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William Grant Still




WILLIAM GRANT STILL



William Grant Still


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Orchestral and Instrumental Recordings

Audio recordings featuring the music of William Grant Still.







The Afro-American Symphony

Orchestral Music
The Afro-American Symphony

Still’s SYMPHONY NO. 1 (THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY) as done by Neemi Jarvi and the Detroit Symphony for Chandos. The compact disc also includes Duke Ellington's Suite from The River.



Price: CHCD-9154, $16.99 CD



The Afro-American Symphony

Orchestral Music
The Afro-American Symphony

Karl Krueger’s historic rendition of Still’s THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY, along with Amy Beach’s Gaelic Symphony, Op. 32, done with the Royal Philharmonic. A Bridge compact disc.



Price: Bridge-9086, $15.94 CD



The Afro-American Symphony

Orchestral Music
The Afro-American Symphony

THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY, AFRICA and IN MEMORIAM as presented by the Fort Smith Symphony under the direction of John Jeter. An “American Classics” compact disc from NAXOS Intl.



Price: CD-8559174, $10.95



The Afro-American Symphony

Orchestral Music
The Afro-American Symphony (with the poetry of Dunbar)

Still’s Symphony #1 with Paul Laurence Dunbar poems recited before each movement by poet laureate, Dr. Herbert Woodward Martin, with the Dayton Philharmonic. A DPO Recording.



Price: DPO 1-0809, $21.50 CD



Symphony No. 2

Orchestral Music
Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race)

Still's SYMPHONY #2 (G-MINOR SYMPHONY), as done by Neemi Jarvi and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. This CD also includes William Dawson's Negro Folk Symphony, and Duke Ellington's Harlem. A Chandos-CD.



Price: CHCD-9226, $18.98 CD



Symphony No. 2 & No. 3

Orchestral Music
Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3

Still's SYMPHONY #2 (G-Minor Symphony) and SYMPHONY #3 (The Sunday Symphony), as done by Conductor John Jeter and the Fort Smith Symphony. This CD also includes Still's WOOD NOTES in a world premiere recording. A NAXOS-CD.



Price: CD-8559676, $12.95



Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5

Orchestral Music
Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5

Still's SYMPHONY #4 and SYMPHONY #5, as performed by the Fort Smith Symphony under the baton of John Jeter. This CD also includes Still's POEM FOR ORCHESTRA. A Naxos recording.



Price: CD-8559603, $12.95



The Big Broadcast

Orchestral Music
The Big Broadcast

This recording features Still’s DANCES IN THE CANEBRAKES, HESITATING BLUES, ROMANCE for Saxophone and Orchestra, AFTER YOU'VE GONE, BLUES from LENOX AVENUE, THE BLACK MAN DANCES and Still arrangements from THE DEEP RIVER HOUR. A Cambria Master Recording release.



Price: CD-A110, $15.95



A Festive Sunday

Orchestral Music
A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still

Still's SYMPHONY #3 (SUNDAY SYMPHONY), FESTIVE OVERTURE from CRI, ROMANCE, FOLK SUITE #4, and THREE RHYTHMIC SPIRITUALS as done by the North Arkansas Symphony, Schola Cantorum, and the Royal Philharmonic. A Cambria release.



Price: CMCD-1060, $15.98 CD



Fiesta in Hi-Fi

Orchestral Music
Fiesta in Hi-Fi

This recording features Still’s SAHDJI, the first ballet ever with a serious African subject. A Mercury Living Presence release of the Howard Hanson performance, distributed by Polygram Classics, New York.



Price: PHCD-434324-2, $15.74 CD



Lenox Avenue

Orchestral Music
Lenox Avenue: The Music of WGS

A new edition of the Bay Cities CD of Still’s LENOX AVENUE, PASTORELA, SUMMERLAND, HERE'S ONE, CARMELA, TWO PANAMANIAN DANCES, SONG FOR THE LONELY, SONGS OF SEPARATION, and SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA, as performed by violinist Louis Kaufman and soprano Claudine Carlson. A Cambria recording.



Price: CMCD-1121, $15.95 CD



Still Conducts Still

Orchestral Music
Still Conducts Still

Still’s presentation of LENOX AVENUE (concert version), LA GUIABLESSE, SYMPHONY IN G MINOR (2nd and 3rd movements), and SYMPHONY #4 (“Deep River Hour” broadcast). Archival recording, not for broadcast.



Price: WGSMCD-1004, $12.95



An American Tribute to Sigurd Rascher

Orchestral with Saxophone Music
An American Tribute to Sigurd Rascher

Still’s ROMANCE presented by saxophonist Lawrence Gwozdz. Also includes works by Henry Cowell, Carl Wirth, Armand Russell, John Lamb, Karel Husa, and John Worley. A CRYSTAL recording.



Price: CRCD-652, $15.99 CD



AAS, Kaintuck' & Dismal Swamp

Orchestral with Piano Music
The Afro-American Symphony, Kaintuck' and Dismal Swamp

A stunning presentation of Still’s piano and orchestra works, KAINTUCK' and DISMAL SWAMP, by Richard Fields and the Cincinnati Philharmonia. Also includes Still's THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY. A Centaur recording.



Price: CRC-233, $15.74 CD



Works for Symphonic Band

Band Music
Works for Symphonic Band

A tribute to William Grant Still from Dr. Patricia Hoy and the Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, including Still’s FROM THE DELTA, LITTLE FOLK SUITE, LITTLE RED SCHOOLHOUSE, SUMMERLAND for Band, and the AMERICAN SCENE for band. Also includes Three Negro Dances by Florence Price.



Price: CMCD1156, $15.95 CD



The American Scene

Ensemble Music
The American Scene

The Manhattan Chamber Orchestra plays Still’s AMERICAN SCENE, FROM THE HEARTS OF WOMEN, CITADEL, PHANTOM CHAPEL, GOLDEN DAYS and SERENADE. Vocal performance by soprano Margaret Astrup. A Newport Classic CD.



Price: NCCD-85596, $15.89 CD



Folks & Fantasies: Chamber Music

Ensemble Music
Folks and Fantasies: The Chamber Music of Still and Julstrom


Still's LITTLE FOLK SUITES NO. 1 thru NO. 6 and SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, as performed by pianist Everett Jones and the William Grant Still Performing Arts Group. This CD also includes Clifford Julstrom's FOUR MOODS for string quartet and FANTASY for flute, string quartet and piano. A CD release by William Grant Still Music.



Price: WGSM4001, $14.95



Spectral Trio

Ensemble Music
Spectral Trio

Still’s INCANTATION AND DANCE (for oboe and piano) and MINIATURES (for flute, oboe and piano), as done by the Spectral Trio for Blue Griffin Recordings.



Price: BGR125-CD, $16.99



Works by WGS

Ensemble and Vocal Music
Chamber Works by William Grant Still

A magnificent CD by Videmus of Boston, lauded by reviewers. Includes Still's SONGS OF SEPARATION, SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, HERE'S ONE, SUMMERLAND, CITADEL, SONG FOR THE LONELY, OUT OF THE SILENCE, ENNANGA, INCANTATION AND DANCE, and Still's arrangement of LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING. A New World Classic.



Price: NWCD-80399-2, $14.99 CD



More Still

Ensemble and Vocal Music
More Still

The second blockbuster recording by Videmus of Boston on the Cambria label, featuring the world premiere disc of the Still's CARIBBEAN MELODIES, as well as spirituals and art songs. HERE'S ONE as performed by Ruth Hamilton is a big favorite.



Price: CMCD-1112, $15.95 CD



Adderley & Holliday Piano Duo Project

Piano Music
Adderley & Holliday Piano Duo Project

The world premiere recording of Still's two-piano works, SUMMERLAND, KAINTUCK' and SCHERZO from THE AFRO-AMERICAN SYMPHONY. A best-selling Albany-Troy release.



Price: TROY-CD1383, $15.90



Along the Western Shore

Piano Music
Along the Western Shore

Pianist Althea Waites performs Still’s SEVEN TRACERIES along with works by Elinor Remick Warren, Richard Saylor and Lloyd Rodgers. A Cambria Master Recordings release.



Price: CD1141, $15.95



An American Portrait

Piano Music
An American Portrait

Still's SEVEN TRACERIES plus piano works by Gottschalk, Amy Beach, Griffes, Hoiby, Guion and Gershwin as played by Richard Crosby.
Cassette

Compact Disc



Price: RACCA-001, $9.95 CASS / RACCD-001, $16.99 CD



Piano Music of Black Composers

Piano Music
Piano Music of Black Composers

Played by Monica Gaylord, for Music and Arts. Compact disc includes works by Still, Dett, Swanson, Kay, Work, Peterson, Ellington, and Coleridge-Taylor.



Price: MACD-737,$15.98 CD



Eaton: The Complete Preludes

Piano Music
Roy Eaton: The Complete Preludes of Chopin, Gershwin and Still

The complete preludes of Still, Gershwin and Chopin sensitively rendered at the piano by Roy Eaton. A Summit recording.



Price: DCD-318, $15.98 CD



William Grant Still: Piano Music

Piano Music
William Grant Still: Piano Music

Acclaimed pianist, Mark Boozer, plays Still’s AFRICA, SEVEN TRACERIES, THE BLUES, A DESERTED PLANTATION and THREE VISIONS. An “American Classics” release from NAXOS Intl.



Price: NX8.559210, $8.90 CD



Still & Dett

Piano Music
William Grant Still and Nathaniel Dett

Still’s DESERTED PLANTATION, ENTRANCE OF THE PORTEUSES, QUIT DAT FOOL'NISH, RISING TIDE, MARIONETTE, and excerpts from THREE VISIONS are played by Denver Oldham for Altarus.Also includes four works by Nathaniel Dett.



Price: AIR-CD-9013, $16.99 CD



Amazing Grace

Flute and Piano Music
Amazing Grace: An American Tapestry

Flutist Donna Wissinger and pianist Jon Klibonoff perform on this CD which features Still's BAYOU HOME. Other American composers included are Stephen Foster, Samuel Barber, Ernest Bloch, Peter Schickele, Stella Sung, Aaron Copland, and others. An arrangement of the well-known hymn, AMAZING GRACE, by Howard Tappan is a special feature on this Eroica Classical recording.



Price: JDT3031CD, $16.99 CD



A Recital of Sacred and Classical Music

Organ Music
A Recital of Sacred and Classical Music

Organist-educator Grant Delbert Venerable performs Still’s REVERIE and Cesar Franck's Chorale No. 3 in A Minor, along with other sacred pieces.



Price: #GDV1001, $14.95



Spiritual Fantasy

Organ Music
Spiritual Fantasy

Lucius Weathersby renders his organ arrangement of Still’s SUMMERLAND, along with works by Fela Sowande, Wallace Cheatham, Uzee Brown, Violet Bowers, and Weathersby. An Albany issue.



Price: TR440, $15.95 CD



Violin Music of Still

Violin Music
Violin Music of Still

Violinist Clifford Panton and pianist Jason Alfred perform Still’s CARMELA, BAMBALELE, HERE'S ONE, SUMMERLAND, SUITE FOR VIOLIN, BLUES, QUIT DAT FOOL'NISH, TWO CAMEOS, PASTORELA for Centaur Records.



Price: CRC-2750, $15.20 CD



Here's One

Violin Music
Here's One

Esteemed violinist, Zina Schiff, plays Still’s violin works, HERE'S ONE, CARMELA, VIGNETTES, BLUES, SUMMERLAND, and QUIT DAT FOOL'NISH for 4-TAY Records.



Price: 4TCD-4005, $15.74 CD



In My Own Voice

Violin Music
In My Own Voice

Still’s SUMMERLAND as performed by violinist Kelly Hall-Tompkins in the release entitled “In My Own Voice” for MSR Classics.



Price: MS-12, $16.95 CD



Pan-Americana

Violin Music
Pan-Americana: The Violin Artistry of Louis Kaufman

Still’s BLUES as played by Louis Kaufman and the Columbia Symphony in 1946, on a Cambria-CD. Also includes works by Bennett, McBride, Helm, Guarnieri, Milhaud and Triggs.



Price: CD-1078, $15.95 CD



Get On Board

Woodwind Music
Get On Board

The Sierra Winds of UNLV-Nevada performing Still's GET ON BOARD, MINIATURES, the FOLK SUITES, INCANTATION AND DANCE, VIGNETTES, SUMMERLAND, ROMANCE, and QUIT DAT FOOL'NISH.



Price: CMCD-1083, $15.95 CD



Toledo Clarinets

Clarinet Music
Toledo Clarinets

This recording features Still’s CHRISTMAS IN THE WESTERN WORLD and LYRIC QUARTETTE done by the Toledo Clarinet Choir. Also contains music by Moross, Dietz and Osborn. A Cambria Master Recordings release.



Price: CD-1190, $15.20



But Not Forgotten

Clarinet and Piano Music
But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers

Clarinetist Marcus Eley and pianist Lucerne DeSa perform Still’s ROMANCE as well as the works of Dorothy Rudd Moore, Alvin Batiste, Clarence Cameron White, Undine Smith Moore, Samuel Akpabot, Quincy Hilliard, Scott Joplin, and Todd Cochran. A Sono Luminus CD.



Price: SONO-92156CD, $14.95



Legacy

Bassoon Music
Legacy

Bassoonist Lecolion Washington performs Still’s IF YOU SHOULD GO, SONG FOR THE LONELY, and BAYOU HOME. An Albany Records recording.



Price: TROY-1038, $18.95 CD



Philadelphia Classical Guitar Trio

Guitar Music
Philadelphia Classical Guitar Trio

Still’s most popular string quartet, DANZAS DE PANAMA, as arranged for guitar by Tom Smith and performed by the Philadelphia Classical Guitar Trio. Recording also includes works by Faure, Rak, Pardo-Tristan, Albeniz and Vivaldi.



Price: JAMG-3001-CD, $15.80 CD



Remembrance

Instrumental and Vocal Music
Remembrance: African-American Songs

Still’s SONGS OF SEPARATION, BREATH OF A ROSE, GRIEF and WINTER'S APPROACH sung by soprano Dina Cancryn Foy.



Price: CD-DCF001, $15.98 CD



Ebony Rhythm

Instrumental with Poetic Recitation
Ebony Rhythm

Still’s CARMELA, as done by Louis and Annette Kaufman, and accompanied by Aaron Dworkin’s poetic recitations. The CD also blends other multi-ethnic classical works with Dworkin’s poetry in order to reflect a rich African-American experience. Ethnovibe Productions.



Price: EBN-CD-DWOR, $18.95 CD



Centenary Program 1895-1995

Interviews and Musical Excerpts (Orchestral, Instrumental and Vocal)
William Grant Still: Centenary Program 1895-1995

A two-hour documentary done by Cambria Recordings, containing interviews with William Grant Still and a complete representation of his most important works. A two-CD set sold not-for-profit. Archival set, not for broadcast.



Price: CMCD-2WGSM, $21.98 Two-CD Set




OTHER AVAILABLE RECORDINGS

The following recordings featuring the music of William Grant Still are also available from William Grant Still Music:





Orchestral Music
Sunday Symphony

Still's SYMPHONY NO. 3 (SUNDAY SYMPHONY), ROMANCE, FOLK SUITE #4, and four spirituals recorded by the North Arkansas Symphony and Schola Cantorum. Issued by NASO and CAMBRIA recordings. (See also "A Festive Sunday" CD which includes Still's FESTIVE OVERTURE.)
Cassette

LP



Price: NASO-CA1001 $8.95 CASS, NASO-LP1001 $10.95 LP



Orchestral Music
Symphony No. 4

A private compact disc of Still conducting the Denver Symphony in his SYMPHONY NO. 4 (AUTOCHTHONOUS SYMPHONY) on October 1, 1959. (Archival recordings, not for broadcast.)



Price: DPC-WGSS4, $12.95 CD



The Incredible Flutist

Orchestral Music
American Composers Series

A double-CD set with both Still's DARKER AMERICA and FROM THE BLACK BELT, a reissue of the original LPs, Siegfried Landau conducting. Also contains works by Ulysses Kay, Walter Piston, Daniel Mason, and Peggy Coolidge. A VOX box set entitled "The Incredible Flutist."



Price: VOX-5157, $21.50 Two-CD Set



Orchestral Music
William Grant Still Conducts William Grant Still

Still’s presentation as conductor of his work, LENOX AVENUE (concert version), and excerpts from SYMPHONY IN G MINOR and LA GUIABLESSE.



Price: GLLP-8011 $18.95 LP



Orchestral, Piano and Vocal Music
Got the Saint Louis Blues

Philip Brunelle and VocalEssence present music from African-American composers before 1930—Burleigh, Johnson, Price, Dett and Still’s arrangement of YAMEKRAW.



Price: CLR907-CD, $16.99 CD



Orchestra with Saxophone Music
An American Concerto Tribute to Sigurd Rascher

Still’s ROMANCE played by saxophonist Lawrence Gwozdz and the Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic. Also includes works by John Worley, Warren Benson, Karel Husa, and Carl Wirth.



Price: TROY331-CD, $16.90 CD



Band Music
Still-Handy-Europe: Music from 1919 to 1939

Still’s “Deep River Hour,” “World’s Fair” theme, and music by W. C. Handy and James Reese Europe on cassette.



Price: CA-CTDRH, $9.35 CASS



Piano Music
Piano Music of William Grant Still I

An internationally acclaimed CD from KOCH International, this recording of the known and unknown piano works of Still, such as AFRICA, is rendered by Denver Oldham, and is especially-sought owing to the notes written by conductor-composer, Dana Perna.



Price: KOCD3-7084, $16.99 CD



Piano Music
Piano Music of William Grant Still II

The major piano works of Still, recorded by Albert Dominguez, the late-lamented pianist with the Roger Wagner Chorale, on cassette.



Price: WGSMCA-1002, $8.95 CASS



Piano Music
Rhapsody in Black and White

Still’s AFRICA for piano, and his arrangement of James Johnson’s YAMEKRAW, as presented by Marco Fumo in Italy. A Dynamic SRL-CD.



Price: DYCD-351, $17.99 CD



Piano and Violin Music
African-American Sampler

Portia Shuler Hawkins and Felix Farrar present Still’s SUMMERLAND for piano and SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, with the piano works of Coleridge-Taylor, Dett, Bonds, and John Wesley Work.



Price: PSH-1001, $15.98 CD



Organ Music
The Road Less Traveled

Still’s REVERIE for organ as performed by Nancy Cooper. A Pro-Organo-CD (Zarex Corporation). Fela Sowande is also on this compact disc.



Price: CDPO-7139, $16.99 CD



Accordion Music
Contemporary American Composers

Still’s ARIA for accordion, along with works by Bolcom, Russo, Tcherepnin, McMahan and others.



Price: CRSCD-0374, $14.98 CD



String Quartet Music
Odeion String Quartet

The Odeion String Quartet of the Republic of South Africa performs Still’s DANZAS DE PANAMA in a STRYKKWARTET Masterpiece.



Price: JNSD-CD71, $16.99 CD



Violin Music
American Violin

Still's SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO, as played by Fritz Gearhart and Paul Tardif for KOCH. Also includes works by Dello Joio, Henry Cowell, and Copland.



Price: KOCD-37268, $16.99 CD



Violin Music
Fiddle-de-Bop

Linda Rosenthal and Lincoln Mayorga present Still’s SUITE FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO (1st and 2nd movements) for Albany/Townhall Records, with works by ten others, including Clarence White and Copland.



Price: THCD-45, $16.99 CD



Woodwind Music
Vintage America

Still's MINIATURES and FOLK SUITE #4, arranged by Adam Lesnick and performed by the Calico Winds. Includes other works by MacDowell, Mason, Joplin, Sousa, Farwell and D. B. Chadwick.



Price: ALB-TROY-693, $14.60 CD



Flute Music
American Made

Still’s BAYOU HOME and GAMIN rendered by Carlyn Lloyd-Ford, flutist, and Jon Warfel, pianist. Also Joplin works and others.



Price: TriLCO-CD, $15.98 CD



Flute Music
Amazing Grace: An American Tapestry

Flutist Donna Wissinger and pianist Jon Klibonoff perform on this CD which features Still's BAYOU HOME. Other American composers included are Stephen Foster, Samuel Barber, Ernest Bloch, Peter Schickele, Stella Sung, Aaron Copland, and others. An arrangement of the well-known hymn, AMAZING GRACE, by Howard Tappan is a special feature on this Eroica Classical recording.



Price: JDT-3031CD, $16.99 CD



Flute, Oboe and Piano Music
A Tree in Your Ear

Still's MINIATURES for flute, oboe and piano as done by the Sierra Winds, with works by Bimstein, Hovhaness, Baley, Lateef, and Phillips. A Musicians’ Showcase recording.



Price: MSCD-1014, $15.55 CD



Miniatures

Flute, Oboe and Piano Music
Miniatures

Includes Still's MINIATURES for flute, oboe and piano plus works by Dring, Delibes, Ruggiero and Popham in a CD entitled "All In" as performed by the Helix Collective for Blue Griffin Recording Company.



Price: BGR-133, $15.95 CD



Oboe Music
Incantation

The principal oboe from the New York Philharmonic, Joseph Robinson, plays Still's INCANTATION AND DANCE, with works by eight others, including Dring, Piston, and Martin. Cala Records.



Price: CACD-0518, $16.99 CD



Oboe Music
Oboe Odyssey

Still’s INCANTATION AND DANCE and IF YOU SHOULD GO as performed by oboist Evelyn McCarty, along with works by Godard, Dranishnikova, Previn, Schelling, Bennett, and Castérède.



Price: EMC-BR2050CD, $15.95 CD














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