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Anthony Louis SCARMOLIN (1890-1969)

The Caliph - Dance (1948), Three Miniatures (1920) Three Preludes (1995), The Sunlit Pool (1951) Invocation (1947), Variations on a Folk Song (1953) Arioso for strings (1953), Prelude (1964) Concert Piece for trumpet and strings (1962) 8.559012 Review by Rob Barnett

Peter SCHICKELE (b. 1953)

A Year in the Catskills (2009) Gardens (1968) What Did You Do Today at Jeffrey’s House? (1988) Dream Dances (1988) Diversions (1963) 8.559687 Review by Kevin Sutton

Paul SCHOENFIELD (b. 1947)

	Six British Folk Songs (1985) Peccadilloes (1997) Refractions (2006) 8.559380 Review by Oleg Ledeniov
	Camp Songs (2001) Ghetto Songs (2008) 8.559641 Reviews by Oleg Ledeniov and Dan Morgan

William SCHUMAN (1910-1992)

	The symphonies and orchestral works 8.505228 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Gary Higginson
	Violin Concerto (1947 rev 1954, 1958) New England Triptych (1956) Variations on America (Ives, orch. Schuman) 8.559083 Review by Rob Barnett
	Symphony No. 4 (1941) Orchestra Song (1963) Circus Overture (1944) Symphony No. 9 (‘Le fosse ardéatine’) (1967) 8.559254 Reviews by John Quinn and John Phillips
	Symphony No. 7 (1960) Symphony No. 10 ('American Muse') (1976) 8.559255 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John Quinn
	Symphony No. 3 (1941) Symphony No. 5 ('Symphony for Strings') (1943) Judith (1949) 8.559317 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John Quinn
	A Song of Orpheus (1960-61) 8.559344 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Bob Briggs
	Symphony No. 6 (1948) Prayer in a Time of War (1943) New England Triptych (1956) 8.559625 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Nick Barnard
	Symphony 8 (1962) Night Journey (1947) Variations on ‘America’ (Ives, arr. Schumann, 1891/1964) 8.559651 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Nick Barnard

Joseph SCHWANTNER (b. 1943)

	Sparrows (1979) Soaring (1986) Distant Runes and Incantations (1984, arr. 1987) Two Poems of Aguedo Pizarro (1980) Music of Amber (1981) 8.559206 Reviews by Hubert Culot and Gwyn Parry-Jones
	Percussion Concerto (1994) Morning's Embrace (2005) Chasing Light (2008) 8.559678 Review by Byzantion and Paul Godfrey

Gerard SCHWARZ (b. 1945)

	In memoriam (2005) 8.559379 Reviews by Robert Hugill and Bob Briggs
	Rudolf and Jeanette (2007) 8.559641 Reviews by Oleg Ledeniov and Dan Morgan

Ruth Crawford SEEGER (1901-1953)

Suite for five wind instruments and piano (1927 revised 1929) Sonata for violin and piano (1925-26) Two Ricercari (Poems of H T Tsiang) (1932) Prelude No.1 – Andante (1924) Prelude No.9 – Tranquillo (1928) Study in Mixed Accents (1930) Diaphonic Suite No.1 for flute (1930) Diaphonic Suite No.2 for bassoon and cello (1930) Three Songs (Poems of Carl Sandburg) (1930, 1932) 8.559197 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Jonathan Woolf

Roger SESSIONS (1896-1985)

Quintet for two violins, two violas and cello (1958) Canons (to the memory of Igor Stravinsky) for string quartet (1971) Six Pieces for Solo Cello (1966) String Quartet No. 1 in E minor (1938) 8.559261 Reviews by Michael Cookson and Jonathan Woolf

Bright SHENG (1955-)

Red Silk Dance (1999) Tibetan Swing (2002) The Phoenix (2004) H’un (1988) 8.559610 Review by Glyn Pursglove

Elie SIEGMEISTER (1909-1991)

	Piano Music Vol. 1 American Sonata (1944), On This Ground (1971) Theme and Variations No. 2 (1971) Piano Sonata No. 4 (1980), Piano Sonata No. 5 (1987) 8.559020 Review by Rob Barnett
	Piano Music Vol. 2 Sunday in Brooklyn (1946), Piano Sonata No. 2 (1964) Theme and Variations No. 1 (1932) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1979), From These Shores (1985) 8.559020 Review by Rob Barnett

Roberto SIERRA (b. 1953)

	Vestigios rituales (1984) Conjuros (1982) Trio tropical (1991) Cinco bocetos (1984) Glosa a la sombra (1987) Descarga, for piano and ten instruments (1987-90) 8.559263 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Byzantion
	Piano Trio no.1 Trío Tropical (1991) Piano Trio no.2 (2002) Piano Trio no.3 Romántico (2008) Fanfarria, Aria y Movimiento Perpetuo, for violin and piano (2000) 8.559611 Reviews by Byzantion and Gary Higginson
	Missa Latina (2005) 8.559624 Reviews by Brian Reinhart and Nick Barnard
	Fandangos, for orchestra (2000) Sinfonía no.4 (2008-09) Carnaval, for orchestra (2007) 8.559738 Reviews by Byzantion, Bert Bailey and David Dunsmore
	Sinfonia No. 3 'La Salsa' (2005) Borikén (2005) El Baile (2012) Beyond the Silence of Sorrow (2002) 8.559817 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Cantares (2015) Loíza (2014-2015) Triple Concerto (2015) 8.559876 Review by Mike Parr

Haskell SMALL (1949-)

Lullaby of War (2007) Renoir's Feast (2005) Three Etudes in Sound (1993) 8.559649 Review by Byzantion

John Philip SOUSA (1854-1932)

	On Stage The Bride Elect (1897) People Who Live in Glass Houses El Capitan (1895) Our Flirtations (1880) 8.559008 Review by Rob Barnett
	At the Symphony 8.559013 Review by Rob Barnett
	Music For Wind Band Vol. 1 Marches: Hands across the Sea, Manhattan Beach, The Invincible Eagle, Hail to the Spirit of Liberty, Colonial Dames, Imperial Edward, Foshay Tower (Washington Memorial), Daughters of Texas, Kansas Wildcats, Power and Glory Looking Upward (suite) Humoresque of George Gershwin's Swanee 8.558058 Review by Simon Jenner
	Music for Wind Band Vol. 2 Marches: The Royal Welsh Fusiliers, The Fairest of the Fair, Wisconsin Forward Forever, Solid Men to the Front, King Cotton, Bullets and Bayonets Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory Willow Blossoms Suite at the Movies: The Serenaders, The Crafty Villain and the Timid Maid, Balance All and Swing Partners Rose, Shamrock and Thistle 8.559059 Review by Raymond Walker
	Music for Wind Band Vol. 3 The Corcoran Cadets (1890), Semper Fidelis (1888) Selections from 'The Free Lance' (1905) The New York Hippodrome (1916), La Flor di Sevilla (1929) Waltzes from 'El Capitan' (1896) A Century of Progress (1931), The White Rose (1917) The Last Days of Pompeii (1893) With Pleasure – Dance Hilarious (1912) The Belle of Chicago (1892), The National Game (1925) 8.559092 Reviews by Raymond Walker and Don Satz
	Music For Wind Band Vol. 4 Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (1922) Sesqui-Centennial Exposition (1926) Tales of a Traveler (1911), Riders for the Flag (1927) Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. (1924) Coeds of Michigan (1925), Pathfinder of Panama (1915) The Glory of the Yankee Navy (1909) Bride Elect Selections (1898), The Aviators (1931) The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896) 8.559093 Reviews by Patrick Gary and Jonathan Woolf
	Music for Wind Band Vol. 5 The Minnesota March (1927), The Thunderer (1889), The Charlatan Waltzes (1898), The Pride of the Wolverines (1926), University of Nebraska (1928), The Gallant Seventh (1922), Powhattan’s Daughter (1907), Cubaland - Suite in three parts (1925), George Washington Bicentennial (1930), The Diplomat (1904), The Directorate (1894), Our Flirtation (1880), Sabre and Spurs (1918), The Atlantic City Pageant (1927) 8.559131 Review by Patrick Waller
	Music for Wind Band Vol. 6 Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (1928) The Golden Star (1919), The Dauntless Battalion (1922) Sextet from The Bride Elect (1897), The Federal March (1910) Three Quotations (1895), Liberty Bell (1893) The Gridiron Club (1926), La Reine de la Mer (1886) The Chariot Race (1890), The Gladiator (1886) New Mexico March (1928), The Picador March (1889) 8.559132 Review by Patrick Waller
	Music for Wind Band Vol. 7 America First (1916), The Presidential Polonaise (1886) The Rifle Regiment March (1886), Intaglio Waltzes (1884) Congress Hall March (1882), El Capitan March (1896) Golden Jubilee March (1928), Sheridan’s Ride (1891) The Bride-Elect March (1897), The Charlatan March (1898) Sounds from the Revivals (1896) The Naval Reserve March (1917) The Black Horse Troop March (1924) 8.559247 Review by John Sheppard
	Music for Wind Band Vol. 8 The High School Cadets (1890) The Northern Pines (1931) Selections from El Capitan (1895) Boy Scouts of America (1916) Crusader March (1888) Oh, Warrior Grim (1895) On the Campus (1920) Jack Tar (1903) Comrades of the Legion (1920) Pride of Pittsburgh (1901) At the King’s Court (1904) The Washington Post (1899) 8.559248 Review by Raymond Walker
	Music for wind band Vol. 9 From Maine to Oregon, The Charlatan Flags of Freedom, Nymphalin The Dwellers of the Western World The Man behind the Gun, The Lily Bells The Chantyman’s March, When my dreams come true US Field Artillery March, Harmonica Wizard March University of Illinois March 8.559396 Review by John Sheppard
	Music for wind band Vol. 11 Mother Hubbard March, Keeping step with the Union March In Parlor and Street Fantasy, Wolverine March Globe and Eagle March, In Pulpit and Pew Fantasy On Parade March, Tally Ho Overture, We are coming March Liberty Loan March, National Fencibles March Guide Right March, You’re the Flower of my Heart, Bonnie Annie Laurie March 8.559690 Review by John Sheppard
	Music for wind band Vol. 12 Sound Off March, Peaches and Cream, Transit of Venus March Marching Through Georgia - Patrol, Maidens Three - Suite Mikado March, The Honored Dead - Funeral March, Marquette University March Revival March, Chris and the Wonderful Lamp - Overture, Right Forward March Leaves From My Notebook - Suite, Right-Left March 8.559691 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John Sheppard
	Music for wind band Vol. 13 Occidental March, Mother Goose March, Katherine, While Navy Ships are Coaling Chris and the Wonderful Lamp, President Garfield’s Inaugural March President Garfield’s Funeral March ‘In Memoriam’, Resumption March Gallagher and Shean, Paroles D’Amour, Camera Studies, White Plume March 8.559729 Review by Brian Wilson
	Music for wind band Vol. 14 March of the Royal Trumpets, The American Maid: Overture, The Triton Medley, Listen to My Tale of Woe, The Lambs, Esprit de Corps, El Capitan and His Friends, The Circumnavigators Club, The Loyal Legion, The International Congress 8.559730 Review by Steven Vasta
	Music for wind band Vol. 16 8.559746 Review by Bruce McCollum
	Music for wind band Vol. 17 8.559811 Review by Bruce McCollum

Leo SOWERBY (1895-1968)

Works for Organ and Orchestra Classic Concerto (1944) Medieval Poem (1926) Pageant (1931) Festival Musick (1953) 8.559028 Review by Rob Barnett

William Grant STILL (1895-1978)

	In Memoriam (1943) Africa (Symphonic Poem) (1930) Symphony No. 1 Afro-American (1930) 8.559174 Review by John France
	Three Visions (1935) Seven Traceries (1939) The Blues [from the ballet Lenox Avenue] (1937) A Deserted Plantation (1933) Africa (1928) (arr. for piano by Verna Arvey) 8.559210 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	Symphony No. 5 Western Hemisphere (1945, rev. 1970) Poem for Orchestra (1944) Symphony No. 4 Autochthonous (1947) 8.559603 Reviews by Bob Briggs, Rob Barnett and Nick Barnard
	Wood Notes (1947) Symphony No. 2 in G minor Song of a New Race (1937) Symphony No. 3 The Sunday Symphony (1958) 8.559676 Review by William Kreindler
	Can’t You Line ’Em (1940) Three Visions – No. 2. Summerland (1936) Quit Dat Fool’nish (1935) Pastorela (1946) American Suite (c. 1918) Fanfare for the 99th Fighter Squadron (1945) Serenade (1957) Violin Suite (1943) Threnody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius (1965) 8.559867 Reviews by Rob Barnett and William Kreindler

George Templeton STRONG (1856-1948)

	Symphony No. 2 ('Sintram') (1887-88) Chorale on a Theme of Leo Hassler (1929) 8.559018 Reviews by Rob Barnett and Ian Lace
	Die Nacht (1913) Le Roi Arthur (1916) 8.559048 Review by Rob Barnett
	Ondine (1882-3; rev. 1939) Suite No. 1 Suite No. 2 “Athens” Suite No. 3 8.559078 Review by Ian Lace

Steven STUCKY (1949-2016)

Concerto for Orchestra No. 2 (2004) 8.559836 Reviews by Dan Morgan and John Quinn

Art TATUM (1909-1956)

Improvisations Tea for Two, St. Louis Blues, Tiger Rag, Aunt Hagar’s Blues, Humoresque, Sweet Lorraine, Get Happy, The Jitterbug Waltz, Tatum Pole Boogie, Cherokee, Lover, Come Back to Me!, Elegy, Hallelujah, Willow Weep for Me, Emaline, Yesterdays, I Know That You Know 8.559130 Reviews by Steve Arloff and Jonathan Woolf

Deems TAYLOR (1885-1966)

	Through the Looking Glass, Op 12 (1919-21) 8.559724 Review by Brian Reinhart
	Peter Ibbetson 8.669016-17 Reviews by John Sheppard and William Kreindler

Andy TEIRSTEIN (b. 1957)

Open Crossings 8.559617 Review by Jonathan Woolf

Edward THOMAS (b. 1924)

Desire Under The Elms 8.669001-002 Reviews by Rob Barnett and John Quinn

Randall THOMPSON (1899-1984)

	Requiem 8.559789 Review by Paul Corfield Godfrey
	Symphony No. 2 in E minor 8.559822 Reviews by Bob Stevenson and John Quinn

Virgil THOMSON (1896-1989)

	Symphony on a Hymn Tune (1928) Symphony No. 2 (1931-41) Symphony No. 3 (1972) Pilgrims and Pioneers (1964) 8.559022 Reviews by Ian Lace and Adrian Smith
	Synthetic Waltzes (1925) Four Songs to Poems of Thomas Campion (1951) Sonata for Violin and Piano (1930) Two by Marianne Moore (1963) Praises and Prayers (1963) 8.559198 Review by Jonathan Woolf
	The Plow That Broke the Plains (1936) The River (1937) 8.559291 Reviews by Bob Briggs and Dan Morgan
	Cello Concerto (1945-50) 8.559344 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Bob Briggs
	Three Portraits (arr. Samuel Dushkin) (1944) Five Ladies (1983) Eight Portraits (1928-1940) 8.559364 Reviews by Patrick Gary and Dan Morgan

Ernest TOCH (1887-1964)

	Tanz-Suite, Op.30 (1923-4) Concerto for Cello and Chamber Orchestra, Op.35 (1924-5) 8.559282 Review by Glyn Pursglove
	Violin Sonata No.2 Op.44 (1928) Burlesken for Piano Op.31 (1923) Three Impromptus for Cello Op.90c (1963) Quintet for piano, two violins, viola and cello Op.64 (1938) 8.559324 Reviews by Jonathan Woolf and Bob Briggs

Michael TORKE (b.1961)

	An American Abroad (1998-2001) Jasper (1998-2001) Rapture - Concerto for Percussion and Orchestra (1998-2001) 8.559167 Review by Neil Horner and Hubert Culot
	Bright Blue Music (1985) 8.559782 Reviews by Nick Barnard and William Kreindler

Joan TOWER (b. 1938)

	In Memory (2002), Big Sky (2000), Wild Purple (1998), Holding a Daisy (1996), Or Like a...an Engine (1994), Vast Antique Cubes (2000), Throbbing Still (2000), Island Prelude (1989) 8.559215 Review by Hubert Culot
	Made in America (2005) Tambor (1998) Concerto for Orchestra (1991) 8.559328 Reviews by Leslie Wright and Julie Williams
	Stroke (2010) Violin Concerto (1991) Chamber Dance (2006) 8.559775 Review by Leslie Wright
	Sequoia (1981) 8.559875 Reviews by Dan Morgan and Leslie Wright

George TSONTAKIS (b. 1951)

Anasa for clarinet and orchestra (2011) True Colours for trumpet and orchestra (2012) Unforgettable for two violins and orchestra (2009/2013) 8.559826 Reviews by Gary Higginson and Stephen Barber

Stanley WALDEN (b. 1932)

Maquettes for two pianos (2001) Sh’mah - duo for violin and cello (2002) Five Similes for piano (1989) Trio for horn, violin and piano (2003) 8.559355 Review by Jonathan Woolf

George WALKER (b. 1922)

String Quartet No. 2 (1968) Poem (1987) Lyric for Strings (1946) Five Fancies (1974) Modus, various songs 8.559659 Review by William Kreindler

Dan WELCHER (b. 1948)

Haleakala: How Maui Snared the Sun (1991) Prairie Light: Three Texas Watercolors of Georgia O’Keeffe (1985) Clarinet Concerto (1989) 8.559287 Reviews by Robert Hugill and Jonathan Woolf

Scott WHEELER (b. 1952)

Songs 8.559658 Reviews by Byzantion

Eric WHITACRE (b. 1970)

Choral music 8.559677 Review by John Quinn

Meredith WILLSON (1902-1984)

Symphony No. 1 ('A Symphony of San Francisco') (1936) Symphony No. 2 (' The Missions of California') (1939) 8.559006 Review by Rob Barnett

Bruce WOLOSOFF (1955-)

Songs without Words: Eighteen Divertimenti for String Quartet (2008) 8.559663 Reviews by Brian Reinhart and Oleg Ledeniov

Max WOLPERT (b. 1993)

Viola Concerto No.1 ‘Giants’ 8.559840 Reviews by Jim Westhead and Stephen Greenbank

Charles WUORINEN (b. 1938)

	String Sextet (1989) Second String Quartet (1979) Divertimento (1982) Piano Quintet (1994) [24:45] 8.559288 Review by Dominy Clements
	Tashi (1975) Percussion Quartet (1994) Fortune (1979) 8.559321 Reviews by Glyn Pursglove and Brian Burtt
	Dante Trilogy (1993-96) 8.559345 Review by Glyn Pursglove
	Scherzo (2007) First String Quartet (1971) Viola Variations (2008) Second Piano Quintet 8.559694 Review by Mark Sealey

Ronn YEDIDIA (1955-)

World Dance [8:31] Farewell, Nathaniel [7:40] Poème [13:02] Nocturne [7:28] Concertino [17:44] Impromptu [5:51] 8.559699 Review by John Whitmore

Judith Lang ZAIMONT (b. 1945)

	Chroma - Northern Lights (1985) Symphony 2, Remember Me (2000) STILLNESS (2004) 8.559619 Review by Bob Briggs
	Sonata (2000) Nocturne - La fin de siècle (1979) A Calendar Set (1978) 8.559665 Review by Paul Godfrey

Ellen Taaffe ZWILICH (b. 1939)

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1998) Rituals for five percussionists and orchestra (2002) 8.559268 Reviews by John Phillips and Colin Clarke