. 121
Conductors: Steele, Stephen K.

The fact that a composer of Persichetti’s stature and prominence wrote so many works for wind band was not a result of a unique devotion,...continue...

Statements

1 CD / Klavier / 2010-10-26

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flourish for Wind Band, overture to a pageant for military band; Toccata marziale; Florent Schmitt: Dionysiaques for band, Op. 62; Clark McAlister: A Summer Flourish, for band...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell

American Choral Music: Persichetti, Schuman, Bolcom, Fine, Ross

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-07-27

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Mass, for mixed chorus, Op 84; William Schuman: Carols of Death, pieces (3) for chorus; William Bolcom: The Mask, for chorus, piano & chamber ensemble; Irving Fine: The Hour Glas...
Performers: Bigler, Dwight; Gorina, Alena; Holt, Lisa Roane; Neuville, Eric; Ruduski, Meredith; Wiles, John
Conductors: Morrow, James

American choral music has many faces and, while aware of tradition, often looks resolutely towards the future. Vincent Persichetti's Mass envelops an original cantus firmus...continue...
Recording information: University Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas (05/21/2007-05/22/2007)....continue...

Masterpieces from the Church of St. Mary the Virgin / Brown

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Marcel Dupré: Préludes and Fugues (3) for organ, Op. 7; Eugène Gigout: Pieces (10) for organ or pedal piano; Vincent Persichetti: Sonatine for Pedals Alone, Op 11; Jaak Nikolaas Lemmen...
Conductors: Brown, Kyler

"This is, quite simply, one of the most successful organ recital discs to come my way for a long time. Program, playing, recording, notes -...continue...

Ports of Call

1 CD / Altissimo / 2008-07-29

Works: Edward Gregson: Celebration, for symphony band; Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek: Donna Diana, overture to the opera; Robert W. Smith: Songs of Sailor and Sea Suite, for band; Vincent Persichetti: Psalm fo...
Conductors: Pastin, John R.

This album is a musical journey that plots a course from Rome to the North Atlantic, from Barcelona to the New World. Recorded by the...continue...

Liberty for All

1 CD / Altissimo / 2007-11-27

Works: Morton Gould: Fanfare for Freedom for brass ensemble; James A. Beckel, Jr.: Liberty for All, for narrator, chorus & band; John Philip Sousa: Hail to the Spirit of Liberty; Liberty Bell; Roger Nixon: ...
Performers: Taylor, Lisa [Soprano]
Conductors: Buckley, Lewis J.

This delightful album features four select categories of music: Fanfares, Saluting the Armed Forces, Works with a Narrator or Vocalist, and Marches. Works on this...continue...
Recording information: Leamy Hall Auditorium, The United States Coast Guard Ac....continue...

Composer's Collection - Persichetti / Corporon, et al

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2005-05-10

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Divertimento, for band Op. 42; Psalm for Band, Op. 53; Pageant for band, Op 59; Symphony no 6 ("For Band"), Op. 69; Serenade no 11, for Band, Op. 85; Mascarade, Op 102; Parable f...
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene

Signatures / Graham, US Air Force Band

1 CD / Klavier / 2005-01-01

Works: Howard Hanson: Chorale and Alleluia; Vincent Persichetti: Psalm for Band, Op. 53; Arnold Schoenberg: Theme and Variations for wind band in G minor, Op. 43a; Paul Hindemith: Symphony for Concert Band ...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; et al / Cincinnati Wind Symphony

1 CD / Klavier / 1993-01-01

Works: Edward Gregson: Celebration, for symphony band; Vincent Persichetti: Symphony no 6 ("For Band"), Op. 69; Arnold Schoenberg: Theme and Variations for wind band in G minor, Op. 43a; Nicholas Maw: Ameri...
Performers: Black, William; Burgess, John
Conductors: Corporon, Eugene