Harris, Roy

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...

Stokowski Conducts Stravinsky, Hindemith, Hartmann, Hanson, Harris & Hovhaness

2 CD / Guild / 2012-03-13

Works: Recorded Sound: NBC Sunday Concert Broadcast commentary; Igor Stravinsky: Symphony in C; Howard Hanson: Symphony no 4, Op 34 "The Requiem"; Roy Harris: Symphony no 7; Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E fl...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold

All the works on this 2-CD set were recorded live between 1943 and 1956 and have been remastered. Of special note is the Harris Symphony...continue...

Bernstein Symphony Edition

60 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 4 in B flat maj...
Performers: Annear, Gwenyth; Biggs, E. Power; Bressler, Charles; Bushkin, Isser; Chambers, James; Entremont, Philippe; Friend, Rodney [Violin]; Greitzer, Sol; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Guldbaek, Ruth; Jones,...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard

Schubert: String Quartet 13; Harris: Piano Quintet / Josef Gingold Qrt

1 CD / Enharmonic / 2011-08-09

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, D 804/Op 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"; Roy Harris: Piano Quintet
Performers: Barrett, James [Violin]; Gingold, Josef; Harris, Johana; Lincer, William; Miquelle, Georges

This release in the series devoted to Josef Gingold offers two chamber works, including the Roy Harris Quintet with Johana Harris as pianist....continue...

Roy Harris: Complete Piano Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-09-28

Works: Roy Harris: Piano Sonata, Op. 1; Little Suite for piano; American Ballads, Set 1; Piano Suite in 3 movements; Toccata for piano; American Ballads, Set 2; True Love Don't Weep, variations for piano; (...
Performers: Burleson, Geoffrey

Many of Roy Harris' piano pieces were inspired by his wife, the pianist Johana Harris, and demonstrate his wide-ranging musical influences, from Medieval chant and...continue...
Recording information: Patrych Sound Studios, New York, USA (06/11/2009-06/16/2009)....continue...

Dallas Symphony Orchestra plays Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Copland

6 CD / Sono Luminus / 2010-04-27

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20; Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 7 (as used in the film "Testimony"); Symphony no 9 in E fl...
Conductors: Mata, Eduardo

Recording information: Eugene McDermott Hall, Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Cent....continue...

Roy Harris: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-01-26

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 6 ("Gettysburg"); Symphony no 5; Acceleration, for orchestra
Conductors: Alsop, Marin

"For reasons not entirely clear to either musicians or musicologists, Roy Harris is the forgotten man among American composers of the 1930s and 1940s...Hopefully, after...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Lighthouse, Poole, UK (05/09/2008-05/10/2008)....continue...

Touch - The Toccata Project / Rorem, Sowerby, Amalong

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Ned Rorem: Toccata, for piano (4th mvt. of Piano Sonata no 1); George Antheil: Toccatas (2), for piano, W. 72; Lee Hoiby: Toccata, for piano, Op. 1; Irving Fine: Diversions for piano; Leo Sowerby: To...
Performers: Amalong, Philip

Touch: The Toccata Project is a collection of post-1900 piano toccatas written by American composers. The distinguished pianist Philip Amalong has uncovered many unknown gems...continue...

20th Century Piano Music / Bennett Lerner

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Love Song for Piano; Paul Bowles: Dance for Piano; Cross-Country; Sonatina for Piano; Marc Blitzstein: The Guests; Aaron Copland: Three Moods; Sonnet II for Piano; Le petit portrait; S...
Performers: Lerner, Bennett

American Classics - Abraham Lincoln Portraits

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: 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 Midnight, for mezzo-soprano &...
Performers: LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Chorus; Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), sixteenth President of the United States, has inspired many works of literature, art and music. To celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln's birth,...continue...

Great American Composers - Copland, Harris, Hovhaness, Hanson, Diamond, Creston, Piston

6 CD / Delos / 2008-11-25

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Lincoln Portrait; Canticle of Freedom, for chorus & orchestra; An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Roy Harris: American Creed; When Johnny Comes Mar...
Performers: Aki, Syoko; Baunton, Randolph; Butler, Charles; Dane, Jean; Ellis, Randall; Ingrahan, Paul; Johnson, Ronald; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Mendenhall, Judith; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Harris: Symphony no 11; Gould, Effinger, Moore / Ian Hobson, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-09-09

Works: Morton Gould: Cowboy Rhapsody; Roy Harris: Symphony no 11; Cecil Effinger: Little Symphony no 1, Op. 31; Douglas S. Moore: Symphony no 2 in A major
Conductors: Hobson, Ian [Piano]
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

What more could an advocate for American music want? This recording combines neglected works by well-known masters (Roy Harris' Symphony No. 11 and Gould's Cowboy...continue...

Thomson: Feast of Love; Harris, Griffes, etc / Mann, Mason, Odense SO

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-04-01

Works: Virgil Thomson: The Feast of Love, song for baritone & orchestra (or piano); John Alden Carpenter: Water-Colors, for voice & orchestra; Roy Harris: Give Me the Splendid Sun, for voice & orchestra; Ch...
Performers: Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mann, Paul

Piano Music in America, 1900-1945 / Works by Antheil, Barber, Carpenter, Copland, Cowell / Roger Shields, piano

3 CD / Vox Classical / 2007-10-09

Works: Edward MacDowell: Woodland Sketches (10) for piano, Op. 51; Charles Tomlinson Griffes: Roman Sketches (4), suite for piano, Op. 7; George Antheil: The Airplane Sonata, for piano (a.k.a. "Second Sonat...
Performers: Shields, Roger

American Masterworks / Paula Robison, Timothy Hester

1 CD / Pergola / 2006-12-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Duo, for flute (or violin) & piano; Samuel Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27; Canzone (Elegy), for flute & piano (arr. from 2nd mvt. of the Piano Concerto), Op. 38a; Ro...
Performers: Hester, Timothy; Robison, Paula [Flute]

Here is a welcome reissue from the late 1980's by one of America's premiere flutists, Paula Robison. Copland, Barber and Harris have long been cornerstones...continue...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

The Great American Ninth - Roy Harris / Miller, Albany SO

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-10-01

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 8; Memories of a Child's Sunday; Symphony no 9
Performers: Feinberg, Alan [Piano]
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

This has always been one of most popular CDs in the Albany Records catalog, and probably went a long way in changing the minds of...continue...

American Classics - Harris: Symphonies 3 & 4 / Alsop, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 3, in one movement; Symphony no 4 ("Folk Song")
Conductors: Alsop, Marin
Ensemble: Colorado Symphony Orchestra

Strongly influenced by his native Oklahoma, Roy Harris studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, returning to America to establish himself as one of the leading...continue...

Koussevitzky (Box)

4 CD / Membran Import / 2006-04-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Franz Liszt: Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikov...
Performers: Primrose, William
Conductors: Koussevitzky, Sergey

Viola View - Piston, Harris, etc / Paul Cortese, et al

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2006-04-04

Works: Otto Luening: Suite for cello (or viola) & piano; Witold Lutoslawski: Bucolics, pieces (5) for viola & cello (originally for piano solo); Rebecca Clarke: Pieces (2) for viola & cello; Ralph Vaughan W...
Performers: Cortese, Paul; Coryn, Herwig; Roc, Artanios

Harris: Chamber Music / Third Age New Music Ensemble

1 CD / Koch International / 2005-10-04

Works: Roy Harris: Piano Quintet; Sonata for violin & piano; Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Four Preludes and Fugues")
Performers: Blessinger, Ron; Smith, Susan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Third Angle New Music Ensemble

Roy Harris was one of America's premiere composers of 20th Century classical music. His studies in Paris with the legendary Nadia Boulanger generated his first...continue...

World Premiere Collection - Corigliano, Cowell, et al

1 CD / First Edition / 2005-02-22

Works: Henry Cowell: Hymn and Fuguing Tune no 3 for orchestra, HC 660; Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings, for string orchestra; Alan Hovhaness: Symphony no 15, Op. 199 "Silver Pilgrimage"; Luigi Dal...
Performers: Bowman, Peter; Fulkerson, Gregory; Harrell, Lynn; Larsen, Susan; Lowenthal, Jerome; Mitchell, Leona; Owen, Benjamin; Tocco, James [Piano]
Conductors: Mester, Jorge; Whitney, Robert; Smith, Lawrence Leighton; Endo, Akira; Gilbert, David; Harth, Sidney; Zinman, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Comissiona, Sergiu; Harbison, John; Previn, Andre

Specially priced, this essential 75-minute all-world premiere collection features 17 legendary composers of 20th century music. This virtual 'who's who' celebration of major modern world...continue...

American Classics - Diamond: Ahava, Music for Prayer

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-04-01

Works: David Diamond: AHAVA - Brotherhood, for narrator & orchestra; Mizmor L'David, for cantor, chorus & organ; Morton Gould: Hamma'ariv Aravim, for tenor, chorus & organ; Roy Harris: Mi Khamokha, for teno...
Performers: Academy and Chorus of St. Martin in the Fields; Adler, Samuel; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Chorale, Carolina Chamber; Close, Elaine; Cullen, Joseph [Choral Conductor/Organ]; Davis, Kenny [Bass/Com...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Adler, Samuel; Koch, Timothy; Davis, Kenneth; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Carolina Chamber Chorale; Rochester Singers; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Texas Tech University Choir

"Gerard Schwartz, our most dedicated Diamond champion, draws fiery and hugely committed playing from the Seattle Symphony..." - Lawrence A. Johnson, Gramophone Magazine...continue...
Personnel: Paul Schwendener, Michael Isaacson, Neil W. Levin (recorder); Karl Dent , Richard Troxell (tenor saxophone); Aaron Miller, Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ).

Recording information: Bena...continue...

Roy Harris

1 CD / First Edition / 2003-04-01

Works: Roy Harris: Kentucky Spring; Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Symphony no 5
Performers: Fulkerson, Gregory
Conductors: Whitney, Robert; Smith, Lawrence Leighton
Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra

American Classics - Harris: Symphonies no 7 & 9 / Kuchar

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-01

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 7; Epilogue To Profiles in Courage (J. F. K)., for orchestra; Symphony no 9
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

"This is the best Roy Harris symphony recording since Bernstein's first Third. No matter what recordings you have of these works, get this one. With...continue...

Gould & Harris / David A. Miller, Albany Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-08-01

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 2 ("Romantic"); Morton Gould: Symphony no 3
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

The Art of Eugene Ormandy

2 CD / Biddulph / 2000-01-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko; Victor Herbert: Mademoiselle Modiste; Frantisek Drdla: Souvenir, for violin & piano, in D major; Antonin Dvorák: Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 1...
Performers: Axt, William; Ballew, Smith; Harrell, Mack; Kullman, Charles; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Ormandy, Eugene [Conductor/Violin]; Yeend, Frances
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Handel, W.F. Bach, etc: Works for Viola / William Primrose

1 CD / Biddulph / 1999-11-09

Works: Henri Casadesus: Concerto for Viola in B minor; Roy Harris: Soliloquy and Dance for Viola and Piano; Arthur Benjamin: Elegy, Waltz and Toccata for Viola and Piano; Jamaican Rumba; Matty Rag; Cookie; ...
Performers: Primrose, William

From the Steeples and the Mountains / London Gabrieli Brass

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: Chimes, John; Clews, Richard; Emery, Terence; Gillard, Roy; Holland, James; Larkin, Christopher [Horn]; Lee, Dave; London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble; McLeod, James; Nutty, Kevin; Ronayne, John; Sax, Sid...
Conductors: Larkin, Christopher
Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble

'Performances are ideal. The British have given us a thoroughly American disc of extraordinary beauty; for which, many thanks!' (Fanfare, USA)

'Fascinating... the most interesting and...continue...
Recording information: 1991.

This collection of 20th century American compositions for brass ensemble features as its title track Charles Ives' eerie From the Steeples to the Mountains -- a cha...continue...

Merit - American Cello I - Barber, et al / King, Jensen

1 CD / Music & Arts / 1999-01-19

Works: Samuel Barber: Sonata for Cello for cello & piano, Op. 6; Roy Harris: Duo for cello & piano; John Craig Cooper: Meditations (3) for cello and piano; Paul Reale: Sonata for cello & piano
Performers: Harris-Heggie, Johana; Jensen, John [Piano]; King, Terry

Bernstein Century - American Masters

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-07-14

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 3, in one movement; Randall Thompson: Symphony no 2 in E minor; David Diamond: Symphony no 4
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Copland, Harris: Symphony no 3 / Järvi, Detroit SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Roy Harris: Symphony no 3, in one movement; Aaron Copland: Symphony no 3
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

I Hear America Singing! - Choral Music of Roy Harris

1 CD / Albany Records / 1995-08-01

Works: Roy Harris: Alleluia, Easter motet; Mass; They Say That Susan Has No Heart for Learning, madrigal; Whitman Triptych for female chorus; Songs of Democracy (3) for soprano & chorus; Symphony for Voices...
Performers: Bobb, James E.; Hendrix, Lois; Scott, Daryl; Vaverka, Janice
Conductors: Shewan, Robert
Ensemble: Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale

Music of Roy Harris / Richard Zimdars, Alexander Ross

1 CD / Albany Records / 1993-11-01

Works: Roy Harris: Piano Suite in 3 movements; American Ballades (10) for piano; Sonata for violin & piano; True Love Don't Weep, variations for piano; Toccata for piano; Little Suite for piano; Piano Sonat...
Performers: Ross, Alexander; Zimdars, Richard

Emerson String Quartet Plays 50 Years of American Music

1 CD / New World / 1993-10-01

Works: Henry Cowell: Quartet for Strings "Euphometric"; Arthur Shepherd: Triptych for high voice & string quartet; Roy Harris: Quartet for Strings No 2 ("Three Variations on A Theme"); Gunther Schuller: Qua...
Performers: Drucker, Eugene; Dutton, Lawrence [Viola]; Eilson, Eric; Kawasaki, Masao; Norden, Betsy; Setzer, Philip; Wilson, Eric
Conductors:
Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet

Portraits of Freedom - Copland, Harris / Schwarz, Seattle SO

1 CD / Delos / 1993-01-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Lincoln Portrait; Canticle of Freedom, for chorus & orchestra; An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Roy Harris: American Creed; When Johnny Comes Mar...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

Barber, Copland and Harris: Orchestral Works / Keith Clark

1 CD / Albany Records / 1992-09-01

Works: Samuel Barber: Capricorn Concerto, for flute, oboe, trumpet & strings, Op. 21; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Aaron Copland: Prairie Journal; Roy Harris: Symphony no 6 ("Gettysburg")
Conductors: Clark, Keith

An American Panorama - Bernstein, Harris, Copland / Mata

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 1988-08-20

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Waterfront; Roy Harris: Symphony no 3, in one movement; Aaron Copland: Billy the Kid, ballet
Conductors: Mata, Eduardo
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra