Albany Symphony Orchestra

Tsontakis: Violin Concerto no 1, Mirologhia, October / Miller, Lin, Currie, Albany SO

1 CD / Koch International / 2008-10-28

Works: George Tsontakis: Mirologhia, for voice, percussion & orchestra; October, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Calenos, Eleni; Cho-Liang, Lin; Currie, Colin
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

George Tsontakis' catalogue continues to grow dramatically as prominent orchestras and musicians commission and record his works. In recent seasons, his works have been heard...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...

George Lloyd: Symphonies 1 & 12 / George Lloyd, Albany SO

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2006-09-01

Works: George Lloyd: Symphony no 1 in A; Symphony no 12
Conductors: Lloyd, George
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

The audience at the Troy Music Hall was in for a treat the night of March 30, 1990: George Lloyd, whose 'Symphony No. 11' had...continue...

Lloyd: Symphony no 11 / George Lloyd, Albany SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-07-01

Works: George Lloyd: Symphony no 11
Conductors: Lloyd, George
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

This work, along with several of his other symphonies, was initially released on Conifer, but Peter Kermani and Susan Bush were eager to make Lloyd...continue...

Michael Torke - Strawberry Fields / Miller, et al

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2005-11-08

Works: Michael Torke: Strawberry Fields, opera; Pentecost, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Castle, Joyce; Estes, Aaron; Gardner, Heather; Hancock, John [Guitar/Producer]; Kibler, Keith; Lentz, Jeffrey; Lloyd, Margaret
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Strawberry Fields had its premiere performance at Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown in New York. The libretto, by A.R. Gurney, features a gently comic stories of...continue...

Persichetti: Symphonies no 3, 4 & 7 / Miller, Albany SO

2 CD / Albany Records / 2005-07-01

Works: Vincent Persichetti: Symphony no 3, Op. 30; Symphony no 4, Op. 51; Symphony no 7 ("Liturgical"), Op. 80
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Creston: Symphony no 4, etc / Miller, Albany SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 2005-02-01

Works: Paul Creston: Janus, Op. 77; Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 78; Symphony no 4, Op. 52
Performers: Fulkerson, Gregory
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Michael Torke - Three

1 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Javelin; Concerto for Saxophone; December; Run; Charcoal
Performers: Harle, John
Conductors: Levi, Yoel; Miller, David Alan; Torke, Michael; Zinman, David
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"It's got memorable tunes and spunky post-minimalist animation; it's up to date yet perfectly designed to capture the essence of the Games. It has the...continue...

Michael Torke - Ecstatic Collection

6 CD / Ecstatic Records / 2004-11-02

Works: Michael Torke: Green for orchestra; Purple, ballet; Ecstatic Orange, ballet; Ash for orchestra; Bright Blue Music; Proverbs (4), for female voice & ensemble; Book of Proverbs, for chorus & orchestra;...
Performers: Anderson, Valdine; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Harle, John; Ollmann, Kurt
Conductors: Zinman, David; Torke, Michael; De Waart, Edo; Levi, Yoel; Miller, David A.; Nagano, Kent; Hempel, Jurgen; Zagrosek, Lothar;
Ensemble: ; Albany Symphony Orchestra; Apollo Saxophone Quartet; Argo Band; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra; Balanescu Quartet; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; Michael Torke Band; Philharmonia Orc...

"What a midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum is to a visual artist, Michael Torke's six-CD set of orchestral music is for a composer. When...continue...

Gould: Symphony no 2; Harbison, Stucky, etc / Miller, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2004-02-03

Works: Steven Stucky: Son et Lumière, for orchestra; Gabriel Ian Gould: Watercolors, for orchestra; John Harbison: Concerto for Cello; Morton Gould: Symphony no 2 ("On Marching Tunes")
Performers: Finckel, David; Sheena, Robert
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Lopatnikoff, Helps, Thomson, Kurka: Works / Albany Symphony

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2003-07-01

Works: Nikolai Lopatnikoff: Festival Overture, Op. 40; Robert Helps: Concerto no 2, for piano & orchestra; Virgil Thomson: Filling Station, ballet; Robert Kurka: Symphony no 2, Op. 24
Performers: Feinberg, Alan [Piano]
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

William Schuman: Credendum, Concerto for Piano, etc

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2003-03-01

Works: William Schuman: Credendum -- Article of Faith, for orchestra; Piano Concerto; Symphony no 4
Performers: McCabe, John [Composer, Piano]
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

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

Lloyd: Symphony no 4 "Arctic" / Lloyd, Albany SO

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2002-01-01

Works: George Lloyd: Symphony no 4 in B ("Arctic")
Conductors: Lloyd, George
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Lloyd: Cello Concerto, The Serf Orchestral Suite no 1 / Ross

1 Super Audio CD / Albany Records / 2001-11-01

Works: George Lloyd: Concerto for Cello; Orchestral Suite no 1 (from "The Serf", opera)
Performers: Ross, Anthony
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

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...

Harbison: Symphony no 3, Flute Concerto, etc / Miller

1 CD / Albany Records / 2000-05-01

Works: John Harbison: The Most Often Used Chords (Gli accordi piú usati), for orchestra; Flute Concerto; Symphony no 3
Performers: Bowman, Randolph
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Brutal Reality / Miller, Levy, Casey, Albany SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 1999-11-09

Works: Richard Adams: Brutal Reality; Arthur Bloom: Life is Like a Box of Chocolates; Evan K. Chambers: Concerto for Fiddle & Violin; John Fitz Rogers: Verge; Kamran Ince: Fest for chamber ensemble & orches...
Performers: Casey, Nollaig; Levy, Jill
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra; Present Music

"Here is a disc that contains two winning works, and at the same time raises important issues about the nature and future of programming for...continue...

Gould: Showpiece, Piano Concerto, etc / Miller, Albany SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-09-01

Works: Morton Gould: Show Piece for Orchestra; Piano Concerto; String Music
Performers: Hodgkinson, Randall
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

"...Conductor David Allan Miller leads the Albany Symphony in totally sympathetic performances that I can't imagine being bettered. Randall Hodgkinson tosses off his solo lines...continue...

Mennin: Symphonies 5 & 6, Moby Dick, etc / Miller, Albany SO

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-09-01

Works: Peter Mennin: Concertato for Orchestra "Moby Dick"; Symphony no 5; Fantasia for string orchestra; Symphony no 6
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

"...The 1946 Fantasia demonstrates Mennin' vigorous contrapuntal style: its two contrasting movements are labeled Canzona and Toccata. The 1950 Fifth Symphony surrounds a slow, serious...continue...

Starer: Hudson Valley Suite; Thorne: Symphony no 7 / Miller

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-05-01

Works: Robert Starer: Evanescence; Hudson Valley Suite; Francis Thorne: Symphony no 7 "Along the Hudson"; Simultaneities
Performers: Bell, Stephen; Fitz, Richard
Conductors: ; Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra; American Brass Quintet

Orchestral Works by Carpenter, Hadley, Mason & Q Porter

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Daniel Gregory Mason: Chanticleer, festival overture for orchestra, Op 27; Quincy Porter: Dance in Three-Time for orchestra; John Alden Carpenter: Sea Drift; Henry Hadley: Scherzo Diabolique for orch...
Conductors: Hegyi, Julius
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

Chadwick: Symphony no 2; Parker: Northern Ballad / Hegyi

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Horatio Parker: Northern Ballad, symphonic poem for orchestra, Op 46; George Whitefield Chadwick: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 21, L. 2/6
Conductors: Hegyi, Julius
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra