Hymn and fuguing tune no. 3. Part one / Henry Cowell (3:47) -- Suite for symphonic strings. In honor of Apollo / Lou Harrison (4:50) -- Symphony no. 15. Mt. Ravanna / Alan Hovhaness (4:40) -- Variazioni per orchestra. Quasi lento, misterioso / Luigi Dallapiccola (2:55) -- Serenata for orchestra. Con sentimento / Walter Piston (5:35) -- Concerto for violin and orchestra. Section four / Roy Harris (Gregory Fulkerson, violin) ((3:53) -- Danses africaines : [originally for piano]. 3rd movement / Heitor Villa-Lobos (3:36) -- Sinfonia elegiaca. III., Molto andante / Andrzej Panufnik (5:57) -- Pieces for prepared piano and strings. II., Interlude / Toshiro Mayuzumi (Benjamin Owen, piano) (2:22) -- Echoes of time and the river. I., Frozen time / George Crumb (4:48) -- Piano concerto in six movements. III., Whispers / Ned Rorem (Jerome Lowenthal, piano) (3:38) -- Gazebo dances : [originally for band]. IV., Tarantella / John Corigliano (2:20) -- The Trojan women : [ballet]. V., Scene IV / Karel Husa (5:01) -- Phantasmata. The infernal machine / Christopher Rouse (5:17) -- Silver ladders. Section III / Joan Tower (6:34) -- Symphony no. 2. 1st movement / Tobias Picker (4:21) -- Ulysses' bow. Scene V [i.e. X] : Reunion / John Harbison (4:48).
Note
Original works and arrangements, principally for orchestra.
Compiled from previously-released recordings.
Bibliography (note)
Discography ([12] p. : ports.) inserted in container.
Event (note)
Recorded 1954-1989.
Source of description (note)
Description based on hard copy version record.
Title
World premiere collection [electronic resource].
Imprint
Santa Fe, NM : First Edition Music, p2005.
Performer
Instrumental soloists (6th, 9th, 11th works) ; Louisville Orchestra (1st-13th), Jorge Mester (1st, 7th, 10th), Robert Whitney (2nd-5th, 8th-9th, 11th), Lawrence Leighton Smith (6th, 12th), or Akira Endo (13th), conductor ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman, conductor (14th) ; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor (15th) ; Houston Symphony Orchestra, Sergiu Comissiona, conductor (16th) ; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, conductor (17th).
Event
Recorded 1954-1989.
Bibliography
Discography ([12] p. : ports.) inserted in container.