Harris
Roy Harris (1898-1979) was an American composer whose music became closely associated with the country’s mid-twentieth-century symphonic tradition. Born in Oklahoma and raised in California, he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger before returning to the United States.
His works include symphonies, chamber music, choral pieces and concertos. The Symphony No. 3 is his most famous score and a landmark of American orchestral mu...
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
GRIFFES Various Works
BARBER Symphony No. 1
Recorded between 1953 and 1955
Total duration: 59:59
Eastman-Rochester Orchestra
Howard Hanson, conductor
ROY HARRIS Symphony No. 5
EDWARD BURLINGAME HILL Symphony No. 1
DAVID DIAMOND Symphony No. 2
Live recordings, 1943 & 1944
Total duration: 77:49
Serge Koussevitzky, conductor
Boston Symphony Orchestra
LISZT Les Préludes
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 2
RAVEL Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
MENOTTI Amelia Goes to the Ball - Overture
BARBER First Essay for Orchestra
SOUSA Washington Post March
SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever
Studio recordings, 1936-42
Total duration: 2hr 16:00
The Philadelphia Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
GOULD Spirituals
STRINGFIELD A Symphonic Patrol
CRESTON Chant For 1942
SCHUMAN Prayer, 1943
THOMSON The Plow That Broke The Plains
KELLY Sunset Reflections
COOLEY Promenade
HARRIS Folk Rhythms Of Today
Broadcast recordings, 1941-44
Total duration: 79:38
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
STOKOWSKI The Pristine NBC Symphony Series
A 16-CD set featuring music by: Amfitheatrof, Antheil, BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, BUTTERWORTH, Cooley, COPLAND, Creston, DEBUSSY, GOULD, HANSON, HARRIS, HINDEMITH, HOLST, Hovhaness, KELLY, LAVALLE, MILHAUD, Mohaupt, RAVEL, RIMSKY-KORSAKOV, SCHOENBERG, Schuman, SHOSTAKOVICH, STRAVINSKY, Stringfield, TCHAIKOVSKY, Thomson, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, WAGNER
Anne Brown. soprano
Winifred Heidt. contralto
William Horne. tenor
Lawrence Whisonant. bass
Eduard Steuermann, piano
Collegiate Chorale
The Westminster Choir
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Leopold Stokowski
HARRIS Symphony No. 3
SINIGAGLIA Overture to La Baruffe Chiozzote
ATTERBERG Symphony No. 6 'Dollar Symphony' in C, Op. 31
STRAVINSKY Petrushka, Parts I & IV
Broadcast recordings, 1940-47
Duration 72:13
NBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Arturo Toscanini
