Roy Harris: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Complete Piano Works

On this CD:

1. Piano Suite Occupation
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

2. Piano Suite Contemplation
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

3. Piano Suite Recreation
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

4. American Ballades (10) for piano Streets of Laredo
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

5. American Ballades (10) for piano Wayfaring Stranger
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

6. American Ballades (10) for piano The Bird
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

7. American Ballades (10) for piano Black is the Color
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

8. American Ballades (10) for piano Cod Liver Ile
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

9. American Ballades (10) for piano Li'l Boy Named Day
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

10. American Ballades (10) for piano When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

11. Sonata for violin & piano
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars, Alexander Ross

12. True Love Don't Weep, variations for piano
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

13. Toccata for piano
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

14. Little Suite for piano Bells
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

15. Little Suite for piano Sad News
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

16. Little Suite for piano Children at Play
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

17. Little Suite for piano Slumber
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

18. Piano Sonata, Op. 1
Composed by Roy Harris
Performed by Richard Zimdars

Roy Harris: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Complete Piano Works, Music, Roy Harris, Richard Zimdars, Alexander Ross, Ballade for Keyboard, Chamber, Classical, Keyboard, Music for Keyboard, Suite/Partita for Keyboard, Toccata for Keyboard, Variations for Keyboard, Violin with Keyboard
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    All Works by HarrisAll Works by Harris | Harris, Roy | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by KreislerAll Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000000WRM
    Release Date: 1997-03-18

    Tracks:

    1. Sonata No.1 In F Minor Op.120, No.1: Allegro apasssionato - Sostenuto ed espressivo
    2. Sonata No.1 In F Minor Op.120, No.1: Andante un poco adagio
    3. Sonata No.1 In F Minor Op.120, No.1: Allegretto grazioso
    4. Sonata No.1 In F Minor Op.120, No.1: Vivace
    5. Sosanta No.2 In E Flat Major, Op.120, No.2: Allegro amabile
    6. Sosanta No.2 In E Flat Major, Op.120, No.2: Allegro apassionato - Sostenuto - Tempo primo
    7. Sosanta No.2 In E Flat Major, Op.120, No.2: Andante con moto - Allegro - Piu tranquillo
    8. Elegy, Waltz And Toccata: Elegy
    9. Elegy, Waltz And Toccata: Waltz
    10. Elegy, Waltz And Toccata: Toccata
    11. Soliloquy and Dance: Soliloquy
    12. Soliloquy and Dance: Dance
    13. Praeludium and Allegro In The Style Of Pugnani
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      		Paula Robison Plays American Masterworks

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      ASIN: B000009IL4
      Release Date: 1992-12-22
      Roy Harris: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Complete Piano Works
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Very good recording of very unique pieces.
      		 Roy Harris: Sonata for Violin & Piano; Complete Piano Works

      Manufacturer: Albany Records
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      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by HarrisAll Works by Harris | Harris, Roy | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
      BalladsBallads | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      SuitesSuites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      ToccatasToccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      VariationsVariations | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
      ViolinViolin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0000049NB
      Release Date: 2006-10-24

      Tracks:

      1. Pno Ste: Occupation
      2. Pno Ste: Contemplation
      3. Pno Ste: Recreation
      4. American Ballads I: Streets Of Laredo
      5. American Ballads I: Wayfaring Stranger
      6. American Ballads I: The Bird
      7. American Ballads I: Black Is The Color
      8. American Ballads I: Cod Liver Lle
      9. American Ballads II: Li'l Boy Named Day
      10. American Ballads II: When Johnny Comes Marching Home
      11. Son: Maestoso
      12. Son: 3/8nt=72
      13. Son: Sustained
      14. Son: 3/8nt=100-110
      15. True Love Don't Weep
      16. Toccata
      17. Little Ste: Bells
      18. Little Ste: Sad News
      19. Little Ste: Children At Play
      20. Little Ste: Slumber
      21. Son: Prld
      22. Son: Andnate Ostinato
      23. Son: Scherzo
      24. Son: Coda

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Very good recording of very unique pieces........2004-06-15

      This is a superb recording of seven piano pieces and one piano and violin piece from the somewhat rare composer, Roy Harris. Harris's music in this recording is very indicative of his very Western heritage. It is this property that has made these pieces great compositions to play and hear.

      The music presented on this album is of very good quality, not only in composition, but in performance. Richard Zimdars gives a virtuosic performance of Harris's greatest piano pieces. My personal favourite track on this CD is the Toccata. This album is worth buying just for that piece. Harris was always able to create a very specific mood in each of his pieces, and when I listen to his music, I am enveloped by a powerful sense of whatever mood the piece is sending, be it an ecstatic insouciance or a somnolent moment.

      It is my hope that Roy Harris's music becomes more known in the world, and this CD will introduce anyone into his great repertoire.
      Roy Harris: Chamber Music
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • Great pieces, capable performances, cheesy notes
      		 Roy Harris: Chamber Music

      Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
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      Binding: Audio CD

      All Works by HarrisAll Works by Harris | Harris, Roy | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B000AA4JAC
      Release Date: 2005-09-20

      Tracks:

      1. Quintetr For Piano And Strings (1940)
      2. Quintetr For Piano And Strings (1940)
      3. Quintetr For Piano And Strings (1940)
      4. Sonata For Violin And Piano (1945)
      5. Sonata For Violin And Piano (1945)
      6. Sonata For Violin And Piano (1945)
      7. Sonata For Violin And Piano (1945)
      8. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      9. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      10. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      11. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      12. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      13. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      14. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
      15. String Quartet No. 3 (1948)

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Great pieces, capable performances, cheesy notes.......2006-03-11

      Here are three of Roy Harris' finest chamber works, all from the '40s : the Piano Quintet, Violin Sonata, and String Quartet No. 3. It's nice to have modern recordings of these pieces. I think Harris has been unjustly neglected, and we won't know how unjustly until we get an integrale of the symphonies (esp. #11, said to be the most pessimistic). He's not a perfect composer; there's a tendency to noodle between third-related chords, though less so in these particular pieces than some. But he has a unique stylistic voice. These are capable performances, if a little laid-back.

      The notes by Daniel Felsenfeld are pretty dreadful: "Influence of the Teutonic continent", "cross between a gentleman and a crank, between a maverick and a rube", "a high European sense of harmonic progression" (which, for all his root mobility, Harris really DOESN'T have, in the sense of directed harmonic function.). Then there's his list of "American symphonists": Schuman, Berger, Shapero, Diamond. He starts and ends well (Diamond may be our greatest American symphonist, at least of his generation.) But Shapero only wrote one symphony, and while it's a doozy, if one symphony makes a symphonist, then Beethoven was an opera composer. And Berger never wrote one at all, and precious little orchestral music; Sessions would be a better choice to fill that seat.

      And the cover...why is it that "rural...open spaces" conjures up dilapidated barns? Is there something broken about Harris' music? Are we hicks too stupid and improvident to throw a coat of paint on our barns? How come when the "country landscape" is evoked, you never see a nice steel milking parlor with new silos, and a rust-free combine in the fields?

      All that said, I would definitely buy it again.

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