Ernst Levy(1895-1981): a Catalogue of the Music

[Dundonnell]

ERNST LEVY: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1914:   Symphony in D for baritone, chorus, organ and orchestra
1916:   Symphony No.1 in F minor: 60 minutes
1917/35:Psalm 69 for baritone, chorus and orchestra
1918/27:Psalm 121 for soprano, baritone, chorus, organ and orchestra
1920:   Symphony No.2: 23 minutes
1922:   Symphony No.3: 12 minutes
1923:   Orchestral Piece
1924:   Symphony No.4 for chorus and orchestra
1925:   Symphony No.5 for violin, trumpet and orchestra: 23 minutes
             "Ode a la Rose" for voice and orchestra: 12 minutes
1925-26:Symphony No.7: 50 minutes
1927/52:"Spruch Sentence" for men's choir and orchestra
1933-34:Symphony No.6 "Sinfonia Strofica": 35 minutes
1934:   Prelude for orchestra
1935:   Suite No.1 for orchestra: 25 minutes
1937:   Symphony No.8 for winds, percussion and piano: 30 minutes
1938:   Symphony No.9 "Shemah Yisrael" chorus and orchestra: 39 minutes
1944:   Symphony No.10 "France": 67 minutes   + (Opus One cd)
1947:   Cello Concerto: 22 minutes   +  (Opus One cd)
1948:   Cantata No.2 "Let Him Kiss Me" for chorus and orchestra: 11 minutes
1949:   Symphony No.11: 36 minutes    + (Opus One cd)
1950:   Cantata No.3 "Lotschentaler" for chorus and orchestra: 30 minutes
1951:   Symphony No.12 "Chamber Symphony" ("Harvester's Song") for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor and small orchestra: 62 minutes   
             Suite No.2 for orchestra on an Old Folk Hymn:15 minutes
1955:   Fanfare and Processional March for brass: 7 minutes
             Symphony No.13: 60 minutes
1957:   Suite No.3 for orchestra: 28 minutes    +  (Opus One cd)
1959:   "Mosaic: Suite for string orchestra"
             Suite No.4 for orchestra: 23 minutes
1962:   Symphony No.14: 41 minutes
1964:   Cantata No.4 "Gaudeamus" for chorus, wind and brass: 25 minutes
1965:   Sonata for three violins and orchestra: 33 minutes
             "Letzte Liebe" for soprano and string orchestra: 11 minutes
1967:   Symphony No.15: 49 minutes    *
1972:   Cantata No.5 "Das Gottliche" for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 34 minutes
1973:   Partita Concertante for Violin and Orchestra: 40 minutes
1974:   Cantata No.6 "Quatrains Chinois" for baritone and orchestra: 39 minutes
1975:   Concerto for Trumpet and strings "Aupres de ma blonde": 14 minutes
1976:   Cantata No.8 for baritone and string orchestra: 18 minutes
1977:   Cantata No.9 for tenor and string orchestra: 49 minutes
1978:   "Abendlied" for baritone and string orchestra
1979:   "Li T'ai Po's Answer" for tenor, flute and string orchestra: 10 minutes
1980:   "Sonata Accompagnata" for Bassoon and Orchestra: 24 minutes
             "Eins und Alles" for baritone and string orchestra: 16 minutes


Symphonies 7, 10 and 11 and the Suite No.3 are available for download from the Naxos website.

Source:

http://ernstlevy.musicaneo.com/

[Dundonnell]

Catalogue Number 250

[Holger]

Symphonies Nos. 10&11, Suite No. 3 and the Cello Concerto were also released on Opus One CDs. Symphony No. 12 bears the title "Harvester's Song" and has soprano, mezzo soprano and tenor solos.

Moreover, Symphony No. 7 was already composed in 1925/26. This seems to be strange but the liner notes of the Naxos online release of No. 7 explicitly insist that Levy composed his Symphony No. 7 before his Sixth.

[Dundonnell]

Duly amended. Thank you, Holger

You are quite correct about Symphony No.7. I should believe what my eyes are telling me

Regarding Symphony No.11, I am sure that you are correct but it is odd that the Levy website (run by his composer son Frank) makes no mention of the solo vocalists

[Holger]

Colin,

don't worry, at first I thought myself the date given for the Seventh had to be an error – but then I read the Naxos liner notes. As for the Twelfth, my source is this one:
http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Drilldown?name_id1=7083&name_role1=1&bcorder=1&comp_id=239446

I don't have this disc so far, so I cannot verify things – if Opus One were distributed via jpc I would probably have bought it for long but alas, that's not the case. Levy is a very interesting figure, I wish there were recordings of the complete cycle of his symphonies.

[Balapoel]

Chamber
String Quartet No.1 (1919)
String Quintet in c minor
Sonata No.1 for violin and piano (1932)
Divertimento for clarinet (or oboe) and piano (1952)
Theme and Transformations for clarinet and piano (1952)
Sonata for cello and piano (1953)
Sonata for horn and Piano (1953)
String Trio No.1 (1953)
Fifteen Little Pieces for cello solo (1955)
Piano Quartet (1956)
Suite No. 1 for viola or cello solo (1956)
String Trio No.2 (1960)
Suite for violin solo (1960)
Sonata No.2 for violin and piano (1961)
Sonatina No.1 for violin and piano (1962)
Sonatina No.2 for violin and piano (1962)
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (1963)
Suite for 2 violas (1963)
Sonata No.3 for violin and piano (1963)
Sonata for three violin parts (1965)
String Trio No.3 (1966)
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (1968)
Trio for clarinet, violin and piano (1970)
Soliloquy for clarinet solo (1971)
Suite No. 2 for viola solo (1971)
Threnodie for viola, cello and organ (1975)
Concerto sur "Auprès de ma blonde" for trumpet and piano (1975)
Sonata for 2 violins and piano (1977)
Intermezzo idilliaco for clarinet and piano (1978)
String Quartet No.4 (1978)
String Quartet No.5 (1978)
String Trio No.4 (1978)
Trio for violin, cello and piano (1979)
Sonata for viola and piano (1979)
Sonata Accompagnata for bassoon and piano or orchestra (1980)
String Quartet No. 2
String Quartet No. 3

Organ
Meditation on a Hebrew Raga for organ (1961)
Fantaisie dialoguée for organ and piano (1980)

Piano
Fantasie symphonique (1935)
7 piano pieces (1954)
Study on the Whole-Tone Scales for piano (1971)
Piano Sonata No.1 (1973)
Piano Sonata No.2 (1974)
Piano Sonata No.3 (1975)
Piano Sonata No.4 (1976)
Hommage romantique for piano (1977)
Piano Sonata No.5

Vocal (largely from Dundonnell's list  )
Symphony in D for baritone, chorus, organ, and orchestra
Psalm 69 for baritone, chorus and orchestra
Psalm 121 for soprano, baritone, chorus, organ and orchestra
Ode a la Rose" for voice and orchestra
Spruch Sentence" for men's choir and orchestra
Four folk songs from Switzerland: for 4 mixed voices, SATB
Cantata No.2 "Let Him Kiss Me" for chorus and orchestra
Cantata No.3 "Lotschentaler" for chorus and orchestra
Hear, ye children: Proverbs 4:1,7,8 (part-songs)
Cantata No.4 "Gaudeamus" for chorus, wind and brass
Cantata No.5 "Das Gottliche" for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra:
Cantata No.6 "Quatrains Chinois" for baritone and orchestra
Cantata No.8 for baritone and string orchestra
Cantata No.9 for tenor and string orchestra
Abendlied" for baritone and string orchestra
Li T'ai Po's Answer" for tenor, flute and string orchestra
Eins und Alles" for baritone and string orchestra
Eins und Alles" for baritone and string orchestra