Albany Symphony Orchestra – David Allen Miller, Conductor
Renewal – Music of Viet Cuong
Albany Records – Troy 2018
December 2025
Re(new)al – Sandbox Percussion
Next Week’s Trees
Higher Ground, Concerto for Tuba – Justin Benavidez, Tuba
Orbital
Daniel Bernard Roumain – Forgiveness: Suite for Spoken Word and Orchestra
Bright Shiny Things
August 2025
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Spoken Word
Redemption – Reconciliation – Discernment – Grace
Michael Daugherty – Blue Electra
Naxos 8.559955
April 2025
Blue Electra for Violin and Orchestra – Anne Akiko Meyers, Violin
Last Dance at the Surf
To the New World – Elissa Johnston, Soprano
Christopher Rouse – Concertos
Albany Records – Troy 1979
June 2024
Heimdall’s Trumpet, Concerto for Trumpet (Soloist)
Oboe Concerto – Katherine Needleman, Oboe
Bassoon Concerto – Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
Strike Zones (Music of Joan Tower)
Naxos 8.559902
July 2021
Strike Zones, Concerto for Percussion – Evelyn Glennie, Percussion
Small – Evelyn Glennie, Percussion
Still/Rapids, Concerto for Piano – Blair McMillen, Piano
Ivory and Ebony – Blair McMillen, Piano
Adventures Underground (Music of David Del Tredici)
Albany Records – Troy 1915
December 2022
Pop-Pourri
Adventures Underground
Hila Plitmann (soprano)
Christopher Theofanidis – Concertos
Albany Records – Troy 1816
July 2020
Christopher Theofanidis – Violin Concerto
Chee Yun, Violin
Christopher Theofanidis – Viola Concerto
Richard O’Neill, Viola
GRAMMY AWARD 2021 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo Performance
Michael Daugherty: This Land Sings (Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie)
Naxos 8.559889
May 2020
Dogs of Desire
Michael Torke: Sky
Albany Records – Troy 1784
August 2019
Sky, Concerto for Violin – Tessa Lark, Violin
West, Concerto for Bassoon – Peter Kolkay, Bassoon
South, Concerto for Oboe – Ryan Roberts, Oboe
East, Concerto for Clarinet – Weixiong Wang, Clarinet
Grammy Nomination 2020 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo
“Of Rage and Remembrance”
A documentary film about the creation of John Corigliano’s Symphony #1. This features performance of the work by the Albany Symphony Orchestra. Director Gerald Herman.
First Screening May 31, 2019
Michael Daugherty: Dreamachine – Trail of Tears – Reflections on the Mississippi
Naxos 8.559807
March 2018
Dreamachine, Concerto for Percussion – Evelyn Glennie, Percussion
Trail of Tears, Concerto for Flute – Amy Porter, Flute
Reflections on the Mississippi, Concerto for Tuba – Carol Jantsch, Tuba
Aaron Jay Kernis: Simple Songs
Albany Records – Troy 1690
September 2017
Simple Songs
Valentines
Talise Trevigne, soprano
Two Songs: Love and Spirit
Talise Trevigne, soprano; Aaron Jay Kernis, piano
TSONTAKIS, George: Anasa / True Colors / Unforgettable
Naxos 8.559826
August 2017
Anasa, Concerto for Clarinet – David Krakauer, Clarinet
True Colors, Concerto for Trumpet – Eric Berlin, Trumpet
Unforgettable, Concerto for Two Violins – Luosha Fang and Eunice Kim, Violins
One of NPR’s Top Ten Classical Discs of 2017!
Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges
Albany Records – Troy 1643
September 2016
Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges for Piano and Orchestra, August 2016
Joyce Yang, Piano
Michael Torke: Winter’s Tale for Cello and Orchestra
Julie Albers, Cello
Christopher Rouse: Seeing, Kabir Padavali
Naxos 8.559799
September 2015
Seeing – Orion Weiss, Piano
Kabir Padavali – Talise Trevigne, Soprano
Grammy Nomination 2016 – Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
Aaron Jay Kernis: Three Flavors
Naxos 8.559711
April 2015
Three Flavors for Piano and Orchestra – with Andrew Russo, Piano
John Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite
Albany Records – Troy 1545
March 2015
John Harbison – The Great Gatsby Suite
John Harbison – Darkbloom: Overture for an Imagined Opera
John Harbison – Closer to My Own Life
Mary Mackenzie, Soprano
John Corigliano – Conjurer/Vocalise
Naxos 8.559757
September 2013
with Evelyn Glennie, Percussion and Hila Plitmann, Soprano
Grammy Winner 2014 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo
George Tsontakis: Mirologhia
Koch International Classics KIC-CD-7680
October 2008
Mirologhia – Colin Currie, Percussion; Eleni Calenos, Soprano
October
Violin Concerto No. 1 – Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
Michael Torke: Strawberry Fields
Ecstatic Records ER092208
November 2005
Strawberry Fields (Opera)
Pentecost – Margaret Lloyd, Soprano
Morton Gould – Interplay
Albany Records – Troy 1174
February 2010
Morton Gould – American Symphonette No. 2
Morton Gould – Concerto for Orchestra
Morton Gould – Interplay (American Concertette No. 1)
Findlay Cockrell, piano
Orchestral Music
Albany Records – Troy 591
July 2003
Nikolai Lopatnikoff – Festival Overture
Robert Helps – Concerto No. 2 for Piano & Orchestra
Alan Feinberg, piano
Robert Kurka – Symphony No. 2, Op. 24
Virgil Thomson – Filling Station
Two American Piano Concertos
Albany Records – Troy 441
May 2001
Allen Shawn – Piano Concerto
Ursula Oppens, piano
Benjamin Lees – Piano Concerto No. 2
Ian Hobson, piano
Paul Creston – Dance Overture
Orchestral Works
Albany Records – Troy 566
March 2003
William Schuman – Credendum
William Schuman – Symphony No. 4
William Schuman – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
John McCabe, piano
Vincent Persichetti – Symphonies 3, 4 & 7
Albany Records – Troy 771-72
July 2005
Vincent Persichetti – Third Symphony, Op. 30
Vincent Persichetti – Fourth Symphony, Op. 51
Vincent Persichetti – Seventh Symphony (Liturgical), Op. 80
Paul Creston – Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 4
Albany Records – Troy 737
February 2005
Paul Creston – Janus, Op. 77
Paul Creston – Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, op. 78
Gregory Fulkerson, violin
Paul Creston – Symphony No. 4
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 2
Albany Records – Troy 605
September 2003
Steven Stucky – Son et Lumière
John Harbison – Cello Concerto
David Finckel, cello
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 2
Gould & Harris – Symphonies
Albany Records – Troy 515
August 2002
Roy Harris – Symphony No. 2
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 3
George Lloyd – Cello Concerto
Albany Records – Troy 458
November 2001
George Lloyd – Cello Concerto
Anthony Ross, cello
George Lloyd – Orchestral Suite No. 1 from The Serf
Don Gillis – Light Classics
Albany Records – Troy 391
September 2000
Don Gillis – Symphony “x” (The Big D)
Don Gillis – Shindig
John Harbison – Orchestral Works
Albany Records – Troy 390
May 2000
John Harbison – The Most Often Used Chords
John Harbison – Symphony No. 3
John Harbison – Flute Concerto
Randolph Bowman, flute
Brutal Reality
Albany Records – Troy 354
November 1999
Evan Chambers – Concerto for Fiddle, Violin and Orchestra
Jill Levy, violin; Nollaig Casey, fiddle
Kamran Ince – Fest for Chamber Ensemble and Orchestra
Present Music Ensemble
Roy Harris – Great American Ninth
Albany Records – Troy 350
July 1999
Roy Harris – Memories of a Child’s Sunday
Roy Harris – Symphony No. 9
Sierra Boggess, Janet Dacal, Morgan James, Constantine Maroulis, Christiane Noll, Brian Charles Rooney, and Amick Byram, plus Irish singer Cathie Ryan and Dan Webb, in collaboration with the Albany Symphony’s rock-chamber ensemble, Dogs of Desire conducted by David Alan Miller. Also featured are guests Eric Rigler on uilleann pipes and guitarist Joel Hoekstra.