Albany Symphony Orchestra – David Allen Miller, Conductor
Strike Zones (Music of Joan Tower)
NAXOS 8.559902
Joan Tower: Strike Zones
Evelyn Glennie Percussion
Joan Tower: Still/Rapids
Blair McMillen Piano
Christopher Theofanidis – Concertos
Albany Troy 1816
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
Dogs of Desire
Michael Torke: Sky
Albany TROY1784
GRAMMY NOMINATION 2020 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo Performance
Sky, concerto for violin
Tessa Lark (violin); Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller (conductor)
Grammy Nomination – Best Classical Instrumental Solo 2020
West, concerto for bassoon
Peter Kolkay (bassoon); Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller (conductor)
South, concerto for oboe
Ryan Roberts (oboe); Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller (conductor)
East, concerto for clarinet
Weixiong Wang (clarinet); Albany Symphony; David Alan Miller (conductor)
“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
featuring Grammy Award-winning percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, flutist extraordinaire Amy Porter, and Carol Jantsch, the remarkable principal tuba of The Philadelphia Orchestra
Aaron Jay Kernis: Simple Songs
Albany TROY1690
Simple Songs
Valentines
Talise Trevigne, soprano
Two Songs: Love and Spirit
Talise Trevigne, soprano; Aaron Jay Kernis, piano
TSONTAKIS, George: Anasa / True Colors / Unforgettable
(Krakauer, E. Berlin, Luosha Fang, Eunice Kim, Albany Symphony, D.A. Miller)
NAXOS/American Classics
One of NPR’s Top Ten Classical Discs of 2017!
Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges
Albany TROY1643
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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 85597
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Seeing – with Orion Weiss, Piano
Kabir Padvali – with Talise Trevigne
Grammy Nomination 2014 – Best Vocal Performance
Aaron Jay Kernis: Three Flavors
Naxos 8559799
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Three Flavors for Piano and Orchestra – with Andrew Russo, Piano
John Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite
Albany TROY1545
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Principal Trumpet
with Evelyn Glennie, Percussion and Hila Plitman, Soprano
Grammy Winner 2014 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo
George Tsontakis: Mirologhia
KOCH KIC-CD-7680
Albany Symphony Orchestra
George Tsontakis – Mirologhia Colin Currie, Percussion
George Tsontakis – October
George Tsontakis – Violin Concerto #1
Cho-Liang Lin, violin
Michael Torke: Strawberry Fields
Ecstatic ER092208
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Michael Torke – Strawberry Fields (Opera)
Morton Gould – Interplay
Albany TROY1174
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Morton Gould – American Symphonette No. 2
Morton Gould – Concerto for Orchestra
Morton Gould – Interplay (American Concertette No. 1)
Findlay Cockrell, piano
Orchestral Music
Albany TROY591
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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 TROY441
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Allen Shawn – Piano Concerto
Ursula Oppens, piano
Benjamin Lees – Piano Concerto No. 2
Ian Hobson, piano
Paul Creston – Dance Overture
Orchestral Works
Albany TROY566
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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 TROY771-72
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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 TROY737
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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 TROY605
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Steven Stucky – Son et Lumière
John Harbison – Cello Concerto
David Finckel, cello
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 2
Gould & Harris – Symphonies
Albany TROY515
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Roy Harris – Symphony No. 2
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 3
George Lloyd – Cello Concerto
Albany TROY458
Albany Symphony Orchestra
George Lloyd – Cello Concerto
Anthony Ross, cello
George Lloyd – Orchestral Suite No. 1 from The Serf
Don Gillis – Light Classics
Albany TROY390
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Don Gillis – Symphony “x” (The Big D)
Don Gillis – Shindig
John Harbison – Orchestral Works
Albany TROY390
Albany Symphony Orchestra
John Harbison – The Most Often Used Chords
John Harbison – Symphony No. 3
John Harbison – Flute Concerto
Randolph Bowman, flute
Brutal Reality
Albany TROY354
Albany Symphony Orchestra
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 TROY350
Albany Symphony Orchestra
Roy Harris – Memories of a Child’s Sunday
Roy Harris – Symphony No. 9
The Wild and Whimsical Worlds of David Mallamud
Dogs of Desire
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.