Currently Available Commercial Recordings of Elie Siegmeister’s Music (all on CD)

(listed chronologically)

by Kenneth O. Boulton & Leonard J. Lehrman

Feb. 16, 2009

1) “American” (Premier, PRCD 1013, 1991)
VIII:13. Sunday in Brooklyn; Alan Mandel, piano

2) “American Flute Concertos – Works for Flute and Orchestra by Griffes, Grier, Kennan, Thomson and Siegmeister” (Cedille, CDR 90000 046, 1991)
VII:17. Flute Concerto; Mary Stolper, flute; Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, conductor

3) “American Symphonies: Siegmeister, Keller and Goeb” (Citadel, 88121, 1991) – originally released on CRI 185 Composers Recordings LP (1964)
II:21. Symphony No. 3; Oslo Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra; Elie Siegmeister, conductor

4) “Elie Siegmeister” (Premier, PRCD 1010, 1991)
VII:16. Clarinet Concerto; Jack Brymer, London Symphony Orchestra, Elie Siegmeister, conductor - original recording date: 1973
VII:17. Flute Concerto; Peter Lloyd, flute; London Symphony Orchestra, Elie Siegmeister, conductor - original recording date: 1973
VII:23. Sextet for Brass and Percussion; Gerard Schwartz, Allan Dean, trumpets, Edward Birdwell, horn; Arnold Fromme, trombone; Toby Hanks, tuba; Gordon Gottlieb, percussion (originally released on Desto LP, DC 6467, 1969)
II:22a. Theater Set; Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra; Howard Hanson, conductor - information on original recording date unknown

5) “Americana” (Vox/Allegretto, ACD 8155, 1993) - originally released on Turnabout LP, TV-S 34459 (1972)
II:9. Western Suite; Utah Symphony Orchestra; Maurice Abravanel, conductor

6) “Stanley Drucker” (Cala, CACD 0509, 1996)
VII:33. Prelude, Blues and Finale; Stanley Drucker, Naomi Drucker, clarinets; Kazuko Hayami, piano

7) “Songs for Political Action” (Bear Family Records, BCD 15 720 JL, 1996) - originally released on 78, New Music Quarterly Recordings R645-6 (1936)
VI:13. The Strange Funeral in Braddock; Mordecai Bauman, baritone; Elie Siegmeister, piano

8) “Three American Premieres” (Protone, PRCD 1110, 1997) – Roberta Rust, piano
VIII:35. Three Studies

9) “Helene Williams Sings Songs of Love” (Capstone, CPS-8647, 1998) – Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano; recorded at Hicksville Public Library 3/2/97
VI:70. “Lonely Star”
VI:74. “Chalk Marks on the Sidewalk” from Two Songs of the City

10) “Elie Siegmeister: Five Piano Sonatas” (Premier, PRCD 1061, 1998) - Alan Mandel, piano
VIII:12. American Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 1)
VIII:29. Piano Sonata No. 2
VIII:33. Piano Sonata No. 3
VIII:34. Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prelude, Blues and Toccata)
VIII:37. Piano Sonata No. 5

11) “Mitropoulos Conducts Schoenberg and Siegmeister” (Urania, 1999) - performance of Ozark Set originally released on Columbia Masterworks 78, MX 262, 1945 - re-issued on Orion LP, ORS 73116, 1973
II:8. Ozark Set; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Dimitri Mitropoulos, conductor

12) “Elie Siegmeister” (Gasparo Silver Series CD, 1999) - originally released on Gasparo LP, GS 253 (1986) – The American Chamber Ensemble; Clinton Ingram, tenor, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, soprano, Alan Mandel, piano
VII:33. Prelude, Blues and Finale
VII:126-133. City Songs
VIII:6. Theme and Variations No. 1
VII:121-125. Songs of Innocence

13) “Elie Siegmeister” (American Masters/CRI, 1999) – originally released on CRI SD 416 and 532 LP (1979, 1986)
VI:143-148. Ways of Love; Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, soprano; Washington Music Ensemble; Joel Lazar, conductor
VI:149. Five Langston Hughes Songs; Charles Williams, baritone; Washington Music Ensemble; Joel Lazar, conductor
VII:27. String Quartet No. 3 (On Hebrew Themes); Primavera String Quartet
VI:87-93. Madam to You; Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano
VI:100-104. Face of War; Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano

14) “Elie Siegmeister: Piano Music, vol 1” (Naxos, 8.559020, 1999) – Kenneth Boulton, piano
VIII:12. American Sonata (Piano Sonata No. 1)
VIII:31. On This Ground
VIII:30. Theme and Variations No. 2
VIII:34. Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prelude, Blues and Toccata)
VIII:37. Piano Sonata No. 5

15) “Elie Siegmeister: Piano Music, vol 2” (Naxos, 8.559021, 1999) – Kenneth Boulton, piano
VIII:13. Sunday in Brooklyn
VIII:29. Piano Sonata No. 2
VIII:6. Theme and Variations No. 1
VIII:33. Piano Sonata No. 3
VIII:36. From These Shores

16) “Helene Williams Sings More Songs of Love” (Capstone, CPS-8667, 1999) – Helene Williams, soprano; Leonard Lehrman, piano; recorded at Queens College 2/11/99, Garden City Public Library 2/18/99
I:13:7. “Must There Be a Reason?” from The Mermaid in Lock No. 7
VI:51. “Anne Rutledge”
VI:72. “Yes, No, or Maybe”

17) “Leonard Lehrman Performs Solo Piano Works by Members of The Long Island Composers Alliance” (Capstone, CPS-8661, 1999); recorded at Queens College 10/9/97
VIII:28. Festive March (Wedding March – “to Mimi and Edward”)

18) “The American Clarinet – Music from the Fleisher Collection” (Albany, Troy 502, 2002)
VII:16. Clarinet Concerto; Robert Alemany, clarinet; Czech National Symphony Orchestra; JoAnn Falletta, conductor

19) “Julius Baker: Live Broadcasts with Juliette Arnold, pianist” (Titanic, 2005)
VII:17. Flute Concerto (aka Sonata Concertante)

20) “Jewish Operas, no. 2 (Naxos, 8.559450, 2006)
I:20. Lady of the Lake (excerpts) – Carol Meyer, Robert McPherson, Marcus DeLoach; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Schwartz, conductor
Scene 5: “Welcome Mr. Freeman”
Interlude
Scene 6: “She lied to me”
Scene 7: “So you come here again”

21) “Elie Siegmeister” (American Masters/CRI, NWCR 814, 2007 - now reissued by New World Records) – originally released on CRI SD 416 and 532 LP (1979, 1986)
VI:87-93. Ways of Love; Elizabeth Kirkpatrick, soprano; Washington Music Ensemble; Joel Lazar, conductor
VI:149. Five Langston Hughes Songs; Charles Williams, baritone; Washington Music Ensemble; Joel Lazar, conductor
VII:27. String Quartet No. 3 (On Hebrew Themes); Primavera String Quartet
VI:87-93. Madam to You; Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano
VI:100-104. Face of War; Esther Hinds, soprano; Alan Mandel, piano

22) “The Elie Siegmeister Centennial CD” (Original Cast OC 6235, 2008)
Helene Williams, soprano; Lars Woodul, baritone; Leonard Lehrman, piano; Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus
VI:64. “As I Was Goin’ Along” (from Sing Out, Sweet Land)
VI:24. “Euclid” (from collection Way Up on Old Smoky)
VI:22. “Johnny Appleseed”
VI:48. “Nancy Hanks”
VI:49. “Abraham Lincoln” - (completed by Leonard Lehrman)
IV:16. “Anne Rutledge”
VI:47. “Paul Bunyan”
VI:73. “Childhood Memories” (from Two Songs of the City)
I:8:19. “No Rose Need Ask” (from The Wizard of Altoona) - (completed by Leonard Lehrman)
VI:75. “Floatin’ Down the River”
VI:77-84. For My Daughters
VI:62. “Lazy Afternoon” (from Ozark Set and American Legends)
I:18:3. “Isabella’s Broom Dance” (from Marquesa of O)
I:13:13. “The Memory Is Green” (from Mermaid in Lock No. 7)
I:15:3-4. “Dublin Song” and “Derogatory Wrong” (from The Plough and the Stars)
VI:150. “Languages”
VI:55b. “To a Little Girl” - (composite by Leonard Lehrman)
VI:157a. “Outside My Window”
VII:22a. “Untitled” - (words by Leonard Lehrman)
VI:22a. “Elie Siegmeister” - (words by Leonard Lehrman)