Discography: Instrumental

ALEC WILDER DISCOGRAPHY Chamber Music

(Currently Available)

 

ORCHESTRA

Carl Sandburg Suite (from “For the Friends of Alec Wilder”): Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Newport Classics CD

Film Scores

Grandma Moses Suite (Hugh Martin arr. Wilder)see “Blues Opera and Grandma Moses Suite”, DRG CD

 

SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH ORCHESTRA

Air for Bassoon and String Orchestra

Air for English Horn and String Orchestra

Air for Flute and String Orchestra

Air for Oboe and String Orchestra

Slow Dance for Woodwind Quintet and String Orchestra

Theme and Variations for Woodwind Quintet and String Orchestra

(original Frank Sinatra conducted 1945 recordings): Alec Wilder/Music for Lost Souls and Wounded Birds, HEP CD)

Suite for Clarinet and Orchestra (from “The Alec Wilder Project: Suites”), Jocelyn Langworthy cl, Toledo OH Orchestra, Riverview CD

Suite for Flute and Strings (from “The Alec Wilder Project: Suites”): Amy Heritage fl, Toledo OH Orchestra, Riverview CD

Suite for Brass Quintet and Strings (from “Such a Tender Night/The Music of Alec Wilder”): Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Newport Classics CD

Suite for Horn and Strings (from “The Alec Wilder Project: Suites”): Sandra Clark horn, Toledo OH Orchestra, Riverview CD

Suite No. 1 for Tenor Saxophone and Strings/ 3 Ballads for Stan Getz; Suite No. 2 (from “The Alec Wilder Project: Suites”): Shannon Ford ts, Toledo, OH Orchestra. Riverview CD

Suite No. 2 for Tenor Saxophone and Strings (from “For the Friends of Alec Wilder”): Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Gary Louie sax. Newport Classics CD

 

BAND/WIND ENSEMBLE

Children’s Plea for Peace see THEATRE PIECES AND MUSICAL NARRATIVES on Song List

Entertainment No. 1 (from “Alec Wilder Music for Winds and Brass”): Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Albany CD

Serenade for Winds (from “For the Friends of Alec Wilder”): Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Newport Classics CD

 

SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH WIND ENSEMBLE

Fantasy for Piano and Winds (“Alec Wilder Music for Winds and Brass”)” John Harmon pf , Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Troy CD

 

CHAMBER MUSIC ENSEMBLES

 

Woodwinds

Alec Wilder Woodwind Quintets: Solaris Wind Quintet, Crystal Records CD (Nos. 5, 7, 8, 10, 12)

Quintet No. 2 (from “Music from the Americas”): Lieurance Woodwind Quintet, Summit Records CD

Saxophone Quartet (from “The American Muse”): New Hudson Saxophone Quartet, To the Fore Publishers, Englewood, NJ

Sonata No. 1 for Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute and Piano (from “Superflute”): Leonard Garrison, Capstone CD

Suite No. 2 for Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano (from “Wilder Bassoon”): Richard Lottridge, GM Recordings

 

Brass

Jazz Suite for Brass Quintet (from “Alec Wilder Music for Winds and Brass”): Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Albany CD

Jazz Suite for Horn Quartet and Rhythm Section (Horns O’Plenty, Conversation Piece, Serenade, Horn Belt Boogie):

Alec Wilder/Music for Lost Souls and Wounded Birds, HEP CD 97/98 Note: original 1951 recordings

Jazz Suite for Horn Quartet and Rhythm Section (from “Alec Wilder Four Suites”): Charles Tibbetts horn, Albany Records CD

Nonet (from “Such a Tender Night/The Music of Alec Wilder”): Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Newport Classics CD

Suite for Horn and Piano (from “Solitary Hotel”): Martin Hackleman horn, Kelly Ker Hackleman piano, CD Baby

Suite No. 2 for Horn, Tuba and Piano,12 Duets (from “Wilderness”): Jonathan Fowler tuba, Elizabeth Pfaffle horn, Rob Stabinsky    piano, Mark Records CD

Suite No. 1 for Horn, Tuba and Piano (from “Conversations with Daniel Perantoni, Gail Williams & Friends”): Gail Williams horn, Daniel Perantoni tuba, Summit CD

Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Horn, Tuba and Piano (from “Alec Wilder Four Suites”), Charles Tibbetts horn, Albany Records CD

Suite No. 2 for Horn, Tuba and Piano (from “Wilderness”): Jonathan Fowler tuba, Elizabeth Pfaffle horn, Mark Records CD

Suite for Trumpet and Marimba (from “Wilder Duo”): Robert Levy tpt, Stout marimba, available from www.gordonstout.net

 

Mixed

Octets (original 1938-1947 recordings): Alec Wilder/Music for Lost Souls and Wounded Birds, HEP CD

Alec Wilder Music for Winds and Brass incl. 3 octets: Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Albany CD

(House Detective Registers, Octet No. XXI, Remember Me to Youth)

Book of Rhapsodies Vols. 1 & II incl. 8 octets arr.: Ghost Train Orchestra, Accurate CDs

(Dance Man Buys a Farm, It’s Silk Feel It, The Children Met the Train, Her Old Man Was Suspicious,

Walking Home in Spring, A Little Girl Grows Up, Kindergarten Flower Pageant, House Detective Registers)

Bongos No. 1, Flute & Bongos No. 2 (from “Take a Walk on the Wilder Side”): Lauren Zucker fl, Daniel Kennedy perc, Cantilena CD;

(from “Samuel Baron: Memorable Performances 1966 – 1996”), New York Flute Club CD

Six Duets for Horn and Cello (from “Balancing Act”): Kestrel Wright horn, Michelle Cameron cello,

Suite for Clarinet, Horn and Piano (from “Alec Wilder Four Suites”): Charles Tibbetts horn, Albany Records CD

Suite for Double Bass and Guitar (from “Pilgrimage: New Works for Guitar and Double Bass”): Dez Cordas duo, Summit CD

Suite for Flute and Harpsichord, Suite for Flute and Marimba (from “Take a Walk on the Wilder Side”):” Lauren Zucker fl, Lorna Peters hpschd, Daniel Kennedy perc, Cantilena CD

Suite for Trumpet and Marimba (from “Wilder Duo”): Robert Levy tpt, Stout marimba, available from www.gordonstout.net

 

CHAMBER MUSIC SOLOS

 

Flute

Answer to a Poem

Four Short Solos

Low Register Suites Nos. 1 & 3

Small Suite

Sonata No. 1 for Flute (alto flute & Piccolo)

Suite for Unaccompanied Flute

(all from “Take a Walk on the Wilder Side”): Laurel Zucker fl, Cantilena CD

 

Oboe

Sonata for Oboe and Piano (from “Music from Eastman/Wilder and Blank”): Richard Killmer ob, Barry Snyder pf, CRI CD

 

English Horn

Piece for English Horn (Percy Faith arr. solo w. orchestra): Alec Wilder/Music for Lost Souls and Wounded Birds, HEP CD

 

Clarinet

Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (from “Jazz-Influenced Classical Works for Clarinet and Piano”): Jaren Hinckley cl, Tantara Records CD

Suite (from “Mysteries”): Michael Dean cl, CD Baby (arr. 3 movements from 2 flute suites Low Register Suite No. 1 , Suite for Unaccompanied Flute)

 

Alto Saxophone

Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (from “American Landscapes: Three Centuries of American Music for Saxophone”): Paul Cohen alto sax, Allison Brewster Franzetti piano, To the Fore Publishers, Englewood, NJ

 

Bassoon

Sonata No. 3 for Bassoon and Piano (from “Music from Eastman/Wilder and Blank”): K. David Van Hoesen bsn, Bill Dobbins pf, CRI CD

Wilder Bassoon: Richard Lottridge, GM Recordings 2056 (Sonatas 1, 2, 3, Suite for 4 Bassoons)

 

French Horn

 Alec Wilder/Music for Horn and Piano: Charles Tibbetts, horn, Albany Troy CD

(Five Love Songs, John Barrows, Sonatas No. 1 & 3, Suite)

Nighthawks: Music of Alec Wilder, Tom Bacon horn, Summit Records CD

(Sonatas Nos. 1, 2, 3, for Horn and Piano, Suite for Horn and Piano, Four Easy Pieces)

Sonatas 1, 2, 3 (from “Alec Wilder Music for Horn”): David Jolley horn, Arabesque CD

Suite for Horn and Piano (from “The Alec Wilder Project: Suites”): Sandra Clark horn, Riverview CD

Suite for Horn and Piano (from “Solitary Hotel”): Martin Hackleman horn, Kelly Ker Hackleman piano, CD Baby

 

Trombone

Sonata for Bass Trombone and Piano (from “Barn Burner”): Randall Hawes bs trb, CD Baby

 

Tuba

Children’s Suite: Effie the Elephant (from “Bobissimo”): Roger Bobo, Crystal CD

Melodic Wilder-1 mvt. ea. Suites Nos. 1, 3 & 5, Small Site, Convalescence Suite (from “Bach to Box Live”. Ted Cox tuba, Kayla Paulk       piano, self-produced CD

Sonata for Tuba and Piano (from “Tuba in Motion”): George Palton, Mark CD

 

PIANO

Alec Wilder Music for Piano: John Noel Roberts, Albany Records CD

(Sonata-Fantasy, Hardy Suite, Suites 1 – 4, Un Deuxieme Essai, Twelve Mosaics)

Fantasy for Piano and Winds see SOLO INSTRUMENTS WITH WIND ENSEMBLE

Marian McPartland Plays the Music of Alec Wilder, The Jazz Alliance CD

(Jazz Waltz for a Friend, Why?, While We’re Young Lullaby for a Lady, Inner Circle, I’ll Be Around, Trouble Is a Man, Homework, Where Are the Good Companions?, It’s So Peaceful in the Country)

 

ALEC WILDER DISCOGRAPHY Jazz

INSTRUMENTAL

Stefano Battaglia Trio: In the Morning, ECM CD

Bob Brookmeyer trb. quartet: 7 x Wilder, Lone Hill Jazz CD

Ghost Train Orchestra: 4 octets (from “Book of Rhapsodies”), Accurate CD

Ghost Rain Ochestra: 4 more Octets, Accurate CD

Vic Juris guitar w. Tim Hagan tpt, Dave Liebman sax, Steve Laspina bs, Jeff Hirshfield dr:

Music of Alec Wilder, Double Time CD Lawrence University Wind Ensemble: Jazz Suite for Brass Quintet (from “Alec Wilder Music for Winds and Brass”), Albany CD

Bob Levy tpt w. John Harmon pf, Hans Sturm bs, Dane Richeson dr: Blackberry Winter/Songs by Alec Wilder, Mark CD

Dave Liebman Plays Alec Wilder, Daybreak CD

Marian McPartland Plays the Music of Alec Wilder, Jazz Alliance CD

Bob Rockwell 5: Bob’s Wilder, Stunt CD

Charles Tibbetts hn: Jazz Suite for Horn Quartet and Rhythm Section (from “Alec Wilder Four Suites”), Albany Records CD

Alec Wilder Octet: 25 octets (from “”Music for Lost Souls and Wounded Birds”), HEP CD Note: original 1938-1947 recordings

 

VOCAL

Jackie Cain and Roy Kral: An Alec Wilder Collection, Audiophile CD

Emilie Conway: Dear World/Emile Conway Sings Alec Wilder, MP3 music

Meredith D’Ambrosio: Another Time, Sunnyside CD

Gianna Montecalvo: While We’re Young/Tribute to Alec Wilder, Dodicilune CD

Ben Sidran w. Bob Rockwell Quartet: Walk Pretty, GoJazz CD

Marlene VerPlanck Sings Alec Wilder, Audiophile CD