Opera recordings

John Adams

The Death of Klinghoffer (premiere recording)

Opéra de Lyon/Nagano

2 CD / Elektra Nonesuch 9 79281-2 (1992)

Hugo Weisgall

The Stronger

Aeolian Chamber Players/Weisgall

CD / CRI SD 273 ()

Gian Carlo Menotti

Goya (first recording)

Spoleto/Mercurio

2 CD / Nuova Era 7060/61 (1978)

Gian Carlo Menotti

Goya (same recordinng as the Nuove Era set)

Spoleto/Mercurio

CD / Opera D'Oro (1978)

Samuel Barber: A Hand of Bridge

on

Symphony of the Air/Golschmann

Music of Samuel Barber

CD / Vanguard OVC 4016 (1999)

Dominick Argento

A Water Bird Talk (includes Argento's Elizabethan Songs)

Vern Sutton, Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Clark

CD / Newport Classics NCD 85602 (1996)

Gian Carlo Menotti

Amelia al ballo (Italian version of Amelia Goes to the Ball)

Amadini/Campi/Panerai/Zanolli/Mazzoni, La Scala/Sanzogno

CD / Testament 1179 (1954, released 2000)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Medium

Powers, Schippers

CD / VAI (1951)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Medium

Bedi, Castle/Rapchak

CD / Cedille 34 (1999)

William Schuman

The Mighty Casey/A Question Of Taste

Julliard Opera Center/Schwartz

2 CD / Delos 1030 (1994)

Jake Heggie

For a Look or a Touch

Smith/Patrick, Music of Remembrance

CD / Naxos American (2008)

Jake Heggie

Three Decembers

von Stade/Phares/Clayton, Houston/Summers

2 CD / Albany 1107 (2008)

Jake Heggie

Dead Man Walking (Live recording of premiere production)

Graham/von Stade, San Francisco/Summers

2 CD / Erato (2002)

Jake Heggie

To Hell and Back

Bayrakdarian/LuPone, Philharmonia Baroque/McGegan

digital download / Magnatune (2007)

Randall Thompson

The Nativity According to St. Luke

Cleveland Sinfonia Sacra

2 CD / Koch International Classics (1997)

Daron Hagen

Vera of Las Vegas

CD / CRI (2003)

Daron Hagen

Shining Brow

2 CD / Naxos American (2009)

Daron Hagen

Bandanna

UNLV Opera Theater

CD / Albany (2006)

Peter Schickele (as “P.D.Q. Bach”)

A Little Nightmare Music

Schickele et al

CD / Vanguard (1990)

Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice

on

Peter Schickele

The Intimate P.D.Q. Bach

Schickele et al

CD / Vanguard ()

The Stoned Guest

Hansel and Gretel and Ted and Alice

on

Peter Schickele

The Dreaded P.D.Q. Bach

Schickele et al

CD / Vanguard (1990)

John Corigliano

The Ghosts of Versailles (premiere production)

Met/Levine

VHS / Deutsche Grammophon 44 072 530-3 (1991)

Aaron Copland

The Second Hurricane (with Copland's "In the Beginning")

New York Philharmonic/Bernstein

CD / Sony 60560 (1998)

Robert Ward

The Crucible

2 CD / Albany 25 (1994)

Robert Ward

Roman Fever

CD / Albany 505 (2002)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Saint of Bleecker Street

Spoleto, Hickox

2 CD / Chandos 9971 (2002)

The Wind Remains

on

Paul Bowles

Music of Paul Bowles

Halvorson/Schaufer

CD / RCA 63685 (2000)

Lukas Foss

The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County

Manhattan Chamber Orchestra/Clark

CD / Newport 85609 (1997)

excerpts from Nixon in China

excerpts from The Death of Klinghoffer

I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky

on

John Adams

The John Adams Earbox

10 CD / Nonesuch 79453 (1999)

The Tenor

The Stronger

on

Hugo Weisgall

Two Operas and Two Song Cycles

2 CD / CRI 757 (1997)

Leonard Bernstein

A Quiet Place (complete opera, incorporating Trouble in Tahiti)

ORF Symphony Orchestra/Bernstein

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon 419 761 2 (1986)

Trouble in Tahiti

on

Leonard Bernstein

The Bernstein Century: Trouble in Tahiti, Facsimile, Etc.

Brown, Butlet/Bernstein

CD / Sony 60969 (1999)

Leonard Bernstein

Trouble in Tahiti

Cortese, cond

CD / Newport Classics 60969 (199)

George Gershwin

Porgy and Bess

White/Haymon/Blackwell/Baker, ENO/Rattle

3 CD / Angel 56220 (1997)

George Gershwin

Porgy and Bess

London Symphony Orchestra/Rattle

3 CD / EMI Classics (2005)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Boy Who Grew Too Fast

Bainvridge et al.

CD / That's Entertainment Recording 1125 (1995)

Gian Carlo Menotti

Martin's Lie (premiere recording)

Burrowes/Stephen, Hickox

CD / Chandos 9605 (1998)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Telephone

Banks/Costanzo/Ricci, Vaglieri

CD / Nuova Era 7122 (1992)

Douglas Moore

The Ballad of Baby Doe (premiere recording)

Sills/Cassel/Bible, NY City Opera/Buckley

2 CD / Polygram 465148 (1999)

Tobias Picker

Emmeline

Racette/Ledbetter/Owens, Manahan

2 CD / Albany 284 (1998)

Tobias Picker

Thérèse Raquin (live recording of premiere production)

Dallas Opera/Jenkins

2 CD / Chandos 9659 (2002)

Amy Beach

Cabildo

Great Performers at Lincoln Center

CD / Delos DE 3180 (1995)

David Conte

The Gift of the Magi

Krol/Puentes/Paiement

CD / Arsis 141 (2001)

Scott Joplin

Treemonisha

Houston Grand Opera/Gunther Schuller

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon (1976)

Reginald De Koven

Excerpts from Robin Hood

CD / Aei (1911, 1919)

Mark Adamo

Little Women

Houston Grand Opera

2 CD / Ondine 998 (2001)

John Adams

Highlights from Nixon in China

St. Luke's/de Waart

CD / Elektra Nonesuch 9 79193-2 (1990)

Gian Carlo Menotti

Amahl and the Night Visitors

Dobson/Maxwell/Watson/Haywood, Covent Garden/Syrus

CD / MCA MCAD-6218 (1987)

Gian Carlo Menotti

Amahl and the Night Visitors (with Menotti's "My Christmas")

Nashville Symphony/Willis

CD / Naxos American (2008)

John Eaton

Danton and Robespierre

Indiana University Opera Theater/Baldner

LP / Indiana University IUS 421 (1980)

Thomas Pasatieri

The Seagull

Lauren Flanagan, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra/Illick

2 CD / Albany Records (2007)

Thomas Pasatieri

Frau Margot

Manhattan School of Music/Gilbert

2 CD / Albany Records (2003)

La Divina

Signor Deluso

on

Thomas Pasatieri

Thomas Pasatieri: Divas

Opera Company of Brooklyn/Meetze

CD / Albany Records (2006)

Stephen Paulus

The Three Hermits

St. Paul Sinfonietta/Lancaster

CD / D'Note Classics 1025 (1997)

Samuel Barber

Antony and Cleopatra

Spoleto/Badea

2 CD / New World Records NW322/23/24-2 (1992)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Consul

Spoleto/Hickox

2 CD / Chandos 9706 (1999)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Consul

Florence May Festival/Schippers

2 CD / Opera D'oro (2003)

Gian Carlo Menotti

The Consul (Soundtrack to the 1960 television production)

Patricia Neway

2 CD / VAI (1960)

Excerpts from The Cradle Will Rock (original cast)

Excerpts from No For An Answer (original cast)

on

Marc Blitzstein

Musical Theater Premieres

New York City Symphony/Bernstein

2 CD / Pearl/Koch (1998)

Peter Schickele (as “P.D.Q. Bach”)

The Stoned Guest

Schickele et al

CD / Vanguard (1990)

Marc Blitzstein

The Cradle Will Rock (includes introduction by John Houseman)

The Acting Company (with Patti LuPone)

2 CD / Jay Records (1985)

Virgil Thomson

Four Saints In Three Acts

Orchestra of Our Time

2 CD / Nonesuch 79035 (1992)

Virgil Thomson

Four Saints In Three Acts (abridged) (with The Plow That Broke the Plains)

Stokowski

CD / BMG/RCA Victor 68163 (1996)

Introductions and Good-Byes

on

Lukas Foss

Behold I Build an House: Vocal Music of Lukas Foss

The Gregg Smith Singers

CD / CRI 80588 ()

Selections from Porgy and Bess

Blue Monday

on

George Gershwin

Porgy and Bess/Blue Monday

Bishop/Baker, Cincinnati Pops/Kunzel

CD / Telarc 80434 (1998)

George Gershwin

Blue Monday

Bazemore/Haskin

CD / Aura 174 (1999)

Stewart Wallace

Harvey Milk

San Francisco Opera/Runnicles

2 CD / Elektra/Asylum 15856 (1998)

Carlisle Floyd

Markheim

Treigle/Crofoot/Diard/Schuh, New Orleans/Andersson

CD / VAI 1107 (1966)

Carlisle Floyd

The Sojourner and Mollie Sinclair

Treigle/Neway, Rudel

CD / VAI 1172 (1963)

Carlisle Floyd

Cold Sassy Tree

Houston Grand Opera/Summers

2 CD / Albany (2005)

William Bolcom

A View From The Bridge

Lyric Opera of Chicago

2 CD / New World 80588 (2001)

Hugo Weisgall

Six Characters In Search Of An Author (Premiere recording)

Lyric Opera of Chicago/Schaenen

2 CD / New World 80454-2 (1994)

Jack Beeson

Lizzie Borden (premiere production recording)

New York City Opera/Coppola

2 CD / Composers Recordings CD 694 (1965)

Jack Beeson

The Sweet Bye and Bye

Kansas City Lyric Opera/Patterson

2 CD / Citadel 2000 (1995)

Jack Beeson

Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines (out of print)

Kansas City Lyric Theater/Patterson

2 LP / RCA Red Seal ARL2-1727 (1976)

Carlisle Floyd

Susannah (live recording)

Treigle/Curtin

2 CD / VAI 1115 (1956)

Lukas Foss: Introductions and Good-Byes

on

Jay Willoughby, Gregg Smith Singers

Behold I Build an House: Vocal Music of Lukas Foss

CD / CRI 80588 (2001)

Anthony Davis

X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X

Ehrlich/Paige/Perry/Pindell/Byrne, Orchestra of St. Luke's/Curry

2 CD / Gramavision (1992)

Anthony Davis

Tania

Aaronson-Davis/Brooks/Young, Steiger

2 CD / Koch 7467 (2001)

Anthony Davis

Amistad

Baker/Quiver/West/Doss/Young, Lyric Opera of Chicago/Davies

2 CD / New World Records (2008)

Aaron Copland

The Tender Land (first recording of chamber version)

Hanson/Vargas/Zeller/MacNeil, Third Angle New Music Ensemble/Sidlin

2 CD / Koch 7480 (1999)

Aaron Copland

The Tender Land

University of Kentucky, Kirk Trevor

2 CD / Albany (2002)

Stewart Wallace

Kabbalah (out of print)

CD / Koch 370 482 H1 (1990)

John Adams

I Was Looking At The Ceiling And Then I Saw The Sky

Audra McDonald, Marin Mazzie

CD / Elektra Nonesuch 9 79473-2 (1998)

William Schuman: The Mighty Casey (abridged)

Samuel Barber: A Hand of Bridge

Marc Blitzstein: The Harpies

on

Adairondack Chamber Orchestra/Smith

Three American One-Act Operas

CD / Premier 1009 (1998)

Douglas Moore

The Devil and Daniel Webster

The Festival Orchestra/Aliberti

CD / Phoenix USA (1997)

Philip Glass

Einstein on the Beach (original recording rereleased)

4 CD / Sony 38875 (1976)

Philip Glass

Einstein on the Beach

3 CD / Nonesuch 79323 (1993)

Philip Glass

Satyagraha

New York City Opera

3 CD / Sony 39672 (1993)

Philip Glass

Akhenaten

2 CD / Sony (1984)

Philip Glass

1000 Airplanes on the Roof

CD / Virgin (1992)

Philip Glass

The Photographer

CD / Sony 37849 (1992)

Philip Glass

Hydrogen Jukebox

CD / Nonesuch 79286 (1993)

Philip Glass

The CIVIL warS, Act V: Rome section

CD / Nonesuch 79487 (1999)

Philip Glass

La Belle et la Bete

2 CD / Nonesuch 79347 (1995)