This week’s program on William Schuman is basedonJoseph Polisi’sbookabout the composer.https://www.amazon.com/American-Muse-Times-William-Schuman/dp/1574671731
Schuman, William
Playlist
Episode 5
Ives: Variations on America (excerpt)
E. Power Biggs, or.
MS 7269
00:47
Ives/Schuman: Variations on America
New York Philharmonic/Kostelanetz
Sony 63034
6:45
Schuman: Symphony #9, “Le Fosse Ardeatine”
1. Anteludium; 3. Postludium
Seattle Symphony/Schwartz
Naxos 8559254
7:53; 9:45
Schuman: Symphony #10, “American Muse”
1. Con Fuoco; 3. Presto
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwartz
Naxos 8559255
5:56 12:20
Schuman: Carols Of Death
Choir Of King’s College Cambridge/Cleobury
EMI 54188-2
2:44
Schuman: Orchestra Song (excerpt)
Seattle Symphony/Schwartz
Naxos 8.559254
3:54
Episode 4
Schuman: Orpheus With His Lute
Gregg Smith Singers
VOX 3037
4:37
Schuman: A Song of Orpheus
Ireland RTE National Symphony Orchestra/Eddins /Hanan, vc.
Naxos 8.559344
23:05
Schuman: Symphony No. 8
III. Presto – Prestissimo
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8.559651
9:32
Schuman: Old English Rounds for Viola, Women’s Chorus and
Orchestra
5. Amaryllis – Recapituation
New York Philharmonic/Bernstein/McInness,va.
Columbia 35101
10:55
Schuman: Symphony No. 8 (excerpt)
I. Lento Sostenuto
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8.559651
9:32
Episode 2
Schuman: Newsreel (excerpt)
Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra/Foss
Pro Arte C102
00:53
Schuman: Night Journey (excerpt)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8559651
12:40
Schuman: Violin Concerto
2. Introduzione, Presto Leggiero
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin/McDuffie,v
EMI Classics 06611
16:52
Schuman: George Washington Bridge (excerpts)
Keystone Wind Ensemble/Stamp
Klavier Records 11155
1:14 : 1:20
Schuman: Symphony No. 6
Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy
Naxos 8559625
9:18
Schuman: Symphony 6
v. Quarter circa 120; vi. Presto
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra/Keelan
Koch 7290
9:21
Episode 3
Schuman: Credendum
I. Declaration; II. Chorale
III. Finale
Albany Symphony Orchestra/Miller
Albany Records 566
17:31
Schuman: New England Triptych
I: Be glad then, America
II: When Jesus wept
III: Chester
Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra/Hanson
Mercury 432755-2
15:36
Schuman: The Mighty Casey (excerpts)
Noon Of The Big Day; Peanuts, Popcorn, Soda, Crackerjacks
Dance Of The Hawkers; Rhubarb: ‘Ya Blind?
I’M Fed To The Teeth; Twilight Of The Big Day
Juilliard Orchestra and Singers/Schwartz
Delos 1030
15:03
Schuman: Chester Variations for piano (excerpt}
Alexei Sultanov,pn.
Teldec 246103
1:45
Episode 1
Schuman: The Mighty Casey (excerpt)
Noon Of The Big Day
Juilliard Orchestra and Singers/Schwartz
Delos 1030
00:51
Wagner: Gotterdammerung; Siegfried’s Death And Funeral
Music
NBC Symphony/Toscanini
Idi 6500
00:37 excerpt
B. Wagenaar: Symphony No. 4
III. Quasi Vivace
American Recording Society Orchestra/Heffner
Itunes
00:35 excerpt
Harris: Symphony 1933 (No. 1)
III. Maestoso
Louisville Orchestra/Mester
Albany 012
6:44
Schuman: Concerto For Piano And Small Orchestra III.
Saidenburg Symphony/Tureck/Saidenburg
VAIA 1124
6:31
Loesser: See What the Boys In the Back Room Will Have
(excerpt for movie music)
Itunes
1:04
Schuman: American Festival Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic/Bernstein
DG 474940
9:24
Harris: Symphony 3 (excerpt)
New York Philharmonic Orchestra/Bernstein
CBS MS-6303
00:29
Schuman: Symphony No. 3
I. Passacaglia II. Fugue
Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin
CSO 2000
13:37
Schuman: Symphony No. 5 (Symphony for Strings)
I. Molto agitato
I Musici De Montreal/Turovsky
Chandos 9848
4:53
Schuman: Prayer In A Time Of War For Orchestra
Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Schwarz
Naxos 8559625
3:05