Discographies

DISCOGRAPHY of WOMEN COMPOSERS' MUSIC

This is a discography (list of recordings) of some of the Knight Library's Douglass Room collection. The recordings usually do not circulate outside the Library, except to the faculty and Graduate Teaching Fellows of the University of Oregon. However, any item listed as Doug. Circ. is part of our Circulating Compact Disc Collection, and may be borrowed through Interlibrary Loan, and by anyone with a UO-approved card.

Because of copyright considerations, we do not honor requests for copies of these materials.

The call numbers designate the type of recording material represented. Those call numbers preceded by the designation PHONODISC are LP's; those with COMPACT DISC and CD's; and those with CASSETTE are cassettes or cassette kits.

Note:Items marked with an asterisk (*) designate those recordings for which we own a score in our Music Services Department score collection.
The list of scores by women composers owned by the University is available on the web and entitled the Scoreography of Music by Women Composers
For more information on women composers and musicians, see the Guide to Resources on Women in Music on our web page.

Individual Composers: L

L. H., MISS, Of LIVERPOOL

See: In praise of woman: 150 years of English women composers.

LA BARBARA, JOAN, 1947-

The Art of Joan La Barbara. (Music for soprano & instrumental ensemble)
Nonesuch 78029-1
CONTENTS:The solar wind--October music: star showers and extra-terrestials--Vlissingen Harbor.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6907

Cathing. (Electronic Music)
Chiaroscuro CR 196
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4960

'Lalbero dalle foglie azzure (Tree of blue leaves) (1989) (For Soprano)
Centaur CRC 2166
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1840

La Barbara: the name, the sounds the music. (1991) (For Oboe)
Centaur CRC 2166
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1840

Thunder. (Electronic Music)
Chiaroscuro CR 196
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4960

See also: Contemporary anthology of music by women.

LANG, JOSEPHINE CAROLINE, 1815 - 1880

*Fruhzeitiger Fruehling.
Leonarda LPI 107
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4245

Lieder.
Musica Bavarica MB 902
CONTENTS:9 Lieder fur Sopran und Klavier (Lied "Immer sich rein kindlich erfreu'n", op.25 Nr.4; *Fruhzeit-linger Fruhling: "Tage der Wonne" o.op.; *"Leb wohl, leb wohl du schone Welt, op.29 Nr 1; Abschied: "Sie hat mich still", op.13 Nr.1; Zu tod mocht ich mich liebe, op. 27, Nr.6; Der Himmel mit all seinen Sonnen, op.23 Nr.3; *"Ob ich manchmal Dein gedenke",op. 27 Nr.3; Im Abendstrahl, o.op.; "Nur den Abschied schnell genommen", op.15 Nr.1.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4432

*O sehntest du dich so nach mir.
Leonarda LPI 107
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4245

*Sie liebt mich.
Gemini Hall 1010
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A922

*Wie glanzt so hell dein Auge.
Leonarda LPI 107
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4245

*Wie, wenn die Sohn' aufgeht.
Leonarda LPI 107
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4245

*Winter.
Leonarda LPI 107
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4245

See also:Historical anthology of Music by Women; An Historical Sampling of Women Composers and Their Music; and Women's voices: five centuries of song.

LANG, MARGARET RUTHVEN

See: Ah! love but a day: songs and spirituals by women composers.

LARSEN, LIBBY, 1950 -

Aubade (1982) for solo alto saxophone
Arizona University Recordings AUR CD 3101, p2000.
PERFORMER:Bill Perconti, alto saxophone.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX10280

Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers.
Albany Records TROY408, p2000.
PERFORMERS:Theresa Treadway Lloyd, mezzo-soprano; Toby Blumenthal, piano.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX5581

Black roller: [for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin, viola, cello and piano]
Innova 513, p1997.
PERFORMERS:Minnesota Contemporary Ensemble.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11422

Coming forth into day.
Plymouth Music Series PMS 003, c1986.
PERFORMERS:Lynda Russell, soprano; Jubilant Sykes, baritone; Bel Canto Voices; Plymouth Festival Chorus and Orchestra, Philip Brunelle, conductor; Jehan Sadat, narrator.
NOTES:"Recorded live at the world premiere performance April 14, 1986,Ordway Music Theatre, St. Paul, MN."
CONTENTS:War--Heroes, heroines--Innocence--One world.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 12553

Dancing solo.
Origin Classical OC 33003, p2008.
PERFORMERS:Florie Rothenberg, clarinet.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX15941

Dancing solo: music of Libby Larsen.
Innova/American Composers Forum Innova 512, c1997.
PERFORMERS: Caroline Hartig, clarinet; Kevin Purrone, piano (4th & 6th works); Robert Adney, percussion (1st work); David Harding, viola (4th work); Christopher Kachian, guitar (2nd & 5th works)
CONTENTS: Corker--Blue third pieces: Deep blue; Salt peanuts)--Dancing solo: With shadows; Eight to the bar; In ten slow circles; Flat out--Black birds, red hills: Pedernal hills; Black rock; Red hills and sky; A black bird with snow-covered hills--Three pieces for treble wind and guitar: Canti breve; Circular rondo; Presto digital--Song without words.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3892

Deep summer music, 1983.
Koch International Classics 3-7520-2 H1, p2001.
PERFORMERS:John Kinzie, marimba; Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11094

Grand Larsen-y: vocal music.
Albany Records TROY634, [2004]
PERFORMERS:Terry Rhodes, soprano; Ellen Williams, mezzo-soprano; Benton Hess, piano; Stephen Reis, violoncello.
CONTENTS:Margaret songs (Three songs of Willa Cather) (1998)--Duet from Eric Hermannson's soul (1998)--Beloved, thou hast brought me many flowers: a collection of love songs (1994)--Chanting to paradise: on poetry of Emily Dickinson (1997)--Dreaming blue. The color duet (2002)--Hell's belles: four songs for mezzo-soprano and five octave hand bell choir (2001)--Duet from Mrs. Dalloway: libretto by Bonnie Grice, based on the novel by Virginia Woolf (1993)--Songs from letters: Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey, 1880-1902 (1989).
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11652

How it thrills us.
EMI Classics CDC 7 54188 2, p1991.
NOTES:For chorus, in part unacc.
PERFORMERS:Choir of King's College, Cambridge; Stephen Cleobury.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX12262

In a Winter Garden.
Pro Arte PAD 151
Selections Include: The evergreens-Frozen fountain--Hot House--Christmas Rose.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5492

Lyric symphony.
Koch International Classics 3-7370-2, p1997.
PERFORMERS:London Symphony Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4758

Love lies bleeding: songs.
Centaur Records CRC 2666, p2003.
PERFORMERS:Eileen Strempel, soprano; Sylvie Beaudette, piano; Alexander Raykov, lute.
NOTES:The 2nd work originally with orchestra acc.; the lute songsincorporated compositionally into the 4th work.
CONTENTS:Cowboy songs--Sonnets from the Portuguese--Lute songs. In darkness let me dwell; If my complaints/John Dowland. Lo, how a rose e'er blooming/Michael Praetorius.I care not for those ladies/Thomas Campion--Try me, good king: last words of the wives of Henry VIII.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX15157

Marimba concerto: after Hampton, 1992.
Koch International Classics 3-7520-2 H1, p2001.
PERFORMERS:John Kinzie, marimba; Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11094

Parachute dancing.
Koch International Classics 3-7370-2, p1997.
PERFORMERS:London Symphony Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4758

Parachute Dancing. (For orchestra)
Leonarda LE 327
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX904

Perineo.
Innova Recordings 500, [1994]
PERFORMERS:Bradley Greenwald, baritone; Tom Linker, piano.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11417

Ring of fire.
Koch International Classics 3-7370-2, p1997.
PERFORMERS:London Symphony Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4758

Schoenberg, Schenker and Schillinger. [For flute, oboe, string trio and electronics.]
CRI CD 669
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2731

Solo symphony.
Koch International Classics 3-7520-2 H1, p2001.
PERFORMERS:John Kinzie, marimba; Colorado Symphony Orchestra; Marin Alsop, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11094

Songs from letters.
Koch International Classics 3-7481-2 HI, p2000.
PERFORMERS:Benita Valente, soprano; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11095

Songs of light and love.
Koch International Classics 3-7481-2 HI, p2000.
PERFORMERS:Benita Valente, soprano; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11095

Sonnets from the Portuguese..
Koch International Classics 3-7248-2 H1, p1993.
PERFORMERS:Arleen Auger, soprano; Joel Revzen, piano and conductor; members of Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Orchestra.
CONTENTS:Sonnets from the Portuguese. I thought once how Theocritus had sung; My letters!; With the same heart, I said, I'll answer thee; If I leave all for thee; Oh, yes!; How do I love thee?
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11098

String symphony [no.4].
Koch International Classics 3-7481-2 HI, p2000.
PERFORMERS:Benita Valente, soprano; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11095

Symphony: Water Music.
Elektra/Nonesuch 797147-2
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1127

Symphony: Water Music.
Nonesuch 79147-1
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 7491

Water music.
Koch International Classics 3-7370-2, p1997.
PERFORMERS:London Symphony Orchestra; Joel Revzen, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4758

See also: Ah! love but a day: songs and spirituals by women composers; Contemporary anthology of music by women; De toda la eternidad: songs of American women composers; The eternal feminine. ; Vitality begun = Spriessendes Leben -- Vitalite a commence; Women of note and Women's voices: five centuries of song.

LAYMAN, PAMELA, 1949-

Gravitation I. (For solo violin)
Grenadilla GS 1032
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4050

LE BARON, ANNE, 1953-

Dog-gone Cat Act, for Harp.
Opus One 58
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4501

LE BEAU, LUISE ADOLPHA, 1850 - 1927

Romance, E-dur. (For cello & klavier)
FSM FCD 97-728
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1462

LEBRUN, FRANZISKA, 1756 - 1791

*Sonata in F, Op.1, no.3: Rondeau. (For Violin)
Musica Bavarica MB 902
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4432

LEBRUN, MARIE [pseud. for Anna Malenfant]

Songs by Marie Lebrun.
RCI SB 1794/95
CONTENTS: Legende acadienne--L'oncle Bastien--Le marchand de reves--Dans chaque pays--L'ours et le beau garcon--Vent du large--Au jardin d'mon pere-Doux pays--La grange du cure.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 2140

LEE, HOPE

See: Contemporary anthology of music by women.

LEFANU, NICOLA, 1947-

But stars remaining.
Chandos ABR 1017
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5428

Canción de la luna: for countertenor and string quartet
Naxos 8.557389, p2004.
PERFORMERS:Fiona Cross, clarinet; Nicholas Clapton, countertenor; Goldberg Ensemble; Malcolm Layfield, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13773

Catena: for eleven solo strings.
Naxos 8.557389, p2004.
PERFORMERS:Fiona Cross, clarinet; Nicholas Clapton, countertenor; Goldberg Ensemble; Malcolm Layfield, conductor.
CONTENTS:String quartet no. 2--Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra--Canción de la luna: for countertenor and string quartet--Catena for eleven solo strings.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13773

Concertino for clarinet and string orchestra
Naxos 8.557389, p2004.
PERFORMERS:Fiona Cross, clarinet; Nicholas Clapton, countertenor; Goldberg Ensemble; Malcolm Layfield, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13773

Deva.
Chandos ABR 1017
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5428

Lullaby and nocturne. [For clarinet, violoncello, & piano.]
Clarinet Classics CC0007
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3096

The Same Day Dawns.
Chandos ABR 1017
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5428

String quartet no. 2.
Naxos 8.557389, p2004.
PERFORMERS:Fiona Cross, clarinet; Nicholas Clapton, countertenor; Goldberg Ensemble; Malcolm Layfield, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13773

See also: Contemporary anthology of music by women. and Women write music: orchestral music by 20th century women composers.

LEGINSKA, ETHEL, 1890 - 1970

Victorian Portraits (3).
Orion ORS 75188
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4913

LEHMANN, LIZA, 1862 - 1918

Bonnie Wee Thing.
RCA Victor CRM 1 2472
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 1763

*In a Persian Garden: Ah Moon of My Delight.
RCA CRM 1-2472
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 1763

*In a Persian Garden: Myself When Young.
Argo ZK 87
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4312

Liza Lehmann.
Collins Classics 15082, p1997.
PERFORMERS: Janice Watson, soprano; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, mezzo-soprano; Toby Spence, tenor; Neal Davies, baritone; Steuart Bedford, piano.
CONTENTS: Cherry-ripe--From The daisy chain. Fairies; Keepsake Mill; If no one ever marries me; Stars; The swing; Mustard and cross--Bird songs. The woodpigeon; The starling; The yellowhammer; The wren; The owl--Magdalen at Michael's gate--Evensong--Endymion--Music when soft voices die--To a little red spider--Dusk in the valley--The lily of a day--When I am dead, my dearest--Four cautionary tales and a moral. Rebecca; Jim; Matilda; Henry King; Charles Augustus Fortescue--[Parody pie]. My true friend hath my hat--[Nonsense songs]. Mockturtle soup; Will you walk a little faster?
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4400

See also: In praise of woman: 150 years of English women composers and Women at an exposition: music composed by women and performed at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago.

LEON, TANIA, 1944-

Batá.
Louisville Orchestra LCD010, [1995]
NOTE:For orchestra.
PERFORMERS:Louisville Orchestra; Lawrence Leighton Smith, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13754

Carabalí.
Louisville Orchestra LCD010, [1995]
NOTE:For orchestra.
PERFORMERS:Louisville Orchestra; Gunther Schuller, conductor.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX13754

Haiku. (For narrator and unnamed instrumental ensemble)
Opus One 101
Notes: "Haiku, for narrator, ensemble, and tape, comprises recitations of English translations of seventeen Japanese poems by Basho (1664-94), Buson (1716-83), a certain Hyakuchi, Issa (1763- 1827), and Raizan (1654-1715)"
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6833

Indigena.
CRI CD 662
CONTENTS:Indigena (for trumpet)--Parajota delate (for piano, flute, clarinet, violin, and violoncello--Ritual (for piano)--A la par (for piano and percussion)--Batey (for 6 amplified singers and 6 percussionists- sung in Spanish, Yoruba, and English.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2730

Journey.
CRI CD 738, p1997.
PERFORMERS:Jubal Trio (Christine Schadeberg, soprano; Sue Ann Kahn, flute; Susan Jolles, harp)
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11075

Pueblo mulato..
CRI CD 773, p1998.
PERFORMERS:Voices of Change.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11083

See also: Character sketches: solo piano works by 7 American women; Contemporary anthology of music by women. ; and Women write music: orchestral music by 20th century women composers.

LEONARDA, ISABELLA, 1620 - 1704

Alta del ciel regina. (From Motet, Op. 14)
Bayer 100 078/79
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1625

Messa prima, Op.18.
Leonarda LPI 115
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4310

La musa novarese.
Opus 111 OPS 30-206, p1997.
PERFORMERS:Loredana Bacchetta, soprano; Caterina Calvi, contralto; Gianluca Ferrarini, tenor; Luca Ferracin, bass; Gruppo Vocale Musica Laudantes; Riccardo Doni, maestro del coro; Cappella Strumentale del Duomo di Novara; Paolo Monticelli, conductor.
CONTENTS: Magnificat, op. 19 n. 10--Sonata terza, op. 16--Ave suavis dilectio, op. 6 n. 5--Lettanie della B. V. Maria, op. 10 n. 11--Sonata nona, op. 16--Salve Regina, op. 11 n. 12--Beatus vir, op. 19 n. 4--Sonata duodecima, op. 16.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4433

*Sonata duodecima; Op.16, No.12.
Lilac D-3
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX882

*Sonata duodecima, aus Op.16.
Bayer 100 078/79
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1625

Sonata seconda, aus. op.16.
Bayer 100 078/79
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1625

Veni amor veni Jesu: aus Op.15.
Bayer 100 078/79
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1625

See also: Historical anthology of Music by Women and An Historical Sampling of Women Composers and Their Music.

LERNER, MARILYN

See: Lesbian American composers

LIEBMAN, HELENE

"Grande Sonate pour Pianoforte et Violoncelle" B-Dur op. 11.
ebs records ebs 6027, p1992.
PERFORMERS:David Geringas, violoncello; Tatjana Schatz, piano.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX10778

LOCKWOOD, ANNEA, 1939-

The angle of repose.
Lovely Music LCD 3022, p1994.
PERFORMERS: Thomas Buckner, baritone; Stefani Starin, flute, alto flute, and khaen; Jon Gibson, soprano saxophone; Leroy Jenkins, viola; Joseph Kubera, piano; Bill Ruyle, percussion.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3413

For Richard.
Harmonia Mundi USA HMU 907602, p1994.
PERFORMERS:Sanford Sylvan, David Krakauer, clarinet.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2800

Night and fog.
Lovely Music LCD 3021, p1991.
PERFORMERS: Thomas Buckner, baritone; Joseph Kubera, piano.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3414

1923.
Lovely Music LCD 3021, p1991.
PERFORMERS: Thomas Buckner, baritone; Joseph Kubera, piano.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3414

The visitor.
Lovely Music LCD 3021, p1991.
PERFORMERS: Thomas Buckner, baritone; Joseph Kubera, piano.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3414

World rhythms.
1750 Arch 1765
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4446

See also: Lesbian American composers

LOHOEFER, EVELYN D., 1921-

Come and See the Peppermint Tree.
Wonderland RLP 1453
DOUGLASS PHONODISC Dedl 59

LOMON, RUTH, 1930-

Concerto for bassoon and orchestra.
MMC Recordings MMC2072, p1999.
PERFORMERS:Deborah Greitzer, bassoon; Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra; Gerard Schwarz.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX5590

Dust Devils. (For harp)
1750 Arch S 1787
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5109

Five Ceremonial Masks. (For piano)
Coronet LPS 3121
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A1259 v.2

Songs of remembrance.
CRI CD 887, p2002.
NOTES:Principally for solo voice (the 1st selection for soprano and tenor), with oboe/English horn and piano acc.
PERFORMERS: Variously: Jayne West, soprano; Pamela Dallal, mezzo soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Donald Boothman, baritone; Laura Ahlbeck, oboe/English horn; Donald Berman, piano.
CONTENTS:Chor der Waisen--Mes yeux--The survivor--Fear--Der Ewige segne--The butterfly--Gedale's song--Sunny evening--Poeme macabre--Love poem.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11054

Soundings. (For 2 pianos)
Capriccio CR 1002
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4357

Triptych. (For piano, 4 hands)
Capriccio CR 1002
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4357

See also:Music by women: a celebration

LOUDOVA, IVANA, 1941 -

Suite for Solo Flute.
Musica Femina
DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1189M

LOUIE, ALEXINA, 1949-

Cadenzas. (For clarinet & percussion)
Centrediscs CMC-CD 2786
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX913

See also: Contemporary anthology of music by women.

LUTYENS, ELISABETH, 1906 - 1983

*Bagatelles (5).
Argo ZRG 5425
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1590

Elisabeth Lutyens, 1906-1983.
NMC NMC D011, 1993.
PERFORMERS: Jane Manning, soprano (2nd, 4th, 6th works) ; Jane's Minstrels; Roger Montgomery, conductor (1st, 3rd works)
CONTENTS: Chamber concerto no. 1, op. 8, no. 1--The valley of Hatsu-Se: op. 62--6 tempi for 10 instruments: op. 42--Lament of Isis on the death of Osiris: from op. 74--Triolet I: op. 160a--Requiescat (in memorium Igor Stravinsky)--Triolet II: op. 160b
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX4760

Quartet, Op. 25, no.6.
Argo ZRG 5425
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1590

Quintet, Op.45, woodwind.
Argo ZRG 5425
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1590

Trio, op. 135. [For clarinet, violoncello & piano]
Clarinet Classics CC0007
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX3096

See also:In praise of woman: 150 years of English women composers.

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