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RECORDINGS

Current

Music of Edward Joseph Collins Series (Albany Records, 2001-2010; boxed anthology, 2012)

 

VOL. I ALBANY TROY CD 1156

Variations on an Irish Tune (for piano solo)

Negro Spirituals

All God’s Chillun’ Got Wings
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
Lil’ David Play On Yo’ Harp
The Gospel Train: Git on board, lil’ chillen

Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18 (selections)

Valse Pensive (No. 5)
Valse Romantique (No. 3)
Valse Limpide (No. 4)
Valse Héroïque (No. 1)

Valse Eccentrique
Cowboy’s Breakdown
Tango (in Form of a Rondo)
Passacaglia

Earl Wild, piano

Allegro piacevole (for string quartet)

Manhattan String Quartet (Eric Lewis and Roy Lewis, violins • John Dexter, viola • Judith Glyde, cello)

Released previously as CRI CD 644 Romantic Music of Edward Collins, and re-released as New World Records CD NWCR644; piano solo compositions released originally on American Metaphore label.

Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18 (selections)

Valse Héroïque (No. 1)
Valse Elégante (No. 2)
Valse Limpide (No. 4)
Valse Capricieuse (No.6)

Tango (in Form of a Rondo)

Gunnar Johansen, piano

Released previously on the American Conservatory LP Edward Collins (Chicago)

 

VOL. II ALBANY TROY CD 267

Tragic Overture
Mardi Gras
Concert Piece (Concerto No. 2), in A minor
Valse Elegante

Concordia Orchestra • Marin Alsop, conductor • Leslie Stifelman, piano

 

VOL. III ALBANY TROY CD 625

Concerto No. 3, in B minor
Symphony in B minor (Nos habebit humus)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra • Marin Alsop, conductor • William Wolfram, piano

 

VOL. IV ALBANY TROY CD 630

Hibernia (Irish Rhapsody)
Concerto No. 1 for Piano, in E-flat major
Lil’ David Play on Yo’ Harp
Lament and Jig

Royal Scottish National Orchestra • Marin Alsop, conductor • William Wolfram, piano

 

VOL. V ALBANY TROY CD 641

Arabesque (for violin and piano)

SONGS
The Daffodils
The Pines
The Wooded Lake
Death of the Leaves
Butterflies
Magdalene
To a Little Child
Prayer for C.H.S.

Prayer (for violoncello and piano)

SONGS
The Faded Violet
Music When Soft Voices Die
The Fog
The Bayadère
A Piper
Annabel Lee
Song and Suds

Suite for Violoncello and Piano

Frank Almond, violin • Elizabeth Buccheri, piano (songs) • Parry Karp, violoncello • Patrice Michaels, soprano • Jeffrey Sykes, piano (instrumental duos)

 

VOL. VI ALBANY TROY CD 650

Hymn to the Earth
Variations on an Irish Folksong
Cowboy's Breakdown

Royal Scottish National Orchestra • RSNO Chorus • Marin Alsop, conductor • Jeni Bern, soprano • Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano • Peter Auty, tenor • Henry Waddington, bass

 

VOL. VII ALBANY TROY CD 657

Ballet–Suite: The Masque of the Red Death
Irish Rhapsody
Set of Four

Royal Scottish National Orchestra • Marin Alsop, conductor

 

VOL. VIII ALBANY TROY CD 1086

Nocturne
Etude

SONGS
Again the Year Has Come to Spring
June Night
Piano Trio (Geronimo), Op. 1

Four Waltzes, Op. 15+

No. 1 in E Major (Non troppo allegro)
No. 2 in B Major (Cantabile)
No. 3 in G# Minor (Grazioso)
No. 4 in Ab Major (Leggiero e grazioso)

Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18 (selections)

Valse Elegante (No. 2)+
Valse Capricieuse (No. 6)

Frédéric Francois+
Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jerico+
The 5:48+

Julie Albers, violoncello • Patrice Michaels, soprano • Anna Polonsky, piano • Arnaud Sussmann, violin • Jeffrey Sykes, piano+

 

VOL. IX ALBANY TROY CD 1210

Daughter of the South (opera, in one act and two scenes)

Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Chorus • Marin Alsop, conductor •
Lisa Milne, soprano (MARY LOU RANDOLPH) • Andrea Baker, mezzo-soprano (ESMERELDA) • Peter Auty, tenor (ROBERT WARREN) • Peter Coleman-Wright, baritone (COL. EDMOND RANDOLPH) • Roland Wood, baritone (CONFEDERATE SERGEANT) • Keel Watson, bass (JONAH)

 

VOL. X ALBANY TROY CD 1230

Sonata Op. 2/14 (for violin and piano; first movement only)

1. Allegro

Arabesque (for violin and piano; alternate version)

Variations on a Negro Theme (for piano solo)
Variations on an Irish Theme (for piano solo)
Canons
Six Technical Stunts in Canonic Form

1. Allegretto
2. [in 12/8]
3. [in 4/4]
4. [in 6/8]
5. Andante
6. [“Dixie”]


Who Can Tell? (two songs from the operetta)

Love is a Thing Divine
Clover leaf Song

Patrice Michaels, soprano • Arnaud Sussmann, violin • Anna Polonsky, piano

Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18

Valse Héroïque (No. 1)
Valse Élégante (No. 2)
Valse Romantique (No. 3)
Valse Limpide (No. 4)
Valse Pensive (No. 5)
Valse Capricieuse (No. 6)


William Browning, piano

Released previously on the CD William Browning: A Legacy of Recordings (Deerfield, IL)

 

Miscellaneous

Title tba (Solstice Records; Midsummer's Music Festival, Sister Bay, WI, 2017)

Arabesque by Edward Joseph Collins (~4'15")

David Perry, violin; Jeannie Yu, piano

 

Looking Toward Leelanau (John Wunsch CD; Traverse City, MI, 2001)

The Wooded Lake by Edward Joseph Collins (Track 8; 2'30"; arr. John Wunsch)

John Wunsch, guitar

 

Historical

William Browning: A Legacy of Recordings (Big Dream Studios, Deerfield, IL, 1999)

Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18

Valse Héroïque (No. 1)
Valse Élégante (No. 2)
Valse Romantique (No. 3)
Valse Limpide (No. 4)
Valse Pensive (No. 5)
Valse Capricieuse (No. 6)


William Browning, piano

 

Door County Voices (Peninsula Music Festival Presents, CD-DCV008; Fish Creek, WI, 1995)

Allegro piacevole (for string quartet) by Edward Joseph Collins

Ad Hoc String Quartet (Paul Vanderwerf and David Belden, violins • Diedre Buckley, viola • Richard Yeo, violoncello

 

Romantic Music of Edward Collins (CRI CD 644; 1992)

Variations on an Irish Tune (for piano solo)
All God’s Chillun’ Got Wings
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
Lil’ David Play On Yo’ Harp
The Gospel Train: Git on board, lil’ chillen
Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18 (selections)

Valse Pensive (No. 5)
Valse Romantique (No. 3)
Valse Limpide (No. 4)
Valse Héroïque (No. 1)

Valse Eccentrique
Cowboy’s Breakdown
Tango (in Form of a Rondo)
Passacaglia

Earl Wild, piano

Piano solo compositions were released originally on the American Metaphore label.

Allegro piacevole (for string quartet)

Manhattan String Quartet (Eric Lewis and Ray Lewis, violins • John Dexter, viola • Judith Glyde, cello)

CRI CD 644 was re-released as New World Records CD NWCR644 in 2007)

 

Edward Collins (American Conservatory LP 7051N7; Chicago, IL, 1976)

Concerto No. 2

Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra • Thor Johnson, conductor • Mayne Miller, piano

Cowboy’s Breakdown
Six Valses Caractéristiques, Op. 18 (selections)

Valse Héroïque (No. 1)
Valse Elégante (No. 2)
Valse Limpide (No. 4)
Valse Capricieuse (No.6)

Tango (in Form of a Rondo)

Gunnar Johansen, piano

 

Early 20th Century Player Piano Rolls (no copies have been located, as of 2016)

Recordo Player Roll Company No. 66680: Collins playing his own Waltzes, Op. 15, Nos. 3 & 4. (also released as Imperial 71874, using Solo Carola expression codes)

Recordo Player Roll Company No. 61120: Collins playing Chopin's Berceuse.

Recordo Player Roll Company No. 66020: Collins playing Chopin's Prelude, Op. 28, Nos. 3 & 4. (also released using Solo Carola expression codes)

Duo-Art D66397 (or 6639): Collins’s Valse Eleganté performed by Moissaye Boguslawski, pianist

 
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