The 1st, 3rd and 6th works are suites; the 2nd work a symphonic poem; the 8th work is performed without narration. In the 1st-2nd works: Music for Westchester Symphony Orchestra ; Siegfried Landau, conductor. In the 4th work: M.I.T. Symphony Orchestra ; David Epstein, conductor. In the remainder: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra ; Paul Freeman (3rd work), Siegfried Landau (5th-10th works), conductor. Recorded 1973-1976. Compact discs. Biographical and program notes (11 pages) in container.
Contents:
From the Black belt (11:13) ; Darker America (11:48) / William Grant Still -- Six dances for string orchestra / Ulysses Kay (20:16) -- Suite from the ballet The incredible flutist / Walter Piston (17:04) -- Rhapsody for harp and orchestra (with Aristid von Wurtzler, harp) (13:08) ; New England autumn (11:36) ; Pioneer dances (11:30) ; Blue planet (9:51) ; Spirituals in sunshine and shadow (12:25) / Peggy Stuart Coolidge -- Prelude and fugue for piano and orchestra, op. 20 / Daniel Gregory Mason (with Mary Louise Boehm, piano) (11:02).
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