The Incredible Flutist – American Orchestral Works (2CD)

The Incredible Flutist – American Orchestral Works
Works by William Grant Still, Ulysses Kay, Walter Piston, Peggy Stuart Coolidge & Daniel Gregory Mason

CD 1 – 64:08

William Grant Still – From “The Black Belt” (11:13)
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Music for Westchester Symphony Orchestra

1-1. Li’l Scamp – 0:08
1-2. Honeysuckle – 3:45
1-3. Dance – 0:31
1-4. Mah Bones Is Creakin’ – 0:13
1-5. Blues – 2:32
1-6. Brown Girl – 2:43
1-7. Clap Yo’ Han’s – 1:08

1-8. William Grant Still – Darker America – 11:48
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Music for Westchester Symphony Orchestra

Ulysses Kay – Six Dances for String Orchestra (20:16)
Conductor: Paul Freeman
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

1-9. Schottische – 2:25
1-10. Waltz – 3:42
1-11. Round Dance – 2:32
1-12. Polka – 2:26
1-13. Promenade – 4:39
1-14. Galop – 4:07

Walter Piston – Suite from the Ballet “The Incredible Flutist” (17:04)
Conductor: David Epstein
Orchestra: M.I.T. Symphony Orchestra

1-15a. Introduction
1-15b. Siesta in the Marketplace
1-15c. Entrance of the Vendors
1-15d. Entrance of the Customers
1-15e. Tango of the Merchant’s Daughters
1-15f. Arrival of the Circus
1-15g. Circus March
1-15h. The Flutist
1-15i. Minuet
1-15j. Spanish Waltz
1-15k. Eight O’Clock Strikes
1-15l. Siciliana
1-15m. Polka Finale

CD 2 – 64:12

2-1. Peggy Stuart Coolidge – Rhapsody for Harp and Orchestra – 13:08
Harp: Aristid von Wurtzler
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

Peggy Stuart Coolidge – New England Autumn (11:36)
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

2-2. Dawn Over the Mountain – 5:41
2-3. Country Fair – 5:49

Peggy Stuart Coolidge – Pioneer Dances (11:30)
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

2-4. Allegro vivo – 3:19
2-5. Andante, quasi rubato – 4:44
2-6. Allegro vivo – 3:21

2-7. Peggy Stuart Coolidge – Blue Planet – 9:51
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

2-8. Peggy Stuart Coolidge – Spirituals in Sunshine and Shadow – 12:25
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen

2-9. Daniel Gregory Mason – Prelude and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra – 11:02
Piano: Mary Louise Boehm
Conductor: Siegfried Landau
Orchestra: Westphalian Symphony Orchestra, Recklinghausen