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Re: [ARSCLIST] Piston Symphony #2
Didn't he also accompany Krasner in his violin sonata on Columbia 78s?
There is a Piston collection of recordings at the Boston Pulic Library.
They were exposed during the water-main- break initiated flood of 2000, as a
result of which preservation copies were made and now reside in their
archive.
Steve Smolian
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From: "Karl Miller" <karl.miller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Piston Symphony #2
Roger and Allison Kulp <thorenstd124@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
***I have not heard Piston himself conducting.I think there is a
recording out there somewhere,of him,and The New York Philharmonic,but the
only records of his stuff I have enjoyed enough to listen to,more than
once,are the Koussevitsky, and Hanson,of course.
As I recall, there is at least one surviving example of Piston conducting;
his Piano Concertino with Sanroma (as I recall) at the piano. It is at
Harvard in a collection of materials donated by Fassett (or at least that
was my recollection). I have a list of what was donated at home if anyone
is interested.
To the best of my knowledge, Piston rarely conducted. He did conduct the
Boston Symphony on at least two occasions, the first performances of his
First Suite for Orchestra and First Symphony. As far as I know, those
performances, from the 30's, do not survive.
I would be curious to know what Piston you have conducted by
Koussevitzky. As far as I know, only the Prelude and Allegro for Organ and
Strings was issued on disc. I also have two live performances of the Third
with Koussevitzky and a broadcast rehearsal of same. Also have an
interview with Piston where he discusses that rehearsal broadcast. If
there is anything else out there I would love to hear it.
Karl