Lees, Benjamin [Composer]

Recital Favorites by Nissman, Volume 8

1 CD / Pierian / 2012-02-28

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 1; Robert Schumann: Piano Soanta in F sharp minor, Op. 11; Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 4 in F minor, B 146/Op. 52; Benjamin...
Performers: Nissman, Barbara

Barbara Nissman continues her ten-part series of Recital Favorites with a program of 19th and 20th century music that also includes the first recording of...continue...
Recording information: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall at (05/17/2010-05/19/2010)....continue...

Recital Favorites By Nissman V

1 CD / Pierian / 2010-12-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Andante spianato et Grand polonaise brillante in E flat major, Op. 22; Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 6 in A major, Op. 82; Franz Liszt: Il Lamento, for piano in A f...
Performers: Nissman, Barbara

Barbara Nissman made history in 1989 by becoming the first pianist to perform the complete piano sonatas of Sergei Prokofiev in a serious of three...continue...
Recording information: Mary Pappert School of Music, PNC Bank Recital Hall, Du (06/12/2009-06/14/2009)....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...

Benjamin Lees: String Quartets Nos. 1, 5 & 6

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-07-28

Works: Benjamin Lees: Quartet for Strings no 1; Quartet for Strings no 5; Quartet for Strings no 6

"Lees has always gone his own way as a musician, never followed trends, and his music is solid, unsentimental, and clearly contemporary without resorting to...continue...

Lees: Piano Music 1947-2005 / Conti

1 CD / Toccata / 2008-06-10

Works: Benjamin Lees: Toccata, for piano; Six Ornamental Etudes, for piano; Three Preludes, for piano; Sonata Breve, for piano; Odysseys (3), for piano
Performers: Conti, Mirian

This long overdue disc is dedicated to the piano music of Benjamin Lees! For the many listeners new to Lee's music, be prepared to discover...continue...

Bloch, Lees: Violin Concertos / Williams, Oliveira, Ukraine National SO

1 CD / Artek / 2008-04-29

Works: Ernest Bloch: Concerto for Violin; Benjamin Lees: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Oliveira, Elmar
Conductors: Williams, John McLaughlin

Song of a Country Priest / Beverly Serra-Brooks

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2005-03-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Sonata for Piano; The Cat and the Mouse, scherzo humoristique for piano; Dean K. Roush: Song of a Country Priest, for piano; Benjamin Lees: Fantasia for piano in E minor; Lee Brooks: O...

Lees, Gold: Piano Concertos / National Orchestra Association

4 CD / Pierian / 2004-01-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Concerto for Piano no 1; Ernest Gold: Piano Concerto
Performers: Bloch, Joseph; Regules, Marisa
Conductors: Barnett, John; Barzin, Leon
Ensemble: ; National Orchestral Association

Lees: Symphonies no 2, 3, 5 / Gunzenhauser, Texas Festival

2 CD / Albany Records / 2003-02-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Symphony no 2; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 5 ("Kalmar Nyckel"); Etudes for Piano and Orchestra
Performers: Dick, James; Jager, David; Lauer, Lars
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Spano, Robert
Ensemble: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra; Texas Music Festival Orchestra

"Seriously, Lees is a rather American-sounding composer who has remained true to the tenets of the style laid down by Piston, Copland, Harris, et al...continue...

American Contrasts - Lees, Persichetti, Daugherty / DePriest

1 CD / Delos / 2003-01-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Passacaglia for orchestra; Vincent Persichetti: Symphony no 4, Op. 51; Michael Daugherty: Philadelphia Stories for orchestra; Hell's Angels, for bassoon quartet & orchestra
Conductors: DePreist, James
Ensemble: Bassoon Brothers

Darkness & Light Vol 4 - Weiner, Starer, Stern, Lees, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-07-01

Works: Leó Weiner: Romance for cello & piano, Op.14; Robert Starer: Song of Solitude, for solo cello; Robert Stern: Terezin, song cycle, for voice, cello & piano; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Don Quixote, ...
Performers: Holt, Joseph; Honigberg, Carol; Honigberg, Steven; Marsh, George; Stark, Paulina; Stern, Robert

"All of this is performed to the hilt and if it appeals to you, you won't go wrong." - Moore, ARG...continue...

Lees, Shawn: Piano Concertos; et al / Hobson, Oppens, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-05-01

Works: Andrew Bishop: Crooning; Allen Shawn: Piano Concerto; Paul Creston: Dance Overture for orchestra, Op. 62; Benjamin Lees: Concerto for Piano no 2
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]; Oppens, Ursula
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

"Another splendidly recorded American program from Albany with the impressive Albany Symphony. Allen Shawn's colorful new piano concerto was written for Ursula Oppens, that tireless...continue...

American Classics - Lees: Symphony no 4 / Kuchar, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1999-10-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Symphony no 4 ("Memorial Candles")
Performers: Buswell, James; Wheeler, Kimball
Conductors: Kuchar, Theodore
Ensemble: Ukrainian National Symphony Orchestra

Lees: Piano Sonata no 4, Mirrors, etc / Ian Hobson

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-02-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Sonata for piano No 4; Mirrors in Six Sections; Fantasy Variations
Performers: Hobson, Ian [Piano]

"...As indicated earlier, this music is destined from the start to reach a very small audience. There is absolutely nothing meretricious or ingratiating that might...continue...

Lees, Balada, Zwilich: Concertos / Lorin Maazel, Pittsburgh

1 CD / New World / 1996-10-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra; Leonardo Balada: Music for Oboe and Orchestra; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Bassoon Concerto
Performers: Almeida, Cynthia Koledo de; Caballero, William
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Lees: Three Sonatas for Violin & Piano, etc /Orner, Wizansky

1 CD / Albany Records / 1994-12-01

Works: Benjamin Lees: Sonata for violin & piano no 3; Sonata for violin & piano no 2; Invenzione for solo violin; Sonata for violin & piano no 1
Performers: Orner, Ellen; Wizansky, Joel

"...[Lees's] language is rooted in an orientation around Prokofiev and Bartok, but it has evolved considerably from those coordinates...All three sonatas grow more rewarding with...continue...