Compositions by William Grant Still (with Selected Recordings)
Discussed in “Context and Creativity: William Grant Still in Los Angeles.”
An Essay by Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje
[FORMATTING IN PROGRESS]
Compositions Listed Chronologically
(According to the Year Music Was Composed)
Before Still Permanently Settled in Los Angeles
La Guiablesse (1927), ballet
- American Dancer. Symphonisches Orchester Berlin, Isaiah Jackson conductor. Koch International Classics 3-7600-2 (1996). Includes La Guiablesse .
- Carousel of American Music: The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco; Concerts. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson, Richard Hageman, Edwin McArthur, William Grant Still, conductors. Music and Arts MACD 971 (1997). Includes Symphony No. 2 in G minor: Song of a New Race and La Guiablesse .
- William Grant Still. Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano; Berliner Symphoniker, Isaiah Jackson, conductor. Koch International Classics 3-7154-2H1 (1993). Includes La Guiablesse, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland, Danzas de Panama, and Lenox Avenue Blues .
- William Grant Still, Nathanial Dett: Piano Music. Denver Oldham, piano. Altarus 9013 (1996). Includes excerpts from Three Visions; Marionette; Costaso: Dance; Rising Tide (also known as Song of a City), Quit Dat Fool’nish, La Guiablesse: Entrance of the Porteuses, and A Deserted Plantation.
Sahdji (1929-30), ballet
- Black Composers Series Vol. 7. Sahdji, Ballet for Orchestra and Chorus, William Grant Still; Music from African Suite, for String Orchestra, Fela Sowande; Lyric for Strings, George Walker. Morgan State College Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia M 33433 (1975).
- Fiesta in Hi-Fi. Eastman-Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Eastman School of Music Chorus, Howard Hanson, conductor. Mercury Living Presence 432324-2 (1992). Includes Sahdji.
- Sahdji. Morgan State University Choir; London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman conducting. Columbia/College Music Society M 33433 (1975)
- Still, Sahdji Ballet; Ginastera, Creole Faust; Guarnieri, Three Dances. Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson, conductor. Mercury SR 90257 (1960).
Africa (composed in 1928; premiered in 1930), orchestra
• Africa: A Suite for Solo Piano. Mark Boozer, piano. William Grant Still Music CD-A115 (2001).
• Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still. Denver Oldham, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7084-2 H1 (1991). Includes Seven Traceries, Africa, and Lenox Avenue Blues.
• American Symphonies Collection. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8502506 (2006). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1 and Africa.
• In Memoriam: [The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy]; Africa (Symphonic Poem); Afro-American Symphony. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8.559174 ([2005] 2006). An American Classics release.
• Rhapsody in Black and White. Marco Fumo, piano. Dynamic CDS 351 (2000). Includes Africa.
• William Grant Still: Africa. American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor. American Symphony Orchestra (2010).
• William Grant Still: Piano Music. Mark Boozer, piano. Naxos NX8.559210 (2005). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries, Lenox Avenue Blues, A Deserted Plantation, and Africa. An American Classics release.
• Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still. Denver Oldham, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7084-2 H1 (1991). Includes Seven Traceries, Africa, and Lenox Avenue Blues.
• American Symphonies Collection. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8502506 (2006). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1 and Africa.
• In Memoriam: [The Colored Soldiers Who Died for Democracy]; Africa (Symphonic Poem); Afro-American Symphony. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8.559174 ([2005] 2006). An American Classics release.
• Rhapsody in Black and White. Marco Fumo, piano. Dynamic CDS 351 (2000). Includes Africa.
• William Grant Still: Africa. American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor. American Symphony Orchestra (2010).
• William Grant Still: Piano Music. Mark Boozer, piano. Naxos NX8.559210 (2005). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries, Lenox Avenue Blues, A Deserted Plantation, and Africa. An American Classics release.
Symphony No. 1: Afro-American (composed in 1930; premiered in 1931), orchestra
• African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still, and Fela Sowande. Chicago Sinfonietta, Paul Freeman, conductor. Cedille CDR 90000 055 (2000). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• Afro-American Symphony. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Karl Krueger, conductor. Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage MIA-118 (1965).
• Afro-American Symphony by William Grant Still; Salome by Henry Hadley. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor. Library of Congress OMP 106; Library of Congress LCM 2134 (1989).
• Afro-American Symphony; Excerpts from Seven Traceries; Blues from Lenox Avenue; Three Visions by William Grant Still. Orchestra of the Vienna Opera, Karl Krueger, conductor; Gordon Manley, piano. New Records NRLP 105 (195?)
• Afro-American Symphony; Two Arias from Highway 1, U. S. A. by William Grant Still. Onaway, Awake, Beloved: From Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; Danse Nègre by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia Masterworks M 32782 (1974).
• American Symphonies Collection. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8502506 (2006). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1 and Africa.
• Highway 1 U.S.A.: What Does He Know of Dreams? And You’re Wonderful, Mary; Afro-American Symphony. William Brown, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia/College Music Society M 32792 (1974).
• Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music. Naxos CD 13 (2010). Fourteen CDs covering Western music from the Baroque to the 20th century; CD 13 includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• Serenely Cedille. Various artists. Cedille 8001 (2005). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• Sphinx Symphony Concert. Melissa White, violin; Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Kay George Roberts, conductor. Visionary Records 105 (2003). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony; Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony, Op. 32. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor. Bridge 9086 (1999).
• William Grant Still: Afro American Symphony, Kaintuck', Dismal Swamp; Olly Wilson: Expansions 3. Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor. Richard Fields, piano. Centaur CRC 2331 ([1997, 2000] 2010).
• William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American); Duke Ellington: Suite from the River. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor. Chandos CHAN 9154 ([1992] 1993). American Series, Vol. 3.
• Afro-American Symphony. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of London, Karl Krueger, conductor. Society for the Preservation of the American Musical Heritage MIA-118 (1965).
• Afro-American Symphony by William Grant Still; Salome by Henry Hadley. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor. Library of Congress OMP 106; Library of Congress LCM 2134 (1989).
• Afro-American Symphony; Excerpts from Seven Traceries; Blues from Lenox Avenue; Three Visions by William Grant Still. Orchestra of the Vienna Opera, Karl Krueger, conductor; Gordon Manley, piano. New Records NRLP 105 (195?)
• Afro-American Symphony; Two Arias from Highway 1, U. S. A. by William Grant Still. Onaway, Awake, Beloved: From Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; Danse Nègre by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia Masterworks M 32782 (1974).
• American Symphonies Collection. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8502506 (2006). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1 and Africa.
• Highway 1 U.S.A.: What Does He Know of Dreams? And You’re Wonderful, Mary; Afro-American Symphony. William Brown, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia/College Music Society M 32792 (1974).
• Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music. Naxos CD 13 (2010). Fourteen CDs covering Western music from the Baroque to the 20th century; CD 13 includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• Serenely Cedille. Various artists. Cedille 8001 (2005). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• Sphinx Symphony Concert. Melissa White, violin; Sphinx Symphony Orchestra, Kay George Roberts, conductor. Visionary Records 105 (2003). Includes Afro-American Symphony No. 1.
• William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony; Amy Beach: "Gaelic" Symphony, Op. 32. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor. Bridge 9086 (1999).
• William Grant Still: Afro American Symphony, Kaintuck', Dismal Swamp; Olly Wilson: Expansions 3. Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor. Richard Fields, piano. Centaur CRC 2331 ([1997, 2000] 2010).
• William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 (Afro-American); Duke Ellington: Suite from the River. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor. Chandos CHAN 9154 ([1992] 1993). American Series, Vol. 3.
After Still permanently settled in Los Angeles
Blue Steel (1934), opera
• No recording.
Kaintuck’ (1935), piano and orchestra
• The Bells; Kaintuck’; Quit Dat Fool’nish; Three Visions. Richard Fields, piano. Orion ORS 82442 (1982).
• Rarely Performed Piano Works. Seta Karakashian, piano, and Richard Fields, piano. Roméo Records RR-7227 (2004). Includes Kaintuck’.
• William Grant Still: Afro American Symphony, Kaintuck', Dismal Swamp; Olly Wilson: Expansions 3. Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor. Richard Fields, piano. Centaur CRC 2331 ([1997, 2000] 2010).
• YouTube. William Grant Still: Kaintuck (1935). Poem for Piano and Orchestra. Greg Kostrabe, piano. Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Uploaded by Epogdous April 7, 2010. Accessed March 2, 2011.
• Rarely Performed Piano Works. Seta Karakashian, piano, and Richard Fields, piano. Roméo Records RR-7227 (2004). Includes Kaintuck’.
• William Grant Still: Afro American Symphony, Kaintuck', Dismal Swamp; Olly Wilson: Expansions 3. Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor. Richard Fields, piano. Centaur CRC 2331 ([1997, 2000] 2010).
• YouTube. William Grant Still: Kaintuck (1935). Poem for Piano and Orchestra. Greg Kostrabe, piano. Toledo Symphony Orchestra. Uploaded by Epogdous April 7, 2010. Accessed March 2, 2011.
Dismal Swamp (1936), orchestra
• William Grant Still: Afro American Symphony, Kaintuck', Dismal Swamp; Olly Wilson: Expansions 3. Cincinnati Philharmonia Orchestra, Jindong Cai, conductor. Richard Fields, piano. Centaur CRC 2331 ([1997, 2000] 2010).
From the Furnace of the Sun (1936), opera (discarded)
• No recording.
Lenox Avenue (1937), ballet for chorus, orchestra, and piano.
• Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still. Denver Oldham, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7084-2 H1 (1991). Includes Seven Traceries, Africa, and Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Afro-American Symphony; Excerpts from Seven Traceries; Blues from Lenox Avenue; Three Visions by William Grant Still. Orchestra of the Vienna Opera, Karl Krueger, conductor; Gordon Manley, piano. New Records NRLP 105 (195?).
• The Big Broadcast: A Recreation of a 1930s Broadcast. John McLaughlin Williams, conductor. Cambria Records CD-A110 ([1998] 2000). Includes Dances in the Canebrakes, Hesitating Blues, Romance, After You’ve Gone, Lenox Avenue Blues, The Black Man Dances, and arrangements from The Deep River Hour.
• Carmela; Here’s One; Lenox Avenue Blues; Pastorela; Suite for Violin and Piano; Summerland from Three Visions. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Orion ORS 7152 (1971).
• A Fiddler's Tale: Recordings from 1942-1952. Louis Kaufman, violin. University of Wisconsin Press LC5882 (2003). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Here's One. Zina Schiff, violin; Cameron Grant, piano. 4-Tay CD-4005 ([1997] 1998). Includes Here’s One, Carmela, Vignettes, Lenox Avenue Blues, Summerland, and Quit Dat Fool’nish.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Bay Cities BCD 1033 ([1938] 1991). Recorded from early radio broadcasts. Includes Song for the Lonely.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Louis Kaufman Plays Violin. Louis Kaufman, violin. Bay Cities BCD 1019 (1990). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Music of William Grant Still. Clifford Panton, violin; Jason Alfred, piano. Centaur Records CRC 2750 (2005). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues, Folk Suite No. 1, Carmela, Quit Dat Fool’nish, and Pastorela.
• Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still. Oregon String Quartet; Victor Steindardt, piano; Fritz Gearhart, violin. Koch International Classics 3-7546-2H1 (2002). Includes Lyric String Quartette, Danzas de Panama, The Prince and the Mermaid, Summerland, The Little Folk Suites from the Western Hemisphere, Pastorela, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Quit Dat Fool'nish.
• Pan-Americana: The Violin Artistry of Louis Kaufman. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Theodore Saidenberg, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, conductor. Cambria CD-1078 (1996). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Strings, Keyboard and Harp. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Lois Adele Craft, harp; and Kaufman String Quartet. William Grant Still WGSM 1001 ([1987] 1988). Includes Ennanga, Danzas de Panama, Suite for Violin and Piano, Mother and Child, Gamin, Pastorela, Here Is One, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Summerland.
• William Grant Still: Piano Music. Mark Boozer, piano. Naxos NX8.559210 (2005). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries, Lenox Avenue Blues, A Deserted Plantation, and Africa. An American Classics release.
• Afro-American Symphony; Excerpts from Seven Traceries; Blues from Lenox Avenue; Three Visions by William Grant Still. Orchestra of the Vienna Opera, Karl Krueger, conductor; Gordon Manley, piano. New Records NRLP 105 (195?).
• The Big Broadcast: A Recreation of a 1930s Broadcast. John McLaughlin Williams, conductor. Cambria Records CD-A110 ([1998] 2000). Includes Dances in the Canebrakes, Hesitating Blues, Romance, After You’ve Gone, Lenox Avenue Blues, The Black Man Dances, and arrangements from The Deep River Hour.
• Carmela; Here’s One; Lenox Avenue Blues; Pastorela; Suite for Violin and Piano; Summerland from Three Visions. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Orion ORS 7152 (1971).
• A Fiddler's Tale: Recordings from 1942-1952. Louis Kaufman, violin. University of Wisconsin Press LC5882 (2003). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Here's One. Zina Schiff, violin; Cameron Grant, piano. 4-Tay CD-4005 ([1997] 1998). Includes Here’s One, Carmela, Vignettes, Lenox Avenue Blues, Summerland, and Quit Dat Fool’nish.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Bay Cities BCD 1033 ([1938] 1991). Recorded from early radio broadcasts. Includes Song for the Lonely.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Louis Kaufman Plays Violin. Louis Kaufman, violin. Bay Cities BCD 1019 (1990). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Music of William Grant Still. Clifford Panton, violin; Jason Alfred, piano. Centaur Records CRC 2750 (2005). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues, Folk Suite No. 1, Carmela, Quit Dat Fool’nish, and Pastorela.
• Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still. Oregon String Quartet; Victor Steindardt, piano; Fritz Gearhart, violin. Koch International Classics 3-7546-2H1 (2002). Includes Lyric String Quartette, Danzas de Panama, The Prince and the Mermaid, Summerland, The Little Folk Suites from the Western Hemisphere, Pastorela, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Quit Dat Fool'nish.
• Pan-Americana: The Violin Artistry of Louis Kaufman. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Theodore Saidenberg, piano; Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Herrmann, conductor. Cambria CD-1078 (1996). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Strings, Keyboard and Harp. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Lois Adele Craft, harp; and Kaufman String Quartet. William Grant Still WGSM 1001 ([1987] 1988). Includes Ennanga, Danzas de Panama, Suite for Violin and Piano, Mother and Child, Gamin, Pastorela, Here Is One, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Summerland.
• William Grant Still: Piano Music. Mark Boozer, piano. Naxos NX8.559210 (2005). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries, Lenox Avenue Blues, A Deserted Plantation, and Africa. An American Classics release.
Symphony No. 2 in G Minor: Song of a New Race (1937), orchestra
• Carousel of American Music: The Fabled 24 September 1940 San Francisco Concerts. San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Howard Hanson, Richard Hageman, Edwin McArthur, William Grant Still, conductors. Music and Arts MACD 971 (1997). Includes Symphony No. 2 in G minor: Song of a New Race and La Guiablesse.
• William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G Minor “Song of a New Race.” American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor. American Symphony Orchestra (2010).
• William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race); William Levi Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Duke Ellington: Harlem. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor. Chandos CHAN 9226 (1993). American Series, Vol. 5.
• YouTube. William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 (1/4) 1937.
Uploaded by bartje11 on Oct 9, 2009. Accessed March 5, 2011.
• William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 in G Minor “Song of a New Race.” American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor. American Symphony Orchestra (2010).
• William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 (Song of a New Race); William Levi Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Duke Ellington: Harlem. Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor. Chandos CHAN 9226 (1993). American Series, Vol. 5.
• YouTube. William Grant Still: Symphony No. 2 (1/4) 1937.
Uploaded by bartje11 on Oct 9, 2009. Accessed March 5, 2011.
Troubled Island (1938), opera
• Troubled Island. New York City Center Opera Company, Laszlo Halasz, conductor. William Grant Still Music/Cambria CD-A130 ([1949] 2003). World premiere recording.
Song of a City (1939) orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus; also known as Rising Tide (1939, 1944) orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus; and Victory Tide (1942, 1945) band.; commission for the New York World’s Fair
• Victory Tide. Morgan State University Choir, Nathan Carter conducting. Sable Records KM 2272 (1978).
• William Grant Still, Nathanial Dett: Piano Music. Denver Oldham, piano. Altarus 9013 (1996). Includes excerpts from Three Visions; Marionette; Costaso: Dance; Rising Tide (also known as Song of a City); Quit Dat Fool’nish; La Guiablesse: Entrance of the Porteuses; and A Deserted Plantation.
• William Grant Still, Nathanial Dett: Piano Music. Denver Oldham, piano. Altarus 9013 (1996). Includes excerpts from Three Visions; Marionette; Costaso: Dance; Rising Tide (also known as Song of a City); Quit Dat Fool’nish; La Guiablesse: Entrance of the Porteuses; and A Deserted Plantation.
Seven Traceries (1939), piano suite
• Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still. Denver Oldham, piano. Koch International Classics 3-7084-2 H1 (1991).Includes Seven Traceries, Africa, and Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Afro-American Symphony; Excerpts from Seven Traceries; Blues from Lenox Avenue; Three Visions by William Grant Still. Orchestra of the Vienna Opera, Karl Krueger, conductor; Gordon Manley, piano. New Records NRLP 105 (195?).
• Along the Western Shore. Althea Waites, piano. Cambria CMCD-1141 ([2003] 2004). Includes Seven Traceries.
• An American Portrait. Richard Crosby, piano. Capstone CPS 8671 ([1999] 2000). Includes Seven Traceries.
• Black Piano: A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers. Monica Gaylord, piano. Music and Arts CD-737 (1992). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries. The recording, Piano Music by William Grant Still and Other Black Composers published in 1998, includes the same material.
• Piano Classics: William Grant Still. William Cerny, piano. Wilmarc WRPCSLTN (1998). Includes Seven Traceries and Three Visions.
• Piano Music by William Grant Still and Other Black Composers. Monica Gaylord, piano. Music and Arts MACD 737 ([1992, 1993] 1998). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries. The recording, Black Piano: A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers, published in 1992 by Music and Arts CD-737, includes the same material.
• Seven Traceries. William Cerny, piano. Wilmarc Records EIPLSTL1 (1998).
• Special Black History. Selma Epstein, piano. Chromattica (1990). Includes Seven Traceries.
• Three Visions and Seven Traceries. William Cerny, piano. Wilmarc Records WRPCSLTN (1998).
• William Grant Still: Piano Music. Mark Boozer, piano. Naxos NX8.559210 (2005). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries, Lenox Avenue Blues, A Deserted Plantation, and Africa. An American Classics release.
• Afro-American Symphony; Excerpts from Seven Traceries; Blues from Lenox Avenue; Three Visions by William Grant Still. Orchestra of the Vienna Opera, Karl Krueger, conductor; Gordon Manley, piano. New Records NRLP 105 (195?).
• Along the Western Shore. Althea Waites, piano. Cambria CMCD-1141 ([2003] 2004). Includes Seven Traceries.
• An American Portrait. Richard Crosby, piano. Capstone CPS 8671 ([1999] 2000). Includes Seven Traceries.
• Black Piano: A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers. Monica Gaylord, piano. Music and Arts CD-737 (1992). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries. The recording, Piano Music by William Grant Still and Other Black Composers published in 1998, includes the same material.
• Piano Classics: William Grant Still. William Cerny, piano. Wilmarc WRPCSLTN (1998). Includes Seven Traceries and Three Visions.
• Piano Music by William Grant Still and Other Black Composers. Monica Gaylord, piano. Music and Arts MACD 737 ([1992, 1993] 1998). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries. The recording, Black Piano: A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers, published in 1992 by Music and Arts CD-737, includes the same material.
• Seven Traceries. William Cerny, piano. Wilmarc Records EIPLSTL1 (1998).
• Special Black History. Selma Epstein, piano. Chromattica (1990). Includes Seven Traceries.
• Three Visions and Seven Traceries. William Cerny, piano. Wilmarc Records WRPCSLTN (1998).
• William Grant Still: Piano Music. Mark Boozer, piano. Naxos NX8.559210 (2005). Includes Three Visions, Seven Traceries, Lenox Avenue Blues, A Deserted Plantation, and Africa. An American Classics release.
And They Lynched Him on a Tree (1940), orchestra with soloists and chorus
• Witness. Skyward My People Rose: Music of William Grant Still. Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers and Chorus; William Warfield, narrator; Yolanda Williams, soprano; Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano; Leigh Morris Chorale; and Philip Brunelle, organ and conductor. Clarion CLCD 905 (2004). Includes Wailing Woman, Swanee River, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, Miss Sally's Party, Reverie, and Elegy.
• Witness, Volume II: William Grant Still. Yolanda Williams, soprano; Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano; Philip Brunelle, organ. Collins Classics 14542 (1996). Includes Miss Sally's Party, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, Wailing Woman, and Swanee River.
• Witness, Volume II: William Grant Still. Yolanda Williams, soprano; Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano; Philip Brunelle, organ. Collins Classics 14542 (1996). Includes Miss Sally's Party, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, Wailing Woman, and Swanee River.
Miss Sally’s Party (1940), ballet
• Witness. Skyward My People Rose: Music of William Grant Still. Vocal Essence Ensemble Singers and Chorus; William Warfield, narrator; Yolanda Williams, soprano; Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano; Leigh Morris Chorale; and Philip Brunelle, organ and conductor. Clarion CLCD 905 (2004). Includes Wailing Woman, Swanee River, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, Miss Sally's Party, Reverie, and Elegy.
• Witness, Volume II: William Grant Still. Yolanda Williams, soprano; Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano; Philip Brunelle, organ. Collins Classics 14542 (1996). Includes Miss Sally's Party, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, Wailing Woman, and Swanee River.
• Witness, Volume II: William Grant Still. Yolanda Williams, soprano; Hilda Harris, mezzo-soprano; Philip Brunelle, organ. Collins Classics 14542 (1996). Includes Miss Sally's Party, And They Lynched Him on a Tree, Wailing Woman, and Swanee River.
A Bayou Legend (1941), opera
• Bayou Legend. Opera/South, Leonard de Paur, conductor. William Grant Still Music CD-A120 (2002).
I’m Picking My Last Row of Cotton (1941), ballet (discarded)
• No recording.
Old California (1941), orchestra or band
• An American Celebration, Vol. 1. New York Philharmonic, various conductors. New York Philharmonic NYP 9902; NYP 9903-NYP 9909 (1999). Includes Old California.
I’m Picking My Last Row of Cotton (1941), ballet (discarded)
• No recording.
Old California (1941), orchestra or band
• An American Celebration, Vol. 1. New York Philharmonic, various conductors. New York Philharmonic NYP 9902; NYP 9903-NYP 9909 (1999). Includes Old California.
A Southern Interlude (1942), opera (discarded); became an early version of Highway 1 USA
• No recording.
Those Who Wait (1942), orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus
• No recording.
Festive Overture (1944), orchestra; won prize offered by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
• A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor; North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor; Schola Cantorum, Jack Groh, conductor. Cambria Master Recordings CD 1060 (1996). Includes Symphony No. 3 (The Sunday Symphony), Festive Overture, Folk Suite No. 4, Romance, and spirituals.
• Still: Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture. Festive Overture performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor; Symphony No. 3 performed by the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor. Cambria 1060 (1996). Also includes Romance, Folk Suite No. 4, Rhythmic Spirituals, and I Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long.
• Still: Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture. Festive Overture performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor; Symphony No. 3 performed by the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor. Cambria 1060 (1996). Also includes Romance, Folk Suite No. 4, Rhythmic Spirituals, and I Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long.
Poem for Orchestra (1944), orchestra; commissioned by the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra
• William Grant Still: Symphonies Nos. 4 [Autochthonous] and 5 [Western Hemisphere]; Poem for Orchestra. Fort Smith Symphony, John Jeter, conductor. Naxos 8.559603 (2009). An American Classics release.
Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron (1945), band
• Tribute to Rosa Parks. University of Notre Dame Bands (2006). Includes Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron.
Little Red Schoolhouse (1945), orchestra or band
• From the Delta. Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, Patricia J. Hoy, conductor. Northern Arizona University NAUWS001 (1994). Includes Little Red Schoolhouse, Folk Suite for Band, and From the Delta.
• Works for Symphonic Band. Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, Patricia Hoy, conductor. Cambria CMCD 1156 ([2002] 2009). Includes From the Delta, Little Folk Suite, Little Red Schoolhouse, Summerland, and The American Scene.
• Works for Symphonic Band. Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, Patricia Hoy, conductor. Cambria CMCD 1156 ([2002] 2009). Includes From the Delta, Little Folk Suite, Little Red Schoolhouse, Summerland, and The American Scene.
Archaic Ritual (1946, premiered in 1949), orchestra
• No recording.
Danzas de Panama (1948), orchestra or string quartet
• Calvary: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor String Quartet. John M. Williams, violin; Hillary Cumming, violin; Paul Goldberg, viola; William Thomas, cello. Videmus [Visionary] Records 104 (2002). Includes Danzas de Panama.
• Danzas de Panama Nos. 1 and 3 for String Quartet. Kaufman String Quartet. Music and Arts CD 638 (1972).
• Ennanga; A Song for the Lonely; Songs of Separation; Danzas de Panama. Lois Adele Craft, harp; Annette Kaufman and Georgia Akst, pianos; Louis Kaufman, George Berres, violins; Alexander Neiman, viola; Terry King, violoncello; Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano. Orion ORS 7278 (1972).
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Masterpieces in Miniature. Odeion String Quartet. Janus JNS Musiek JNSD71 ([1997] 1998). Includes Danzas de Panama.
• Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still. Oregon String Quartet; Victor Steindardt, piano; Fritz Gearhart, violin. Koch International Classics 3-7546-2H1 (2002). Includes Lyric String Quartette, Danzas de Panama, The Prince and the Mermaid, Summerland, The Little Folk Suites from the Western Hemisphere, Pastorela, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Quit Dat Fool'nish.
• Strings, Keyboard and Harp. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Lois Adele Craft, harp; and Kaufman String Quartet. William Grant Still WGSM 1001 ([1987] 1988). Includes Ennanga, Danzas de Panama, Suite for Violin and Piano, Mother and Child, Gamin, Pastorela, Here Is One, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Summerland.
• Twentieth Century American Violin Works in Historic Recordings. Kaufman String Quartet. Music and Arts CD 638 (1990). Includes Ennanga and Danzas de Panama.
• William Grant Still. Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano; Berliner Symphoniker, Isaiah Jackson, conductor. Koch International Classics 3-7154-2H1 (1993). Includes La Guiablesse, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland, Danzas de Panama, Lenox Avenue Blues.
• Danzas de Panama Nos. 1 and 3 for String Quartet. Kaufman String Quartet. Music and Arts CD 638 (1972).
• Ennanga; A Song for the Lonely; Songs of Separation; Danzas de Panama. Lois Adele Craft, harp; Annette Kaufman and Georgia Akst, pianos; Louis Kaufman, George Berres, violins; Alexander Neiman, viola; Terry King, violoncello; Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano. Orion ORS 7278 (1972).
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Masterpieces in Miniature. Odeion String Quartet. Janus JNS Musiek JNSD71 ([1997] 1998). Includes Danzas de Panama.
• Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still. Oregon String Quartet; Victor Steindardt, piano; Fritz Gearhart, violin. Koch International Classics 3-7546-2H1 (2002). Includes Lyric String Quartette, Danzas de Panama, The Prince and the Mermaid, Summerland, The Little Folk Suites from the Western Hemisphere, Pastorela, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Quit Dat Fool'nish.
• Strings, Keyboard and Harp. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Lois Adele Craft, harp; and Kaufman String Quartet. William Grant Still WGSM 1001 ([1987] 1988). Includes Ennanga, Danzas de Panama, Suite for Violin and Piano, Mother and Child, Gamin, Pastorela, Here Is One, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Summerland.
• Twentieth Century American Violin Works in Historic Recordings. Kaufman String Quartet. Music and Arts CD 638 (1990). Includes Ennanga and Danzas de Panama.
• William Grant Still. Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano; Berliner Symphoniker, Isaiah Jackson, conductor. Koch International Classics 3-7154-2H1 (1993). Includes La Guiablesse, Quit Dat Fool'nish, Summerland, Danzas de Panama, Lenox Avenue Blues.
Miniatures (1948), orchestra or mixed ensembles (flute, oboe, and piano)
• Dring, Still, Damase: Spectral Trio. Jan Eberle, oboe; Kimberly Schmidt, piano; Richard Sherman, flute. Blue Griffin BGR125 (2008). Includes Incantation and Dance and Miniatures.
• Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still. Sierra Winds. Cambria CD 1083 (1995). Includes Miniatures; Folk Suites Nos. 2, 3, 4; Incantation and Dance; Quit Dat Fool'nish; Summerland; Romance; Vignetttes; and Get on Board.
• Helix Collective: All in. Sarah Robinson, flute; Phil Popham oboe; Meghan Schaut, piano. Blue Griffin BRG 133 (2009). Includes Miniatures.
• Music for a Farce and Other Works by American Composers: Paul Bowles, William Grant Still, and Others. Stones River Chamber Players SRCP 1996 (1996). Includes Miniatures.
• Oboist Peter Christ. Peter Christ, oboe; Gretal Shanley, flute; Sharon Davis, piano; and Crystal Chambers Soloists. Crystal CD 321 ([1972] 1993). Includes Miniatures.
• Thompson: Suite; Persichetti: Parable; Ginastera: Duo for Flute and Oboe; Schmidt: the Sparrow and the Amazing Mr. Avaunt; Still: Miniatures. Peter Christ, oboe; Crystal Chamber Soloists. Crystal 321 (1993). Includes Miniatures.
• A Tree in Your Ear. Stephen Caplan, oboe; Richard Soule, flute; and Carol Stivers, piano. Musicians Showcase MSR Classics MSR 1014 ([1999] 2000). Includes Miniatures.
• Vintage America: A Musical Heritage. Calico Winds (Eileen Holt Helwig, flute and piccolo; Rong-Huey Liu, oboe and English horn; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; Rachel Barry, horn; and Theresa Treuenfels, bassoon). Albany TROY 693 (2004). Includes Miniatures and Folk Suite No. 4.
• Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still. Sierra Winds. Cambria CD 1083 (1995). Includes Miniatures; Folk Suites Nos. 2, 3, 4; Incantation and Dance; Quit Dat Fool'nish; Summerland; Romance; Vignetttes; and Get on Board.
• Helix Collective: All in. Sarah Robinson, flute; Phil Popham oboe; Meghan Schaut, piano. Blue Griffin BRG 133 (2009). Includes Miniatures.
• Music for a Farce and Other Works by American Composers: Paul Bowles, William Grant Still, and Others. Stones River Chamber Players SRCP 1996 (1996). Includes Miniatures.
• Oboist Peter Christ. Peter Christ, oboe; Gretal Shanley, flute; Sharon Davis, piano; and Crystal Chambers Soloists. Crystal CD 321 ([1972] 1993). Includes Miniatures.
• Thompson: Suite; Persichetti: Parable; Ginastera: Duo for Flute and Oboe; Schmidt: the Sparrow and the Amazing Mr. Avaunt; Still: Miniatures. Peter Christ, oboe; Crystal Chamber Soloists. Crystal 321 (1993). Includes Miniatures.
• A Tree in Your Ear. Stephen Caplan, oboe; Richard Soule, flute; and Carol Stivers, piano. Musicians Showcase MSR Classics MSR 1014 ([1999] 2000). Includes Miniatures.
• Vintage America: A Musical Heritage. Calico Winds (Eileen Holt Helwig, flute and piccolo; Rong-Huey Liu, oboe and English horn; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; Rachel Barry, horn; and Theresa Treuenfels, bassoon). Albany TROY 693 (2004). Includes Miniatures and Folk Suite No. 4.
Carmela (1949), orchestra; violin and piano
• Carmela; Here’s One; Lenox Avenue Blues; Pastorela; Suite for Violin and Piano; Summerland from Three Visions. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Orion ORS 7152 (1971).
• Ebony Rhythm. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Aaron Dworkin, poetic narrations. Ethnovibe EBN-CD-DWOR (1999). Includes Carmela.
• Here's One. Zina Schiff, violin; Cameron Grant, piano. 4-Tay CD-4005 ([1997] 1998). Includes Here’s One, Carmela, Vignettes, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Summerland.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938, 1991] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Music of William Grant Still. Clifford Panton, violin; Jason Alfred, piano. Centaur Records CRC 2750 (2005). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues, Folk Suite No. 1, Carmela, Quit Dat Fool’nish, and Pastorela.
• Ebony Rhythm. Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano; Aaron Dworkin, poetic narrations. Ethnovibe EBN-CD-DWOR (1999). Includes Carmela.
• Here's One. Zina Schiff, violin; Cameron Grant, piano. 4-Tay CD-4005 ([1997] 1998). Includes Here’s One, Carmela, Vignettes, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Summerland.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938, 1991] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Music of William Grant Still. Clifford Panton, violin; Jason Alfred, piano. Centaur Records CRC 2750 (2005). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues, Folk Suite No. 1, Carmela, Quit Dat Fool’nish, and Pastorela.
Costaso (1949), opera
• William Grant Still: The American Scene. Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; Margaret Astrup, soprano; Richard Auldon Clark, conductor. Newport Classic NPD 85596 (1995). Includes The American Scene: The Southwest, The Far West, The East; From the Hearts of Women; Mother and Child; Citadel; Bells: Phantom Chapel; Costaso with Golden Days; and Serenade.
• William Grant Still, Nathanial Dett: Piano Music. Denver Oldham, piano. Altarus 9013 (1996). Includes excerpts from Three Visions; Marionette; Costaso: Dance; Rising Tide (also known as Song of a City); Quit Dat Fool’nish; La Guiablesse: Entrance of the Porteuses; and A Deserted Plantation.
• William Grant Still, Nathanial Dett: Piano Music. Denver Oldham, piano. Altarus 9013 (1996). Includes excerpts from Three Visions; Marionette; Costaso: Dance; Rising Tide (also known as Song of a City); Quit Dat Fool’nish; La Guiablesse: Entrance of the Porteuses; and A Deserted Plantation.
Mota (1951), opera
• No recording.
Song for the Valiant (1952), orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus
• No recording.
Song for the Lonely (1953), orchestra, orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus
• Ennanga, A Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, Danzas de Panama. Lois Adele Craft, harp; Annette Kaufman and Georgia Akst, pianos; Louis Kaufman, George Berres, violins; Alexander Neiman, viola; Terry King, violoncello; Claudine Carlson, mezzo-soprano. Orion ORS 7278 (1972).
• Legacy: Works for Bassoon by African American Composers. Lecolion Washington, bassoon; Carina Washington, clarinet; Mark Ensely, piano. Albany 1038 (2008). Includes Songs of Separation, Song for the Lonely, and Bayou Home.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Bay Cities BCD 1033 ([1938] 1991). Recorded from early radio broadcasts. Includes Song for the Lonely.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Works by William Grant Still. Videmus (Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Ann Hobson Pilot, harp; Jean DeMart, flute; Lynn Chang, solo violin; George Taylor, viola; Mark Churchill, cello; Prentice Pilot, double-bass; Vivian Taylor, piano). New World Records 80399-2 ([1990] 1992). Includes Suite for Violin and Piano; Songs of Separation; Incantation and Dance; Here’s One; Three Visions: No. 2, Summerland; Citadel; Song for the Lonely; Out of the Silence; Ennanga; and Lift Every Voice and Sing.
• Legacy: Works for Bassoon by African American Composers. Lecolion Washington, bassoon; Carina Washington, clarinet; Mark Ensely, piano. Albany 1038 (2008). Includes Songs of Separation, Song for the Lonely, and Bayou Home.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Bay Cities BCD 1033 ([1938] 1991). Recorded from early radio broadcasts. Includes Song for the Lonely.
• Lenox Avenue: The Music of William Grant Still. CBS Symphony Orchestra, Howard Barlow, conductor; Standard Hour Symphony Orchestra, Henry Svedrofsky, conductor; Louis Kaufman, violin; Annette Kaufman, piano. Cambria CD 1121 ([1938] 1999). Includes Lenox Avenue, Pastorela, Summerland, Here’s One, Carmela, Danzas de Panama, Song for the Lonely, Songs of Separation, and Suite for Violin and Orchestra.
• Works by William Grant Still. Videmus (Robert Honeysucker, baritone; Ann Hobson Pilot, harp; Jean DeMart, flute; Lynn Chang, solo violin; George Taylor, viola; Mark Churchill, cello; Prentice Pilot, double-bass; Vivian Taylor, piano). New World Records 80399-2 ([1990] 1992). Includes Suite for Violin and Piano; Songs of Separation; Incantation and Dance; Here’s One; Three Visions: No. 2, Summerland; Citadel; Song for the Lonely; Out of the Silence; Ennanga; and Lift Every Voice and Sing.
The Little Song That Wanted to Be a Symphony (1953), orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus
• No recording.
Laredo Suite (mid to late 1950s). Excerpts were used as fillers in such television shows as Gunsmoke (1955-75), Have Gun Will Travel (1957-63), Perry Mason (1957-66), and The Three Stooges (1965-66).
• No recording available.
A Psalm for the Living (1954), orchestra with chorus
• No recording.
Rhapsody (1955), orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus, string quartet
• No recording.
The Pillar (1955), opera
• No recording.
Four Indigenous Portraits (1956), string quartet and flute
• No recording.
The American Scene (1957), orchestra, band, or wind ensemble
• Music of Afro-American Composers. Celeste Anne Headlee, soprano; Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, Patricia Jean Hoy, conductor. Northern Arizona University NAUWS 003 (1990). Includes Summerland, The American Scene, and Levee Island.
• William Grant Still: The American Scene. Margaret Astrup, soprano; Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark, conductor. Newport Classic NPD 85596 (1995). Includes The American Scene: The Southwest, The Far West, The East; From the Hearts of Women; Mother and Child; Citadel; Bells: Phantom Chapel; Costaso with Golden Days; and Serenade.
• Works for Symphonic Band. Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, Patricia Hoy, conductor. Cambria CMCD 1156 ([2002] 2009). Includes From the Delta, Little Folk Suite, Little Red Schoolhouse, Summerland, and The American Scene.
• William Grant Still: The American Scene. Margaret Astrup, soprano; Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, Richard Auldon Clark, conductor. Newport Classic NPD 85596 (1995). Includes The American Scene: The Southwest, The Far West, The East; From the Hearts of Women; Mother and Child; Citadel; Bells: Phantom Chapel; Costaso with Golden Days; and Serenade.
• Works for Symphonic Band. Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony, Patricia Hoy, conductor. Cambria CMCD 1156 ([2002] 2009). Includes From the Delta, Little Folk Suite, Little Red Schoolhouse, Summerland, and The American Scene.
Minette Fontaine (1958), opera
• Minette Fontaine: An Opera. Baton Rouge Opera, Charles Rosekrans, conductor. William Grant Still Music CD-A121 (2002).
Patterns (composed 1960; premiered in 1961), orchestra
• No recording.
The Peaceful Land (1961), orchestra; dedicated to the United Nations; won prize offered by National Federation of Music Clubs and the Aeolian Music Foundation
• No recording.
Highway 1, USA (1962), opera
• Afro-American Symphony; Two Arias from Highway 1, U. S. A. by William Grant Still. Onaway, Awake, Beloved: From Hiawatha’s Wedding Feast; Danse Nègre by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia Masterworks M 32782 (1974).
• CBS Records’ Black Composers Series, Volume 2. London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia M32782; CBS P19425 ([1974, 1987] 2008). Includes Afro-American Symphony, and two arias from Highway 1, USA.
• Highway One: An Opera. University of Miami Symphony, Fabien Sevitsky, conductor. William Grant Still Music CD-A125 (2002).
• Highway 1 U.S.A.: What Does He Know of Dreams? And You’re Wonderful, Mary; Afro-American Symphony. William Brown, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia/College Music Society M 32792 (1974).
• William Grant Still’s Highway One, USA. St. Olaf Orchestra, Vocal Essence [Louise Toppin, Robert Honeysucker, Ray M. Wade, Jr., Pamela Dillard], Philip Brunelle, conductor. Videmus Records VIS 734 (2005).
• CBS Records’ Black Composers Series, Volume 2. London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia M32782; CBS P19425 ([1974, 1987] 2008). Includes Afro-American Symphony, and two arias from Highway 1, USA.
• Highway One: An Opera. University of Miami Symphony, Fabien Sevitsky, conductor. William Grant Still Music CD-A125 (2002).
• Highway 1 U.S.A.: What Does He Know of Dreams? And You’re Wonderful, Mary; Afro-American Symphony. William Brown, tenor; London Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman, conductor. Columbia/College Music Society M 32792 (1974).
• William Grant Still’s Highway One, USA. St. Olaf Orchestra, Vocal Essence [Louise Toppin, Robert Honeysucker, Ray M. Wade, Jr., Pamela Dillard], Philip Brunelle, conductor. Videmus Records VIS 734 (2005).
Los Alnados de España (1962), orchestra with narrator
• No recording.
The Path of Glory (1962), orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus
• No recording.
Folk Suites Nos. 1-4 (1962), orchestra or mixed ensemble
• A Festive Sunday with William Grant Still. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor; North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor; Schola Cantorum, Jack Groh, conductor. Cambria Master Recordings CD 1060 (1996). Includes Symphony No. 3 (The Sunday Symphony), Festive Overture, Folk Suite No. 4, Romance, and spirituals.
• Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still. Sierra Winds. Cambria CD 1083 (1995). Includes Miniatures; Folk Suites Nos. 2, 3, 4; Incantation and Dance; Quit Dat Fool'nish; Summerland; Romance; Vignetttes; and Get On Board.
• Music of William Grant Still. Clifford Panton, violin; Jason Alfred, piano. Centaur Records CRC 2750 (2005). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues, Folk Suite No. 1, Carmela, Quit Dat Fool’nish, and Pastorela.
• Still: Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture. Festive Overture performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor; Symphony No. 3 performed by the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor. Cambria 1060 (1996). Also includes Romance, Folk Suite No. 4, Rhythmic Spirituals, and I Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long.
• Summerland. New Zealand String Quartet; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano; Michael Steer, contrabass; Alexa Still, flute. Koch International Classics 3-7192-2H1 (1994). Includes Bayou Home, Folk Suite No. 1, Pastorela, Preludes, Quit Dat Fool’nish, Suite for Violin and Piano, spirituals, and Summerland.
• Vintage America: A Musical Heritage. Calico Winds (Eileen Holt Helwig, flute and piccolo; Rong-Huey Liu, oboe and English horn; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; Rachel Barry, horn; and Theresa Treuenfels, bassoon). Albany TROY 693 (2004). Includes Miniatures and Folk Suite No. 4.
• Get on Board: American Music for Woodwinds by William Grant Still. Sierra Winds. Cambria CD 1083 (1995). Includes Miniatures; Folk Suites Nos. 2, 3, 4; Incantation and Dance; Quit Dat Fool'nish; Summerland; Romance; Vignetttes; and Get On Board.
• Music of William Grant Still. Clifford Panton, violin; Jason Alfred, piano. Centaur Records CRC 2750 (2005). Includes Lenox Avenue Blues, Folk Suite No. 1, Carmela, Quit Dat Fool’nish, and Pastorela.
• Still: Symphony No. 3, Festive Overture. Festive Overture performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Arthur Bennett Lipkin, conductor; Symphony No. 3 performed by the North Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, Carlton R. Woods, conductor. Cambria 1060 (1996). Also includes Romance, Folk Suite No. 4, Rhythmic Spirituals, and I Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long.
• Summerland. New Zealand String Quartet; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano; Michael Steer, contrabass; Alexa Still, flute. Koch International Classics 3-7192-2H1 (1994). Includes Bayou Home, Folk Suite No. 1, Pastorela, Preludes, Quit Dat Fool’nish, Suite for Violin and Piano, spirituals, and Summerland.
• Vintage America: A Musical Heritage. Calico Winds (Eileen Holt Helwig, flute and piccolo; Rong-Huey Liu, oboe and English horn; Kathryn Nevin, clarinet; Rachel Barry, horn; and Theresa Treuenfels, bassoon). Albany TROY 693 (2004). Includes Miniatures and Folk Suite No. 4.
All That I Am (1965), orchestra with soloist(s) or chorus
• No recording.
The Prince and the Mermaid (1965), ballet, string quartet
• Oregon Festival of American Music Presents William Grant Still. Oregon String Quartet; Victor Steindardt, piano; Fritz Gearhart, violin. Koch International Classics 3-7546-2H1 (2002). Includes Lyric String Quartette, Danzas de Panama, The Prince and the Mermaid, Summerland, The Little Folk Suites from the Western Hemisphere, Pastorela, Lenox Avenue Blues, and Quit Dat Fool'nish.
Choreographic Prelude (1970), orchestra, string quartet, or mixed chamber group or voice and chamber group
• No recording.
Minorities and Majorities (1971), voice(s) and piano or ensemble
• No recording.
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