Walter Piston(1894-1976): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

Started by Dundonnell, Wednesday 28 March 2012, 01:08

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Dundonnell

As an early token of my appreciation of the offers from two members of additional unrecorded works by Walter Piston-

WALTER PISTON: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1925:   Orchestra Piece
1927:   Symphonic Piece
1929:   Suite No.1 for orchestra: 14 minutes   +  (Delos cd)
1933:   Concerto for Orchestra: 12 minutes    +  (Citadel cd)
1934:   Prelude and Fugue for orchestra: 13 minutes       *
1937:   Symphony No.1: 27 minutes           +  (Albany cd)
             Concertino for Piano and Chamber Orchestra:12 minutes + (CRI and Citadel cds)
1938:   Ballet "The Incredible Flautist": 35 minutes    +  (Complete Ballet-First Edition/Albany cd; Ballet Suite: 17 minutes-several recordings)
1939:   Violin Concerto No.1: 21 minutes  *   +  (Naxos cd)
1941:   Sinfonietta: 15 minutes                 +  (Delos cds)
1942:   Fanfare for the Fighting French for brass and percussion: 3 minutes
1943:   Symphony No.2: 25 minutes         + (DGG and Naxos cds)
             Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings: 10 minutes    +  (Cedille cd)
1944:   Fugue on a Victory Tune for orchestra: 4 minutes    *
1946-47:Symphony No.3: 32 minutes        + (Albany cd)
1948:   Suite No.2 for orchestra: 24 minutes
             Toccata for orchestra: 8 minutes   +  (Urania cd)
1950:   Symphony No.4: 24 minutes        +  (Albany and Naxos cds)
             "Tunbridge Fair": Intermezzo for symphonic wind band: 5 minutes       + (Klavier Records cds
1952:   Fantasy for English Horn, harp and strings: 8 minutes      + (Naxos and Capriccio cds)
1954:   Symphony No.5: 21 minutes         +  ((First Edition/Albany cd)
1955:   Symphony No.6: 25 minutes         +  (Naxos cd)
1956:   Serenata for orchestra: 12 minutes   +   (Delos cd)
1957:   Viola Concerto: 19 minutes                +  (Albany cd)
1959:   Three New England Sketches for orchestra: 17 minutes     +  (RCA and Naxos cds)
             Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra: 23 minutes          + (Koch cd)
1960:   Violin Concerto No.2: 24 minutes   *   +  (Naxos cd)
             Symphony No.7: 20 minutes          + (First Edition/Albany cd)
1961:   Symphonic Prelude: 10 minutes     *
1962:   Festival Overture "Lincoln Center": 12 minutes       *
1963:   Variations on a Theme of Edward Burlingame Hill for orchestra: 11 minutes     *
             Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra: 10 minutes    +  (Naxos cd)
1965:   Symphony No.8: 23 minutes           + (First Edition/Albany cd)
             "Pine Tree Fantasy" for orchestra: 12 minutes      *
1966:   Variations for Cello and Orchestra: 17 minutes    + (Doremi and Albany cds)
1967:   Clarinet Concerto: 12 minutes   +  (CRS and Boston Records cds)
             Ricercare for orchestra: 11 minutes
1970:   Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra: 14 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
             Ceremonial Fanfare for the Year 1200: 2 minutes     *
1971:   Flute Concerto: 15 minutes         + (Koch and CRS cds)
1975:   Bicentennial Fanfare for orchestra: 2 minutes     *
1976:   Concerto for String Quartet, woodwind and percussion: 10 minutes   +  (CRI, Citadel and Naxos cds)


TerraEpon

The entire Incredible Flautist ballet is on a First Edition CD (FWIW, coupled with Kay's Cakewalk after Gottschalk)

Dundonnell

Thanks for the information about the complete Ballet :)

I have amended the information above to include that cd and the works now available for download here and provided through the tremendous generosity of shamokin.

Incidentally, it should also be noted that the 1967 Ricercare for Orchestra can be downloaded from the original First Edition recording through Amazon.com.

suffolkcoastal

Ricerare is also available to download from itunes.

There is also [bFanfare for the Fighting French 1942[/b] which I have on a Varese sarabande LP I believe the contents of the LP are available on DVD. Also his contribution to the Variations on a theme of Goossens of 1945, Tunbridge Fair  - Intermezzo for Band 1950 (several CD versions)


alberto

Incredible Flutist - suite:
also Bernstein and NYPO (Sony)
Kitayenko and Moscow Philharmonic (Sheffield)