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Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th & 19th Centuries
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude- Monpas
Chevalier de Saint-Georges
Joseph White
Rachel Barton, violin
Encore Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Hege, Conductor
Cedille 90000 035 (1997)

Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
William H. Chapman Nyaho, piano
Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003)

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            Music by Black Composers and Musicians
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Conductors                                         Performers
29 DePreist, James                         31 Chapman Nyaho, William H.
30 Freeman, Paul                           32 Ngwenyama, Nokuthula
                                                  33 Yifrashewa, Girma
                                                  34 Braide, Sodi (Blog)

Composers

1 Adams, H. Leslie
    a Albany Records Troy 428 (2000)
      Love Rejoices: Songs of H. Leslie Adams
      Darryl Taylor, tenor; Robin Guy, piano
       1 For you there is no song
         2 Amazing Grace
         3 Sence You Went Away
         4 Creole Girl
         5 Homesick Blues
   b Albany Records Troy 639 (2004)
       Maria Corley, piano
         Twelve Etudes - I. G Minor

2 Akpabot, Samuel Ekpe
     Marco Polo 8.223832 (1995)
    Five African Songs, San Gloria, Three Nigerian Dances, San Chronicle
    National Symphony Orchestra of the South African Broadcasting
    Corporation; Richard Cock, Conductor
    Three Nigerian Dances

3 Alberga, Eleanor
     a Roald Dahl's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
     b String Quartet No. 3
     c Violin Concerto

4 Bonds, Margaret Allison
     a Troy 329 (1999)
       Fi-Yer! A Century of African American Song
       William Brown, tenor; Ann Sears, piano
       Three Dream Portraits
   b Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003)
       Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
       William H. Chapman Nyaho, piano
       Troubled Water

5 Brouwer, Leo
     a GHA Records 126.025 (1998)
       Orquesta de Cordoba; Leo Brouwer, Conductor
       Costas Cotsiolis, guitar
       Concierto de Volos
        1 Aeolian Serenade
          2 The Sphynx
          3 Bacchus Dance in Agria's Beach
    b GHA Records 126.046 (2001)
       Three Double Concertos
       Orquesta de Cordoba; Leo Brouwer, Conductor
       Costas Cotsiolis and Isel Rodriguez Trujillo, guitar
       Concierto para guitarra, violin y arcos "Omaggio a Paganini"
        1 Pasacalle
          2 Interlude
          3 Concerto grosso
     c Ondine 979 (2002)
     Guitar Concerto No. 5, Helsinki
     d Sony 63173 (1998)
       John Williams, guitar
       London Sinfonietta; Steven Mercurio, Conductor
     The Black Decameron

6 Burleigh, Henry "Harry" Thacker
     a Troy 332 (1999)
       Deep River: Songs and Spirituals
       Oral Moses, bass-baritone; Ann Sears, piano
     Songs & Spirituals
    b Clarion CLR907CD (2004)
       Got the Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
       VocalEssence Ensemble Singers; Philip Brunelle, Conductor
          1 O Southland
          2 Ethiopia's Paean to Exaltation
     c Negro Spirituals in Brazil
        Juarês de Mira, bass
        1 Swing Low Sweet Chariot
          2 Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
          3 Go Down Moses
          4 Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
          5 I Want To Be Ready
          6 De Gospel Train
          7 Deep River
      d Albany Records Troy 104 (1993)
        Symphonic Brotherhood: The Music of African-American Composers
        Everett McCorvey, tenor
        Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic; Julius Williams, conductor
        The Young Warrior

7 Coleridge-Taylor, Samuel
     a Koch International Classics 3-7056-2 H1 (1992)
       Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Clarinet Quintet/PetiteSuite/Ballade/
       Spirituals
       Harold Wright, clarinet; Hawthorne String Quartet
         Clarinet Quintet in A
     b Cedille 90000 035 (1997)
       Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th
       Centuries
       Rachel Barton, violin
       Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, Conductor
     Romance in G Major for Violin and Orchestra
     c Cedille 90000 055 (2000)
       Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
        1 Danse Nègre from African Suite
          2 Petite Suite de Concert
     d Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003)
       Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
       William H. Chapman Nyaho, piano
     Deep River
     e AFKA SK 543 (1998)
       Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Chamber Music
       The Coleridge Ensemble
       Five Negro Melodies for Piano Trio Op. 59, No. 1
     Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sample Time 4:55
     f EDI Records 9259 (2005)
       Ballade
       Nokuthula Ngwenyama, violin; Mihae Lee, piano
       Ballade in C Minor, Op. 73
    g Self-Released (2001)
       Magnolias
       Gail Davis Barnes, piano
       Scenes From An Imaginary Ballet, Op. 74

8 Cunningham, Arthur
      Equilibrium 65 (2004)
     The Piano Music of Arthur Cunningham
     John Ellis, piano
     Engrams

9 Dett, R. Nathaniel
     a Clarion CLR907CD (2004)
       Got the Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
          1 Steve Burger, baritone
             Listen to the Lambs
          2 Ryan French, baritone
             Ave Maria
          3 Michael Forest, tenor
             The Chariot Jubilee
     b Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003)
       Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
       In the Bottoms Suite
       William H. Chapman Nyaho, piano
          1 Prelude: Night
          2 His Song
          3 Honey: Humoresque
          4 Barcarolle: Morning
          5 Dance: Juba
     c Self-Released (2001)
        Magnolias
        Gail Davis Barnes, piano
        Magnolia Suite
        Magnolias

10 Euba, Akin
       Music Research Institute MRI-0001CD (1998)
      City of Birmingham Touring Opera; Simon Halsey, Conductor
    Chaka: Part VI - "Why do you not dance"

11 Hailstork, Adolphus Cunningham
     a Albany Records Troy 104 (1993)
        Symphonic Brotherhood: The Music of African-American Composers
        Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic; Julius Williams, conductor
        Symphony No. 1
     b Cedille 90000 061 (2001)
        African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II
        Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
          1 An American Port of Call
          2 Epitaph for a Man who Dreamed

12 Holland, Justin
     Mento Music Press SMM 3023 (1994)
     American Pioneers of the Classic Guitar
      Douglas Back, guitar
      Carnival of Venice Fantasie

13 Johnson, James Price
      Clarion CLR907CD (2004)
      Got the Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
      Paul Shaw, piano
      VocalEssence Orchestra; Philip Brunelle, Conductor
       Yamekraw: A Negro Rhapsody

14 Kay, Ulysses
     Cedille 9000 061
     African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II
     Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
     Overture to Theater Set

15 León, Tania Justina
     CRI CD 662 (1994)
      Tania León: Indigena
      Richard Kelly, trumpet
      Continuum; Tania León, Conductor
    Indigena

16 Machado, Celso
     Surucua Art Production 002 (1997)
     Varal
     Celso Machado, guitar
     a Parazula
       b Canto de Escravo (Song of the Slaves)

17 Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor
     a Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003)
       Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
       William H. Chapman Nyaho, piano
       Scherzo
     b Visionary 103
       Finals Concert 2002
       Symphony of the Sphinx
       Sphinx Symphony Orchestra; Leslie B. Dunner, Conductor
       The Gathering
     c Cedille 0000 066 (2002)
       African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. III
       Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
       Generations: Sinfonietta No. 2 For Strings
    d Cedille 0000 087 (2005)
       Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson: A Celebration
       New Black Music Repertory Ensemble Quartet
       Quartet No. 1 based on "Calvary" (Negro Spiritual)

18 Pradel, Alain Pierre
     Dezi'l Production DP 001 (2000)
     Alain Pierre Pradel: Sept pièces Créoles (Seven Creole Pieces), Vol. 1
     Tatjana Rankovich, piano
       a Le château de cendre
       b La préférée

19 Price, Florence Beatrice
     a Koch International Classics 3-7518-2 H1
       Florence Price: The Oak, Mississippi River Suite, Symphony No. 3
       The Women's Philharmonic; Apo Hsu, Conductor
         Symphony No. 3 in C Minor
      b Ars Harmonica AH037 (1998)
        Compositio
        Monica Pons, piano
        Cotton Dance
     c Clarion CLR907CD (2004)
        Got the Saint Louis Blues: Classical Music in the Jazz Age
         VocalEssence Ensemble Singers; Philip Brunelle, Conductor
            1 Song for Snow
            2 Moon Bridge

20 Roldan, Amadeo
      Dorian 90245 (1997)
      Rítmicas
      Tambuco Percussion Ensemble; Camerata de las Américas; Ricardo
      Gallardo, Conductor
        a Rítmica 5
        b Rítmica 6

21 Saint-Georges, Le Chevalier de
        a Cedille 90000 035 (1997)
          Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th
          Centuries
          Rachel Barton, violin
          Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, Conductor
          Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2
         b AFKA SK-557 (2003)
          Chevalier de Saint-Georges: String Quartets
          Coleridge String Quartet
          String Quartet No. 3 in C Major Sample Time 5:03
       c Avenira AV 276011 (2005)
          String Quartets, Op. 14, Third Book of Quartets
          Apollon Quartet
          Quartet No. 3 in F Minor
      d Avenira CD1 AV 9985 2E, CD2 AV 9986 2E, CD3 AV 9987 2E,
          CD4 AV 9988 2E, CD5 9989 2E (2000)
          Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Symphonies & Violin Concertos
          Violin Concerto Soloist: Miroslav Vilimec, Violin
          Symphony Concertante Soloists: Jiri Zilak, Violin; Jan Motlik, Alto
          Radio Symphony-Orchestra Pilsen; Frantisek Preisler, Jr.,
          Conductor
           CD1 Symphony in D Major, Op. 11, No. 2 - Overture
             CD2 Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 8, No. 9
             CD3 Symphony Concertante in A Major, Op. 10, No. 2
             CD4 Symphony Concertante in F Major, Op. 10, No. 1
             CD5 Symphony Concertante in C Major, Op. 9, No. 1
       e Integral Classic 1 221.125 (2003), 2 A&A007 (2002),
          3 221.148 (2005)
          Saint-George & Mozart: Quatuors à cordes (String Quartets)
          Quatuor Antarès
           1 String Quartet in B-flat Major, G.067
             2 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 1, No. 3
           3 String Quartet in G Major, G.071 (2005)
           f BNL 112934 (2007)
              Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Les 10 sonates pour clavecin
           Anne Robert, harpsichord
              Sonata No. 2 in G Minor Sample Time 3:59

22 Smith, Hale
     Cedille 90000 061 (2001)
     African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II
     Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
     Ritual and Incantations

23 Sowande, Fela
     a Cedille 90000 055 (2000)
         African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. I
         Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
         African Suite
          I. Joyful Day
     b Decca LM 4547 (1952)
          Fela Sowande African Suite for Strings
          The New Symphony Strings; Trevor Harvey, Conductor
          Digitally Remastered, Mike S. Wright
          Akinla

24 Still, William Grant
     a Cedille 90000 055 (2000)
        African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. I
        Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
        Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American"
       b Koch International Classics 3-7084-2 H1 (1991)
        Africa: Piano Music of William Grant Still
        Denver Oldham, piano
        Blues From "Lenox Avenue"
       c Koch International Classics 3-7192-2 H1 (1994)
        William Grant Still: Summerland
        Alexa Still, flute; Susan DeWitt Smith, piano; New Zealand String
        Quartet
          Summerland
       d Koch International Classics 3-7154-2 H1 (1993)
        William Grant Still: La Guiablesse, Danzas de Panama, Quit Dat
        Fool'nish, Summerland
        Berliner Symphoniker; Isaiah Jackson, Conductor
        Danzas de Panama

25 Walker, George Theophilua
     a Sony DSO-1111 (2002)
        Detroit Symphony Orchestra: Black Composers Series
        Natalie Hinderas, piano
        Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Paul Freeman, Conductor
          Piano Concerto
      b Cedille 90000 061 (2001)
        African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. II
        Chicago Sinfonietta; Paul Freeman, Conductor
        Lyric For Strings

26 White, José Silvestre
       a Cedille 90000 035 (1997)
         Violin Concertos by Black Composers of the 18th and 19th
         Centuries
         Rachel Barton, violin
         Encore Chamber Orchestra; Daniel Hege, Conductor
         Violin Concerto in F-sharp Minor
        b IberoAmerica Ensemble
        La Bella Cubana

27 Wiggins, Thomas "Blind Tom"
     Newport Classic 85660 (1999)
     John Davis Plays Blind Tom
     John Davis, piano
     The Rainstorm

28 Williams, Julius Penson
      Albany Records Troy 104 (1993)
      Symphonic Brotherhood: The Music of African-American Composers
     Everett McCorvey, tenor
     Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic; Julius Williams, conductor
       a Is It True?
       b Meditation from the Easter Celebration


Conductors

29 DePreist, James - Oregon Symphony
     Delos 3278
    Igor Stravinsky
    The Firebird Suite

30 Freeman, Paul - Chicago Sinfonietta
    Cedille 90000 055 (2000)
    African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. I
    Fela Sowande
    African Suite
    I. Joyful Day

Performers

31 Chapman Nyaho, William H. - piano
     Musicians Showcase 1091 (2003)
     Senku: Piano Music by Composers of African Descent
     Margaret Allison Bonds
     Troubled Water

32 Nokuthula, Ngwenyama - violin
     EDI Records 9259 (2005)
     Ballade
     Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
     Ballade in C Minor, Op. 73

33 Yifrashewa, Girma - piano
      Balkan Multimedia Center (2006)
     Elilta: Ethiopian Classical Music by Girma Yifrashewa
     a Elilta
       b Ambassel
       c Chewata
       d Sememen
       e Doroteya Dimitrova, violin; Lyubomir Nikov, cello; Mikhail Zhivkov,
        clarinet
          My Strong Will
       f Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra; Dian Tchobanov, Conductor
          The Shepherd with the Flute

34 Sodi Braide - piano (AfriClassical Blog)
     Lyrinx LYR 249 (2006)
     Franck: Works for Piano
     IV Variation

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