The Louisville Orchestra
The primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky, founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney (1904–1986) and Charles Farnsley, Mayor of Louisville.
The American Project
Yuja Wang, Abrams* | Tilson Thomas*, Louisville Orchestra*
2023
The Order Of Nature
Jim James, Teddy Abrams, The Louisville Orchestra
2019
Decca Gold
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The Order Of Nature
Jim James, Teddy Abrams, The Louisville Orchestra
2019
All In
Louisville Orchestra*, Teddy Abrams
2017
Decca Gold
CD, Album
All In
The Louisville Orchestra, Teddy Abrams
2017
Decca Gold
LP
Concerto No. 2, Op. 89A
Alan Hovhaness, Jorge Mester Conducting The Louisville Orchestra
2016
Sinetone AMR
7xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Avak The Healer, Op. 65
Alan Hovhaness, Jorge Mester Conducting The Louisville Orchestra
2016
Sinetone AMR
6xFile, MP3, Album, 320
Vincent Persichetti
Vincent Persichetti / The Louisville Orchestra
2005
First Edition Music
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Symphonies 1 & 3 / Seattle Slew Orchestral Suite
William Bolcom - The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith
2005
First Edition Music
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British Modern Vol. 1
Bliss* • Rubbra* • Arnold* • Addison* – Sidney Harth, Paul Kling*, Peter McHugh, Leon Rapier – The Louisville Orchestra / Jorge Mester & Robert Whitney
2005
First Edition Music
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Français Moderne Vol.1
The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, Jorge Mester
2005
First Edition Music
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Darius Milhaud
Darius Milhaud - The Louisville Orchestra
2004
First Edition Music
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Piano Concerto No. 2 / Symphony No. 2 / Suite For Orchestra, Opus 87
Alexander Tcherepnin, The Louisville Orchestra
2004
First Edition Music
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George Crumb The Louisville Orchestra
George Crumb, The Louisville Orchestra
2003
First Edition Music
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Divertimento For Orchestra / Idyll Of Theocritus
Roger Sessions – The Louisville Orchestra
2003
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Sinfonia Elegiaca / Nocturne / Rhapsody
Andrzej Panufnik – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney
2003
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Symphony No. 5 / Intermezzo / Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra / Estampes
Bohuslav Martinů, The Louisville Orchestra
2003
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Symphony No. 5 / Concerto For Cello And Orchestra / Symphony No. 6
Peter Mennin, The Louisville Orchestra
2003
First Edition Music
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Norman Dello Joio
The Louisville Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, Robert Whitney
2003
First Edition Music
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Ned Rorem
The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Jerome Lowenthal
2003
First Edition Music
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Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Concerto For Cello And Orchestra
Frank Martin (3), The Louisville Orchestra
2003
First Edition Music
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Suite For Symphonic Strings / Strict Songs I-IV For Eight Baritones With Orchestra
Lou Harrison - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney
2003
First Edition Music
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Ongaku / Symphony No. 11 / Thesis
Henry Cowell – The Louisville Orchestra
2001
First Edition Music
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Tournaments Overture - Piano Concerto
John Corigliano / The Louisville Orchestra
2001
First Edition Music
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Kentucky Spring / Violin Concerto / Symphony No. 5
Roy Harris – The Louisville Orchestra
2001
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Concerto No. 7 • Symphony No. 15 • Magnificat
Alan Hovhaness – The Louisville Orchestra
2001
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Variations / Symphony No. 4
Wallingford Riegger / The Louisville Orchestra
2001
First Edition Music
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Orchestral Works (American Archives Series)
Robert Kurka, Peter Mennin, Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Jano Starker*
1998
Albany Records
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Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra, Symphony No. 3, Concerto Grosso
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich - James Sedares, The Louisville Orchestra, John Mack (2)
1995
Koch International Classics
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Hailstork / Schuller / Zwilich / Dzubay
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith
1995
First Edition Records
CD
Augusta Read Thomas / Tania Leon
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith, Augusta Read Thomas, Tania León
1995
First Edition Records
CD
Music of John Corigliano
John Corigliano, The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith*, James Tocco
1994
First Edition Records
CD
Gospel At The Symphony
The Louisville Orchestra
1993
Koch International Classics
CD
Invocation And Dance / Kentucky Concerto / Seattle Slew
The Louisville Orchestra / Paul Creston, Otto Luening and William Bolcom
1992
First Edition Records
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Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 3, Seattle Slew Orchestral Suite
William Bolcom, The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith
1992
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Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Citadel
The Louisville Orchestra / Ezra Laderman
1991
First Edition Records
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Music of Ned Rorem
Ned Rorem, The Louisville Orchestra
1991
Albany Records
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Island Rhythms / Kentucky Concerto / Pro Et Contra
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith - Joan Tower / Otto Luening / Sofia Gubaidulina
1991
First Edition Records
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Apotheosis Of This Earth/Monodrama, Ballet For Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra
1991
First Edition Records
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Fanfare For Louisville / Apotheosis Of This Earth / Monodrama / Invocation And Dance
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith* - Witold Lutoslawski / Karel Husa / Paul Creston
1991
First Edition Records
CD
Orchestral Works (American Archives Series)
Robert Kurka, Peter Mennin, Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Jano Starker*
1991
Albany Records
CD, Album
Variations on a Theme of Beethoven; Aleost; Cumulus Nimbus
The Louisville Orchestra ,Lawrence Leighton Smith, Music Director Gerhardt Zimmermann ,Conductor Donaldson V. Lawhead, Wilfred Josephs, Kevin Hanlon
1990
First Edition Records
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Music Of Ezra Laderman (Concerto For Violin And Orchestra / Sanctuary / Citadel)
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith*, Elmar Oliveira - Ezra Laderman
1990
First Edition Records
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home • Epilogue To Profiles In Courage: JFK • Prayer In The Time Of War • Symphony No. 4 • Symphonia Brevis
The Louisville Orchestra, Roy Harris, William Schuman, John J. Becker, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney
1990
Albany Records
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Aleost / Concerto For Piano And Orchestra / Symphony No. 2, "Cello Symphony"
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith* - Donaldson V. Lawhead / Paul Hindemith / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
1990
First Edition Records
CD
Hanlon: Cumulus Nimbus / Fennelly: Fantasy Variations / Schuller: Farbenspiel
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith
1990
First Edition Records
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Carnival Scene • Endymion's Narrative • Flivver Ten Million • Euterpe • Francesca Da Rimini
Bird*, Converse*, Chadwick*, Foote* • The Louisville Orchestra
1990
Brian Fennelly: Fantasy Variations / Sydney Hodkinson: Sinfonia Concertante
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith*, Brian Fennelly, Sydney Hodkinson
1989
First Edition Records
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Two American Ballets
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Hershy Kay, Walter Piston / The Louisville Orchestra
1989
Albany Records
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Ezra Laderman - Sanctuary / Raymond Luedeke - Shadow Music
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith* - Ezra Laderman, Raymond Luedeke
1989
First Edition Records
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Housewarming / Symphony Of Spirituals
The Louisville Orchestra, Morton Gould, Lawrence Leighton Smith*
1989
First Edition Records
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First Edition Encores
The Louisville Orchestra
1989
Albany Records
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The Visions Of Merlin / Favola Boccaccesca
Dan Welcher / Robert Xavier Rodríguez, The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo, Lawrence Leighton-Smith
1989
First Edition Records, First Edition Records
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Hodkinson: Sinfonia Concertante / Josephs: Variations On A Theme Of Beethoven / Korte: Symphony No. 3
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith, Sydney Hodkinson, Wilfred Josephs, Karl Korte
1989
The Louisville Orchestra
CD
Dello Joio/Schickele/Persichetti
The Louisville Orchestra, Norman Dello Joio, Peter Schickele, Vincent Persichetti
1989
Symphony No. 5 - Symphony No. 7 - Symphony No. 8
Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra
1988
Albany Records
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Symphony 1933 (Symphony No. 1) • Concerto For Violin And Orchestra • Symphony No. 5
Roy Harris, The Louisville Orchestra
1988
Albany Records
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Fanfare for Louisville / Pre et Contra
The Louisville Orchestra – Witold Lutoslawski / Sofia Gubaidulina
1987
First Edition Records
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Symphony 1933 (Symphony No. 1) , Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
Roy Harris / The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith, Jorge Mester, Gregory Fulkerson
1987
First Edition Records
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Air Music, Eagles
Ned Rorem / The Louisville Orchestra, Peter Leonard, Gerhardt Zimmermann
1987
First Edition Records
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The Glass Bead Game / A Movement For Orchestra / Ricercare
The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith / Claude Baker, Robert Bernhardt, John B. Foley / Walter Piston, James R. Rightmyer
1987
First Edition Records
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Concerto For Viola And Orchestra / Flourishes And Galop / Forest Music For Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra, Morton Gould / Paul Chihara, Lawrence Leighton Smith* / Akira Endo, Robert Glazer (2)
1987
First Edition Records
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Wuorinen - Suite from "The Magic Art" / Blacher - Orchestral Variations on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 26
The Louisville Orchestra
1987
First Edition Records
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Jephta. Rhapsodic Poem (Symphony No. 5) / Passacaglia And Fugue For Orchestra / Antiphonie
Ernst Toch / Harry Somers / Francois Morel* - The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton Smith*
1987
First Edition Records
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La Serenissima / Afterimages / Symphony, Op. 3 / Symphony: Of Wind And Light
Gundaris Pone / Marc-Antonio Consoli / Boris Pillin / Stephen Suber, The Louisville Orchestra, Lawrence Leighton-Smith
1986
First Edition Records
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Ramsier - Divertimento Concertante on a Theme of Couperin / The Road to Hamelin
The Louisville Orchestra, Gary Karr
1986
First Edition Records
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Concerto For Saxophone And Orchestra / Ode To Lord Buckley
Paul Chihara, David Amram, The Louisville Orchestra
1985
First Edition Records
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Night Ceremonies / Variations For Orchestra
Frederick Fox / Stuart Sankey - The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo
1984
First Edition Records
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Suite From The River / Essay For String Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra
1983
First Edition Records
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Gradus Ad Parnassum / Iubilum
The Louisville Orchestra
1983
First Edition Records
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Ludwig, Symphony No. 1, Skrowaczewski, Music at Night
The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo, John Nelson (5)
1983
First Edition Records
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Cakewalk Ballet
Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Hershy Kay / The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo
1983
First Edition Records
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The Trojan Women
Karel Husa - The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo
1981
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Symphony No. 7 / Divertimento For Orchestra
Roger Sessions / The Louisville Orchestra, Peter Leonard
1981
First Edition Records
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Varazioni / Fresco
George Crumb / Sydney Hodkinson - The Louisville Orchestra, David Gilbert
1981
First Edition Records
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Symphonic Variations / In Memoria / Divertimento
Gunnar De Frumerie / Daniel Bortz* / Lars Erik Larsson, The Louisville Orchestra, Varujan Kojian
1981
First Edition Records
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Pentangle For Horn / Elegy / Vigil
Peter Schickele / Kenneth Albrecht / Francis Thorne / Joyce Mekeel / The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1980
First Edition Records
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Tournaments, Elegy / Oboe Concerto
John Corigliano / Bohuslav Martinu* ; Sidney Harth Conducting The Louisville Orchestra
1980
First Edition Records
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Christmasmusic, Spatial Fanfare, Autumnmusic, Concerto for Trombone
Donald Erb, The Louisville Orchestra, Akira Endo, Louis Lane
1980
First Edition Records
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St. Thomas Wake / Symphony No. 5
Peter Maxwell Davies, George Antheil, The Louisville Orchestra
1980
First Edition Records
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Piano Concerto / Arctic Images
The Louisville Orchestra, Jacques Hétu, Derek Healey (2)
1980
First Edition Records, First Edition Records
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The Louisville Orchestra
Robert Whitney, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1980
Symphony No. 2 / Hommage A Sarasate / On The Nature Of Things
Roque Cordero / Leonardo Balada / Henry Brant - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1979
First Edition Records, First Edition Records
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home Overture / Symphonic Ode / Symphony No. 1
Roy Harris / John Weinszweig* / Walter Piston - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1979
First Edition Records, First Edition Records
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The Telephone; Shelter This Candle
Paula Seibel, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1979
First Edition Records
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Bachianas Brasileieas No. 4 / Variations And Mosaics On A Theme Of Stravinsky
Heitor Villa-Lobos, Priscilla McLean, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1977
First Edition Records, First Edition Records
LP
The Continental Harp And Band Report (An American Miscellany)
Eric Stokes - The Louisville Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies
1977
First Edition Records
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Improvisation For Violin And Orchestra / Concerto For Violin And Orchestra
Edmund Rubbra / Benjamin Britten, Sidney Harth / Paul Kling (2), Louisville Orchestra*, Robert Whitney
1977
RCA Gold Seal
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Songs of the Tulpehocken
Stephen Douglas Burton, Kenneth Riegel, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1977
First Edition Records
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Piano Concerto No. 2: Symphony No. 2
Alexander Tcherepnin, Louisville Orchestra*, Robert Whitney
1977
RCA Gold Seal
LP
Symphony No. 1
Peter Racine Fricker, Louisville Orchestra* , conducted by Robert Whitney
1977
Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 5
Roy Harris, Bohuslav Martinu* - Louisville Orchestra*, Robert Whitney
1977
Lamia / Royal Invitation
The Louisville Orchestra / Jacob Druckman and Dominick Argento
1976
First Edition Records
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Diferencias / Symphony No. 2
The Louisville Orchestra / Joaquin Nin-Culmell* and Blas Galindo
1976
First Edition Records
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The Incredible Flutist / Festival Overture On The American National Air
Piston*, Buck*, The Louisville Orchestra
1976
First Edition Records
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Converse - Endymion's Narrative: Romance for Orchestra; Flivver Ten Million: A Joyous Epic / Chadwick - Euterpe: Concert Overture for Orchestra
The Louisville Orchestra
1976
First Edition Records
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Foote - Francesca Da Rimini / Bird - Carnival Scene / Ornstein - Nocturne and Dance of the Fates
Foote*, Bird*, Ornstein* - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1976
First Edition Records, First Edition Records
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Harper - Bartok Games / Hoddinott - Investiture Dances / Strilko - The Meditation Of Hermes Trismegistis
The Louisville Orchestra
1976
Concerto For Two Violins And Strings,Opus 77 / Concertino For Clarinet And Strings / Concerto For Trumpet, Strings And Percussion / Some Marches On A Ground
Malcolm Arnold, Mátyás Seiber, John Addison, Gordon Crosse, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
1976
Concert Ouverture Op.7 / Symphony No.2 In F Minor, Op.36
The Louisville Orchestra - Julius Rietz / Max Bruch - Jorge Mester
1976
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: III. Tournament
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: IV. Funeral March
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: VII. Musical Pantomime
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: V. Actor's Pantomime
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: II. Flourish and Dancing Music
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: X. Lullaby
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: VI. Procession
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: IX. March of Fortinbras
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite from Hamlet, Op. 32: I. Introduction and Night Watch
The Louisville Orchestra
Suite From Hamlet, Op. 32: VIII. Ophelia's Song
The Louisville Orchestra
Ongaku: I. Gagaku
The Louisville Orchestra
Roque Cordero - Symphony No. 2
The Louisville Orchestra
Ellington - The River - I. The Spring
The Louisville Orchestra
Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 3
The Louisville Orchestra
Ellington -The River - III. The Giggling Rapids
The Louisville Orchestra
Ellington - The River - IV. The Lake
The Louisville Orchestra
Ellington - The River - VIII. Twin Cities
The Louisville Orchestra
Ellington - The River - VII. The Whirlpool
The Louisville Orchestra
Ellington - The River - II. The Meander
The Louisville Orchestra
Ongaku: II. Sankyoku
The Louisville Orchestra