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Recordings
| Label | Release date | Composer | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| Naxos 8.559162 | 2003 | Piston | Symphony No. 4; Capriccio for Harp and String Orchestra; Three New England Sketches. Therese Elder Wunrow, harp |
| Naxos 8.559161 | 2003 | Piston | Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 6 |
| Naxos 8.559160 | 2003 | Piston | The Incredible Flutist; Ballet Suite; Fantasy for English Horn, Harp & Strings; Suite for Orchestra; Concerto for String Quartet, Wind Instruments and Percussion; Psalm and Prayer of David |
| Naxos 8.559159 | 2004 | Henri Lazarof | Tableaux for Piano and Orchestra; Violin Concerto;
Symphony No. 2 Garrick Ohlsson, piano; Yukiko Kamei, violin |
| Naxos 8.559158 | 2003 | Hovhaness | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 17 Janos Starker, cello; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor Symphony No. 22, Opus 236, City of Light: Alan Hovhaness, conductor |
| Naxos 8.559157 | 2003 | Diamond | Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2; The Enormous Room Ilkka Talvi, violin |
| Naxos 8.559156 | 2004 | Diamond | Suite from the Ballet TOM; This Sacred Ground; Symphony No. 8 |
| Naxos 8.559155 | 2003 | Diamond | Psalm; Kaddish for Cello and Orchestra; Symphony No. 3 Janos Starker, cello |
| Naxos 8.559154 | 2004 | Diamond | Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 4 |
| Naxos 8.559153 | 2003 | Creston | Toccata; Symphony No. 5; Out of the Cradle; Partita; Invocation and Dance |
| Delos 3040 | 5/89 | Wagner | Orchestral excerpts from Tannhuser, Rheingold,
Gtterdmmerung, Meistersinger |
| "The Wagner
orchestral collection is the most generous yet offered on
CD.....the Seattle strings play with a convincing degree of
radiant sensuousness.....the Seattle orchestra is a first-class ensemble."— Gramophone "
There is no denying these players know their way 'round the Ring and can hold their own with Bayreuth any day." — Punch |
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| Delos 3050 | 5/89 | Prokofiev | Romeo and Juliet, Suites 1 and 2; Pushkin, Waltz No. 2 |
| "... masterly performances, reaching a peak of brilliance in the mercurial Dance in the second suite." — Stereo Review | |||
| Delos 3051 | 5/89 | Stravinsky | The Firebird; Song of the Nightingale |
| "Praise requires no dilution when we come to Firebird. This is a bell-ringer of a recording in anybody's book." — Roger Downey, Seattle Weekly | |||
| "...the best playing the Seattle Symphony has ever done on records, and an incredibly detailed, brilliant-sounding recording. It is among the finest presentations of the work on recordings ever..." — Ovation Record Review | |||
| Delos 3052 | 5/89 | R. Strauss | Thus Spake Zarathustra; Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome; Four Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo |
| "... a reading rich in poetry and sensitivity and all the razzle-dazzle the music requires." — Newhouse News Service | |||
| Delos 3053 | 5/89 | Wagner | Overture to The Flying Dutchman; Orchestral excerpts from Lohengrin and Parsifal |
| Delos 3054> | 5/89 | Stravinsky Rimsky-Korsakov |
Petrouchka; Fireworks; Scherzo Fantastique; Russian Easter Overture |
| Delos 3059 | 2/94 | Albert | In Concordiam; TreeStone Ilkka Talvi, violin |
| "The performances and recording are first-rate." —The Chicago Tribune | |||
| Delos 3069 | 2/94 | Lazarof | Tableaux (after Kandinsky) for Piano and
Orchestra; Poema; Icarus (Second Concerto for
Orchestra). Garrick Ohlsson, piano |
| Delos 3073 | 7/89 | Hanson | Symphony No. 1 "Nordic"; Symphony No. 2 "Romantic"; Elegy |
| Delos 3074 | 6/93 | Piston | Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 6; Sinfonietta |
| Delos 3078 | 6/93 | Bernstein Barber Gershwin |
Arias and Barcarolles (arr. for chamber orchestra by Bright Sheng); Overture to The School for Scandal; An American in Paris |
| Delos 3082 | 6/93 | R. Strauss | Josephslegende Suite; Symphonia Domestica |
| Delos 3083 | 6/93 | Bartk Kodly |
The Miraculous Mandarin; Hary Janos; Dances of Galanta |
| "... the Seattle Symphony plays like the champions they have become. This recording will surprise and delight many." — The Star-Ledger, Newark, New Jersey | |||
| Delos 3084 | 7/93 | Schumann | Symphony No. 1; Konzertstck; Overture, Scherzo, and Finale |
| "... players take the symphony more seriously than the nominal big boys, executing it not only with pinpoint accuracy but with extraordinary fidelity to Schumann's score." — The Los Angeles Times | |||
| Delos 3087 | 1/94 | Tchaikovsky | Symphony No. 1, Winter Dreams; Symphony No. 2, Little Russian |
| Delos 3091 | 7/93 | Grieg | Piano Concerto in A minor; Lyric Suite; Holberg
Suite Bella Davidovich, piano |
| Delos 3092 | 6/93 | Hanson | Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 6; Fantasy
Variations on a Theme of Youth Carol Rosenberger, piano |
| Delos 3093 | 6/93 | Diamond | Symphony No. 2; Symphony No. 4; Concerto for Small Orchestra |
| Delos 3094 | 7/93 | R. Strauss | Macbeth; Ein Heldenleben; Serenade for Winds |
| Delos 3095 | 6/93 | Dohnanyi Bartk |
Cello Concerto; Concerto for Orchestra Janos Starker, cello |
| Delos 3098 | 7/93 | Bach/Respighi Bach/Elgar |
Three Chorale Preludes; Sonata for Violin and
Continuo; Prelude and Fugue in D major; Passacaglia and
Fugue in C minor; Fantasia and Fugue in C minor Ilkka Talvi, violin |
| Delos 3099 | 6/93 | Griffes Taylor |
The White Peacock; The Pleasure Dome of Kubla
Khan; Poem for Flute and Orchestra; Bacchanale; Three Tone Pictures;
Through the Looking Glass Scott Goff, flute |
| Delos 3100> | 2/94 | Stravinsky | The Rite of Spring; Pulcinella Susan Graham, mezzo soprano; Gran Wilson, tenor; Jan Opalach, bass |
| Delos 3103 | 6/93 | Diamond | Symphony No. 3; Kaddish for Cello and
Orchestra; Psalm for Orchestra; Romeo and Juliet Janos Starker, cello |
| "In all, a must for... those who care deeply about what has been happening in the conservative wing of American symphonic composition over the past half-century." — The Chicago Tribune | |||
| Delos 3104 | 6/93 | Copland Grof |
Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo; Suite from Billy the Kid; Grand Canyon Suite |
| Delos 3105 | 7/93 | Hanson | Symphony No. 4 "Requiem"; Serenade
for Flute, Harp and Strings; Lament for Beowolf; Pastorale for Oboe, Harp and Strings;
Suite from Merry Mount Seattle Symphony Chorale |
| Delos 3106 | 7/93 | Piston | Symphony No. 4; Capriccio for Harp and String
Orchestra; Serenata; Three New England Sketches Therese Elder Wunrow, harp |
| "I've devoted my words to 'selling' these scores, when in fact no one does so more thoroughly than ... the splendid Seattle Symphony. What a service they are going us in restoring so much of this material to the catalogue." — Gramophone | |||
| Delos 3107 | 7/93 | Handel | Acis and Galatea Dawn Kotoski, soprano; David Gordon, tenor; Glenn Siebert, tenor; Jan Opalach, bass-baritone; Seattle Symphony Chorale |
| Delos 3109 | 7/93 | R. Strauss | Der Rosenkavalier; Burleske for Piano and
Orchestra; Die Frau ohne Schatten Carol Rosenberger, piano |
| Delos 3110 | 6/93 | Ravel Diamond |
Daphnis and Chlo; Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel Seattle Symphony Chorale |
| "The Seattle Symphony's playing is excellent, with fine, incidental solo work from all concerned." — The Cleveland Plain Dealer | |||
| Delos 3112 | 8/94 | Mendelssohn | Symphony No. 2, "Lobgesang" |
| Delos 3114 | 7/92 | Creston | Symphony No. 3; Partita for Flute, Violin and Strings; Invocation and Dance; Out of the Cradle |
| Delos 3115 | 7/93 | W. Schuman | New England Triptych; Symphony for Strings;
Judith; Variations on America |
| "The Seattle Symphony improves on every hearing. This is one of the best releases yet." — The San Francisco Examiner | |||
| Delos 3118 | 2/94 | Danielpour | First Light; The Awakened Heart; Symphony No. 3, Journey
Without Distance Faith Esham, soprano; Seattle Symphony Chorale |
| Delos 3119 | 7/93 | Diamond | Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto No. 2; "The Enormous Room" Ilkka Talvi, violin |
| Delos 3120 | 7/93 | Wagner | "Forest Murmurs"; "Elsa's
Dream"; Suite from Tristan und Isolde; "Wotan's
Farewell" Alessandra Marc, soprano |
| Delos 3121 | 2/94 | Webern (arr. G. Schwarz) Honegger R. Strauss |
Langsamer Satz; Symphony No. 2; "Metamorphosen" |
| Delos 3126 | 2/94 | Piston | The Incredible Flutist; Fantasy for English Horn, Harp and Strings; Suite No. 1 for Orchestra; Concerto for String Quartet, Winds & Percussion; Psalm and Prayer of David |
| Delos 3127 | 6/94 | Creston | Choreografic Suite; Symphony No. 5; Toccata, Op. 68 |
| Delos 3130 | 7/93 | Hanson | Mosaics; Piano Concerto in G major, Op. 36;
Symphony No. 5, Sinfonia Sacra, Op. 43; Symphony No. 7, A Sea Symphony,
for Chorus and Orchestra, after Walt Whitman Carol Rosenberger, piano; Seattle Symphony Chorale |
| Delos 3133 | 2/94 | Lazarof | Symphony No. 2; Violin Concerto; Clarinet Concerto* |
| Delos 3135 | 2/94 | Bloch | America (An Epic Rhapsody); Concerto Grosso No. 1 Patricia Michaelian, piano |
| Delos 3137 | 7/93 | Hovhaness | Symphony No. 50, "Mount St. Helens"; Symphony No. 22, "City of Light" |
| Delos 3140> | 7/93 | Copland Harris |
Portraits of Freedom; Fanfare for the Common
Man; Lincoln Portrait; Canticle of Freedom; An Outdoor
Overture; American Creed; When Johnny Comes Marching Home James Earl Jones, speaker; Seattle Symphony Chorale |
| Delos 3141 | 8/94 | Diamond | Symphony No. 8; Suite from the ballet TOM; This Sacred Ground |
| Delos 3146 | 2/95 | Schumann | The Four Complete Symphonies; Manfred Overture;
Piano Concerto in A minor; Overture, Scherzo and Finale;
Konzerstck for Four Horns; Symphonic Etudes Bella Davidovich, piano |
| Delos 3150 | 10/92 | Hanson | Four-disc boxed set: Symphonies 1-7 |
| Delos 3154 | 9/95 | Copland | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra; Appalachian
Spring (Suite); Symphonic Ode Lorin Hollander, piano |
| Delos 3155 | 6/94 | Khachaturian Prokofiev |
Piano Concerto; Piano Concerto No. 3 Dickran Atamian, piano |
| Delos 3156 | 4/95 | Bruch Goldmark |
Violin Concerto No. 2; Violin Concerto Nai-Yuan Hu, violin |
| Delos 3157 | 4/94 | Hovhaness | Symphony No. 2 (Mysterious Mountain); And God Created Great Whales; Prayer of St. Gregory; Prelude and Quadruple Fugue; Alleluia and Fugue; Celestial Fantasy |
| Delos 3159 | 11/95 | Drattell | Sorrow is not Melancholy; Clarinet Concerto -
Fire Dances; Lilith; The Fire Within; Syzygy David Shifrin, clarinet; Scott Goff, flute |
| Delos 3160 | 1/95 | Hanson | The Mystic Trumpeter; Lux Aeterna; Lumen in Christo; Dies Natalis James Earl Jones, narrator |
| Delos 3164 | 11/96 | Mennin | Concertato (Moby Dick); Symphony No.3; Symphony No. 7 |
| Delos 3166 | 10/95 | Gould | Pavanne from Symphonette No. 2; Cinerama CBS Documentary: World War I; NBC Mini-Series: Holocaust; (Interlude from "Festive Music"; Formations: Suite for Marching Band; Concerto Grosso for 4 Solo Violins and Orchestra (from Balanchine's ballet, Audubon) |
| Delos 3168 | 3/95 | Hovhaness | The Rubaiyat; Exile Symphony (Symphony No. 1);
Meditation on Orpheus; Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints Michael York, narrator; Diane Schmidt, accordion; Ron Johnson, marimba |
| Delos 3180 (Box Set) |
11/94 | Bernstein, Barber, Gershwin, Griffes, Taylor, Copland, Grof |
All-American Favorites Box Set (DE 3078, 3099, 3104) |
| Delos 3182 (Box Set) |
4/95 | Wagner | Wagner Box Set (DE 3040, 3053, 3120) |
| Delos 3187 | 1998 | Eylar, Rouse, Starer, Sondheim, Carbon, McKinley, Froom | Dance Suite; Enigma-Release; Invocation;
Johanna; Not While I'm Around; Notturno; Miniature
Portraits; Serenade Jeffrey Silberschlag, trumpet; Deborah Greitzer, bassoon |
| Delos 3189 | 6/96 | Diamond | Rounds for String Orchestra; Adagio (Third Movement from Symphony No. 11); Concert Piece for Orchestra; Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel; Concert Piece for Flute and Harp |
| Delos 3508 | 10/91 | Copland, Hanson, Piston, Taylor, Barker, Hanson, Schuman, Diamond, Creston, Piston, Hanson, Diamond, Grof, Gershwin, Griffes | "Buckaroo Holiday" from Rodeo; Symphony No. 3, Second Movement; Symphony No. 4, Second Movement; Introduction from Through the Looking Glass; Overture to "The School for Scandal"; The Lament for Beowulf; Symphony No. 4, "Requiem," Fourth Movement; "Lux Aeterna"; "Chester" from New England Triptych; "Juliet and Her Nurse" from Music to Shakespeare's Romeo et Juliet; Partita for Flute, Violin and Strings, Second Movement, "Sarabande"; Serenata, Third Movement ("Con spirito"); "Love Duet" from the Suite from the opera Merry Mount; Symphony No. 3, Third Movement; "On the Trail" from Grand Canyon Suite; An American in Paris; Bacchanale |
| Delos 3702 | 10/97 | Stravinsky | The Firebird (complete ballet); The Rite of Spring; Petrouchka (original 1911 version); Song of the Nightingale |
| Delos
3707 (2 CDs/1) |
3/99 | R. Strauss | Also sprach Zarathustra Waltzes from Der Rosenkavalier;
Dance of the Seven Veils from Salome Burleske for Piano & Orchestra:
Carole Rosenberger, piano Music from The Loves of the Danae; Metamorphosen for 23 Strings |
| Delos 6005 | 5/91 | Stravinsky | The Firebird (entire ballet) |
| Reference RR-68CD |
3/96 | Mozart | Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467; Concerto No.
24 in C minor, K.491 Eugene Istomin, piano |
| Koch 3-7358-2 | 3/96 | Satie, Ravel; Debussy, Diamond, arrangers | Hommage Satie; Passacaille; Messe des pauvres; Trois Gymnopdies; Le tombeau de Couperin |
| Koch 3-7414-2 | 1997 | Shostakovich | Symphony #11, "The Year 1905" |
| Koch
Schwann 3-7422-2.1 |
10/97 | Hovhaness | Armenian Rhapsodies 1, 2 & 3; Symphony No. 38 (3rd & 4th movements conducted by Hovhaness) Concerto No. 10 for Piano, Trumpet and Strings |
| Four Winds 3021; JVCC 6509-2 |
1997 | Telemann; Hadyn; Hummel; L. Mozart | Concerto in D major; Concerto in E flat major;
Concerto in E major; Concerto in D major George Vosburgh, trumpet |
| JVCC 6511-2 | 1998 | Panufnik | Symphony #10: Autumn Music; Heroic Overture; Sinfonia Sacra |
| JVCC 6512-2 | 1998 | Lazarof | Divertimento III for Solo Violin and Strings;
Fantasia for Horn and Orchestra; Concerto for Oboe and
Chamber Orchestra Ani Kavafian, violin; John Cerminaro, horn; Alan Vogel, oboe |
| CRI 806 | 1999 | Ursula Mamlok | assorted |
| Artek AR-0003-2 |
8/99 | Brahms | Violin Concerto Saint-Saens; Violin Concerto No. 3 Elmar Oliveira, violin |
| Artek AR-0004-2 |
8/99 | Aitken | Aspen Concerto; Elmar Oliveira, violin Rameau Remembered; Scott Goff, flute In Praise of Ockeghem |
| Crystal CD 515 | 1/99 | Mozart | The four horn concerti John Cerminaro, horn |
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