Black Composer Recordings: 2007

BLACK COMPOSER
CD RECORDINGS - 2007
Updated 2008

Supplements the document: Comprehensive Reference Guide to Black Composer Recordings

RELEASE YEAR
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Composers recorded in 2007

Burleigh, Henry Thacker "Harry"
Coleman, Valerie
Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
Dawson, William Levi

Ellington, Edward "Duke"

Hailstork, Adolphus
Handy, William Christopher "W.C."
Johnson, Hall
Johnson, J. Rosamond

Kay, Ulysses

León, Tania
Marsalis, Wynton
Nelson, Oliver
Onovwerosuoke, Fred
Price, Florence Beatrice
Saint-Georges, Chevalier de
Sanford, David

Singleton, Alvin
Walker, George

CD releases
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Pops - Music Of The Americas / Saint Louis Brass Quintet Summit # 140 Release date: November 2007
	Handy, W.C. - St. Louis Blues
Matt Haimovitz - Vinylcello Oxingale Records # 2011 Release date: November 2007
	Sanford, David - Scherzo Grosso
Mozart In Paris - J.C. Bach, etc. Oehms # 705 Release date: October 2007
	Saint-Georges, Chevalier de - Concertos (2) for Violin, Op. 2: no 1 in G major
New Music With Guitar Vol 7 - Family Album / Starobin, et al Bridge # 9239 Released: October 2007
	León, Tania - Bailarín
Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet / Nash Ensemble Hyperion # 67590 Release date: October 2007
	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in F Sharp minor, Op 10 - Piano Quintet
Browns In Blue / The 5 Browns RCA Victor Red Seal # 711322 Release date: October 2007
	Handy, W.C. - Aunt Hagar's Children Blues (piano)
Harlem Quartet - Take the 'A' Train White Pine Release date: September 2007
	Marsalis, Wynton - At the Octoroon Balls
Polytopia - Risset, Nancarrow, et al / Mari Kimura Bridge # 9236 Release date: September 2007
	León, Tania - Axon (for violin)
Ulysses Kay - Orchestral Works Albany Records # 961 Release date: September 2007
	Kay, Ulysses - Suite from "The Quiet One," - Scherzi Musicali - Three Pieces After Blake for soprano and orchestra - Aulos for flute and Chamber Orchestra
Landscapes of Africa: Music for Orchestra AGCD #2071 Release date: July 2007
	Onovwerosuoke, Fred - Fanfare for Orchestra - Yarinya (Maiden) - Landscapes of Africa - Beethoven Returns to Africa - Ogiribo (The Storm) - Meditations for Darfur - Barka (Blessings/Goodwill) - Rhapsody on Nketia's Republic Suite - Domenshigbe (At the Market) - Dance Tribute
Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, etc / Marian Anderson, et al Urania # 328 Released: July 2007
	Johnson, Hall - Everytime I feel the Spirit
Sevenfold Gifts - Bach, et al / Margaret Martin Kvamme Albany #940 Release date: July 2007
	Price, Florence Beatrice - Variations on a Folksong, organ
Concert Band Essentials / Canadian Brass Opening Day #7341 Release date: June 2007
	Handy, W.C. - Beale Street Blues
High Society / Canadian Brass Opening Day #889702 Release date: June 2007
	Handy, W.C. - Beale Street Blues
Monsieur de Saint-George: Les Archets de Paris Calliope #9373 Release date: June 2007
	Saint-Georges, Chevalier de - Concerto for violin in G Major, Op. 7: No. 1 - Concerto for violin in D Major, Op. 4 - Symphonie concertante for 2 violins in G Major, Op.1: No. 3 - Concerto for violin in G Major. Op.7 No. 9 Note: This CD's cover art is under discussion regarding appropriateness and historical accuracy.
American Virtuosa - Tribute To Maud Powell / R. Barton Pine Cedille #97 Release date: June 2007
	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - Deep River, Op. 59, No. 10 (arranged by Maud Powell in 1910 Johnson, J. Rosamond (1873-1954) - Nobody Knows the Trouble I See (arranged by Maud Powell in 1919) A tribute from one American violinist, Rachel Barton Pine, honoring violinist Maud Powell (1867-1920). All works were originally recorded by Powell who made numerous classic recordings between 1904 and 1919. Composers include: Amy Beach, Antonín Dvorák, Percy Grainger, Jules Massenet, Jean Sibelius, and others.
Josephine Baker - A Life of le Jazz Hot! Koch #7696 Release date: June 2007
	Coleman, Valerie - Suite: Portraits of Josephine Originally conceived as an Imani Winds centennial celebration of Baker's birth in 2006, this project has two components: a multi-media program including the quintet, vocalist, dancer and archive visuals; and a concert suite exclusively for wind quintet. The eight movement Suite is intended for performance on concert programs.
Coleridge-Taylor: 24 Negro Melodies / Shaffer-Gottschalk Albany #930 Release date: May 2007
	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - Negro Melodies (24), Op. 59 (for piano)
American Classics - Joplin: Piano Rags Vol 2 Naxos #8559277 Release date: May 2007
	Joplin, Scott Compilation of Joplin piano Rags
Von Bach bis Ellington / Thilo Wolf Quintett, et. al. Rondeau #2003 Release date: May 2007
	Ellington, Edward "Duke" - Concert of Sacred Music: no 3, Come Sunday - Will you be there?
To Have And To Hold / Sequitur Koch #7593 Release date: April 2007
	León, Tania - Ivo, Ivo
A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Chicago Sinfonietta #2007 Release date: April 2007
	Walker, George - Lyric for Strings
Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony; Brahms: Serenade No 1 Deutsche Grammophon #860902 Release date: April 2007
	Dawson, William Levi - Negro Folk Symphony Symphony of the Air conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Originally recorded in 1963.
Saxophone Alternative / Douglas Masek, Rita Borden Centaur Records #2823 Release date: March 2007
	Nelson, Oliver - Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
The Golden Age of Light Music Guild #5128 Release date: March 2007
	Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel - Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77
Deep River - A Program of American Music / Atlanta Singers Aca Digital #20100 Release date: March 2007
	Burleigh, Henry Thacker 'Harry' - Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
Celebration / Canadian Brass Opening Day Ent #854802 Release date: March 2007
	Ellington, Edward "Duke" - Harlem - Cotton Tail - Sophisticated Lady
Lorenzo Fernández Vol. 1 - Suite For Woodwind, Nocturne, etc. Radio MEC Classics # 11 Release date: February 2007
No Image	Fernández, Oscar Lorenzo - Suite for Wind Quintet - Quartet for Strings no 1 in F minor - Invention for Flute, Clarinet and Bassoon - Suite brasileira for Piano no 3 - Nocturne for Piano, Op. 3
Canadian Brass Opening Day #845812 Release date: February 2007
	Ellington, Edward "Duke" - Echoes of Harlem
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Vol 5 Avenira #276016 Release date: March 2007
	Saint-Georges, Chevalier de - Concerto for Violin no 10 in G major - Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. posthumous no 2
Sing to the Sun Albany Records #902 Release date: February 2007
	Singleton, Alvin - Greed Machine piano, vibraphone - Argoru III flute - Sing To The Sun children's choir, narrator, clarinet, oboe, viola, piano, percussion - Apple four clarinets - Fifty Times Around The Sun clarinet, piano
Amazing Brass / Canadian Brass Opening Day Ent #845702 Release date: January 2007
	Handy, William Christopher "W.C." - St. Louis Blues
Circa 1980 - Perkinson, Martino JRI #:115 Release date: January 2007
	Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor - Sonata for Piano no 2 "Statements"
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Vol 4 Avenira #:276015 Release date: January 2007
	Saint-Georges, Chevalier de - Concerto for Violin, Op. 7: no 2 in B flat major - Concerto for Violin, Op. 8: no. 1, in G major - Concerto for Violin, in D major
Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos Vol 3 Avenira #:276014 Release date: January 2007
	Saint-Georges, Chevalier de - Concerto for Violin, Op. 5: no 1 in C major - Concerto for Violin, Op. 5: no 2 in A major - Concerto for Violin, Op. 7: no 1 in A major
Copland and His American Contemporaries Avie # 2086 Release Date: January 2007
	Hailstork, Adolphus - The Song of Deborah Also includes Copland, Stravinsky, Rorem and Ives
American Classics - Hailstork: Symphonies No 2 & 3 Naxos # 8559295 Release Date: January 2007
	Hailstork, Adolphus - Symphony no 3 - Symphony no 2




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