Albany Symphony Orchestra – David Alan Miller, Conductor
Viet Cuong: Renewal
Albany Records TROY2018
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
Redemption – Reconciliation – Discernment – Grace
Marc Bamuthi Joseph, spoken word
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 TROY1979
June 2024
Heimdall’s Trumpet, Concerto for Trumpet
Eric Berlin, trumpet
Oboe Concerto
Katherine Needleman, oboe
Bassoon Concerto
Peter Kolkay, bassoon
David Del Tredici: Adventures Underground
Albany Records TROY1915
December 2022
Pop-Pourri
Adventures Underground
Hila Plitmann, soprano
Joan Tower: Strike Zones
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
Christopher Theofanidis: Concertos
Albany Records TROY1816
July 2020
Violin Concerto
Chee Yun, violin
Viola Concerto
Richard O’Neill, viola
GRAMMY AWARD 2021 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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 TROY1784
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 Portrait of John Corigliano
Documentary film
May 2019
The creation of John Corigliano’s Symphony No. 1, performed by the Albany Symphony Orchestra
Directed by 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 TROY1690
September 2017
Simple Songs
Valentines
Talise Trevigne, soprano
Two Songs: Love and Spirit
Talise Trevigne, soprano
Aaron Jay Kernis, piano
George Tsontakis: 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
Listen to George Tsontakis’s interview on WWFM’s Cadenza (October 19, 2017)
NPR MUSIC – Top 10 Classical Albums of 2017 (#7)
Michael Torke: Three Manhattan Bridges
Albany Records TROY1643
September 2016
Three Manhattan Bridges for Piano and Orchestra
Joyce Yang, piano
Winter’s Tale for Cello and Orchestra
Julie Albers, cello
The Wild and Whimsical Worlds of David Mallamud
Center Stage Records
September 2016
Dogs of Desire
Sierra Boggess, Janet Dacal, Morgan James, Constantine Maroulis, Christiane Noll, Brian Charles Rooney, Amick Byram, Cathie Ryan and Dan Webb, vocals
Eric Rigler, uilleann pipes
Joel Hoekstra, guitar
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
Andrew Russo, piano
John Harbison: The Great Gatsby Suite
Albany Records TROY1545
March 2015
The Great Gatsby Suite
Darkbloom: Overture for an Imagined Opera
Closer to My Own Life
Mary Mackenzie, soprano
John Corigliano: Conjurer / Vocalise
Naxos 8.559757
September 2013
Conjurer
Evelyn Glennie, percussion
Vocalise
Hila Plitmann, soprano
GRAMMY AWARD 2014 – Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Morton Gould: Interplay
Albany Records TROY1174
February 2010
American Symphonette No. 2
Concerto for Orchestra
Interplay (American Concertette No. 1)
Findlay Cockrell, piano
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
Vincent Persichetti: Symphonies Nos. 3, 4 & 7
Albany Records TROY771-72
July 2005
Symphony No. 3, Op. 30
Symphony No. 4, Op. 51
Symphony No. 7 (Liturgical), Op. 80
Paul Creston: Violin Concerto No. 2, Symphony No. 4
Albany Records TROY737
February 2005
Janus, Op. 77
Concerto No. 2 for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 78
Gregory Fulkerson, violin
Symphony No. 4
Morton Gould: Symphony No. 2
Albany Records TROY605
February 2004
Steven Stucky – Son et Lumière
John Harbison – Cello Concerto
David Finckel, cello
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 2
Orchestral Music
Albany Records TROY591
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
William Schuman: Orchestral Works
Albany Records TROY566
March 2003
Credendum
Symphony No. 4
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
John McCabe, piano
Gould & Harris: Symphonies
Albany Records TROY515
August 2002
Roy Harris – Symphony No. 2
Morton Gould – Symphony No. 3
George Lloyd: Cello Concerto
Albany Records TROY458
November 2001
Cello Concerto
Anthony Ross, cello
Orchestral Suite No. 1 from The Serf
Two American Piano Concertos
Albany Records TROY441
May 2001
Allen Shawn – Piano Concerto
Ursula Oppens, piano
Benjamin Lees – Piano Concerto No. 2
Ian Hobson, piano
Paul Creston – Dance Overture
John Harbison: Orchestral Works
Albany Records TROY390
May 2000
The Most Often Used Chords
Symphony No. 3
Flute Concerto
Randolph Bowman, flute
Brutal Reality
Albany Records TROY354
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 TROY350
July 1999
Memories of a Child’s Sunday
Symphony No. 9