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George Rochberg (Paterson, July 5th, 1918 - Bryn Mawr, May 29th 2005) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.

ALBUMS


George Rochberg, Léo Marillier
Caprice Variations For Unaccompanied Violin
2021, CD, Albany Records, ,
Contemporary
George Rochberg, Michael Anderson (45), Leo Brouwer, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Phillip Evans (2), Almeida Prado, Thomas L. McKinley, John Sharpley (3), Roberta Rust
Direct Contact
2019, CD, Album, Navona Records, ,
Modern/Contemporary
George Rochberg, Christina Jennings, Lura Johnson, June Han
Complete Flute Music • 1
2015, CD, Album, Naxos
George Rochberg, Hirsch-Pinkas Piano Duo
Piano Music • 1: Circles Of Fire
2010, CD, Album, RE, Naxos
George Rochberg, Sally Pinkas
Piano Music - 4
2010, CD, RE, Naxos
George Rochberg, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Symphony No. 1
2007, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Modern
George Rochberg, Paul Roby (2), Linda Wetherill-Smith*, Susan Jolles, Arash Amini
Invitation To The Music Of George Rochberg
2007, CD, Album, Direct-to-Tape Recording Company, ,
Contemporary
George Rochberg, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Symphony No. 2 / Imago Mundi
2005, CD, ,
Modern/Twelve-tone
George Rochberg - Peter Sheppard Skærved*, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Violin Concerto (Restored Original Version)
2004
George Rochberg - Boston Modern Orchestra Project • Gil Rose
Black Sounds • Cantio Sacra • Phaedra
2003, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Contemporary/Modern
George Rochberg, Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra*, Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Symphony No. 5 / Black Sounds / Transcendental Variations
2003
George Rochberg
Caprice Variations
2003
George Rochberg, Evan Hirsch
Piano Music 2
2002
Argento*, Rochberg* / Anthony Gigliotti, Taipei Symphony Orchestra, Felix Chiu-Sen Chen
Clarinet Concertos
2001, CD, Album, Bravo (18)
Cathy Basrak, William Koehler, Robert Koenig - Music By George Rochberg, Frederick Jacobi, Alan Shulman, Quincy Porter, Lowell Liebermann
American Viola Works
2000, CD, Album, Cedille Records
The Fischer Duo : Norman Fischer , Cello Jeanne Kierman , Piano - Rochberg*, Thomas*, Jalbert*, Jones*
American Music In The 1990's
2000, CD, Album, Gasparo
George Rochberg - The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center, David Shifrin, Eliot Fisk, Paula Robison
Eden: Out Of Time & Out Of Space (Chamber And Solo Works For Guitar)
2000, CD, Album, Arabesque Recordings
Schwartz*, Rochberg*, Kreutzer Quartet*
Variations
2000, CD, Album, Metier, ,
Contemporary
George Rochberg - Concord String Quartet*
String Quartets Nos. 3-6
1999, 2xCD, Comp, RE, RM, New World Records
George Rochberg
Piano Music
1999
George Rochberg - The Kapell Trio
The 3 Piano Trios
1998, CD, Album, Gasparo
Rochberg*, Martha Thomas
Four Decades Of Piano Music
1997, CD, Album, aca Digital Recording
Richard Slavich*, Alice Rybak, William Bolcom, Ned Rorem, George Rochberg, John Harbison, Aaron Copland
An American Cellobration
1997, CD, Crystal Records (5)
George Rochberg
Slow Fires Of Autumn / Duo Concertante / Ricordanza / String Quartet No. 2
1997, CD, Comp, RE, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
George Rochberg • Roque Cordero • Robert Palmer
Quintet For A-Clarinet, String Trio & Piano • Quintet For Flute, B-Flat Clarinet, Violin, Cello & Piano • Trio For Violin, Cello & Piano
1995, CD, Albany Records
Stravinsky*, Rochberg*, Isaac Stern, Igor Stravinsky, André Previn
Violin Concertos
1995
George Rochberg, Paul Creston, Bernard Heiden*, Elliott Carter - Lawrence Wheeler, Ruth Tomfohrde*
American Music For Viola & Piano
1994, CD, Album, Albany Records
The New York Chamber Ensemble, George Rochberg, Stephen Rogers Radcliffe
Music For The Magic Theater / Octet; A Grand Fantasia
1994, CD, Album, New World Records
Rochberg*, Eliot Fisk
Caprice Variations
1994
Baker* · Rochberg* · Rorem* - Beaux Arts Trio
Spring Music
1994, ,
Contemporary
George Rochberg - John Harbison - Arioso Wind Quintet
To The Dark Wood / Trio / Quintet For Winds
1993, CD, Album, Koch International Classics
John McCabe (2) Plays Adams*, Bennett*, Copland*, Carter*, Rochberg*, Previn*
Transatlantic Piano
1991, 2xCD, Album, Continuum, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Beethoven*, Rochberg* - Maria Bachmann, Jon Klibonoff
"Kreutzer" Sonata / Sonata For Violin & Piano
1990, CD, Connoisseur Society
Irving Fine, George Rochberg, Alvin Etler, Jan Bach - The Pennsylvania Quintet
American Wind Music
1990, CD, Album, Centaur Records
Sue Ann Kahn Plays Schickele*, Rochberg*, Riegger*, Luening*
Sue Ann Kahn Plays Schickele, Rochberg, Riegger, Luening
1986, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta, George Rochberg / Jacob Druckman
Concerto For Oboe And Orchestra / Prism
1986, ,
Contemporary
David Del Tredici / George Rochberg
Syzygy / Second Symphony
1983, LP, Album, Comp, RE, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
George Rochberg / Barber*, Leslie Guinn, Concord String Quartet*
Quartet No. 7 / String Quartet, Op. 11 ∙ Dover Beach, Op. 3
1983, LP, Nonesuch, Nonesuch
Sharon Mabry, Rochberg*, Pasatieri*, Coe*
New Music For Mezzo-Soprano
1983, LP, Album, Owl Recording, Inc
George Rochberg, Concord String Quartet*
Quartets Nos. 4, 5 And 6
1982, 2xLP, Box, RCA Red Seal
Crumb* / Rochberg* / University of New South Wales Ensemble
Contemporary American Chamber Music
1982, LP, MBS Records (2)
The Twentieth Century Consort, Christopher Kendall - Schwantner* / Chenoweth* / Penn* / Wright* / Rochberg*
The Twentieth Century Consort
1981, 2xLP, Album, Smithsonian Collection, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
George Rochberg, The Concord String Quartet / Alan Marks
Quintet for Piano And String Quartet
1981, Vinyl, ,
Modern
Harbison* / Rochberg*
Naumburg Performing Award Winners Play Naumburg Commissions (Woodwind Quintet / Slow Fires Of Autumn)
1980, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
James Ostryniec - Rochberg* / Seeger* / Shapey* / Schuller* / Julian* / Singer*
Music For Oboe (La Bocca Della Verita / Diaphonic Suite No. 1 / Rhapsodie / Trio / Wave Canon / Work)
1980, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Rochberg* - Isaac Stern, André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony*
Violin Concerto
1979
George Rochberg
Three Sides Of George Rochberg
1977, LP, Grenadilla Records, Grenadilla Records
Zvi Zeitlin - George Rochberg
Caprice Variations (For Unaccompanied Violin)
1977
George Rochberg
Songs In Praise Of Krishna
1976, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
George Rochberg, Henry Cowell, John Russo, David Cope
George Rochberg - Henry Cowell - John Russo - David Cope
1976, LP, Capra Records
George Rochberg - The Oberlin Orchestra*, Kenneth Moore
Music For The Magic Theater / Chamber Symphony For Nine Instruments
1975, LP, Desto, Desto, CMS (10)
George Rochberg - The Concord Quartet*
String Quartet No. 1 / Duo Concertante / Ricordanza
1975, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
George Rochberg / Robert Suderburg
String Quartet No 2 / Chamber Music II
1974, LP, Album, Turnabout
Stefan Wolpe / George Rochberg / Jeff Jones (12) - The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble*, Arthur Weisberg, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Jan DeGaetani
Spectrum: New American Music, Volume IV
1974, Vinyl, ,
Contemporary
George Rochberg, Jan de Gaetani*, Penn Contemporary Players, Richard Wernick / Shulamit Ran, Gloria Davy, New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble, A. Robert Johnson
Tableaux / "O, The Chimneys"
1973, LP, Album, Turnabout
George Rochberg / Andrew Imbrie / Donald Waxman
Trio For Violin, Cello And Piano / Dandelion Wine / Trio For Oboe Clarinet And Bassoon
1973, LP, Turnabout
George Rochberg - The Concord String Quartet
String Quartet No. 3
1973
Erb* : Rochberg* : Stalvey*
Metamorphosis
1970, LP, Ars Nova Ars Antiqua Recordings, Ars Nova Ars Antiqua Recordings
Stefan Wolpe / George Rochberg / Seymour Shifrin - The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble*, Arthur Weisberg, Jan DeGaetani
Spectrum: New American Music, Volume II
1969, ,
Contemporary
Robert Parris / George Rochberg / Charles Wuorinen
Trombone Concerto/Contra Mortem Et Tempus/Janissary Music
1968, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
George Rochberg / Ray Luke - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2
1963
Salvatore Martirano / George Rochberg
O, O, O, O, That Shakespeherian Rag (For Mixed Chorus And Instrumental Ensemble) / String Quartet No. 2, With Soprano
1963
George Barati, George Rochberg, Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra, The New York Philharmonic*
First Recordings Of Naumberg Award Compositions
1962
George Rochberg
Volume One: String Quartet No. 1 • Contra Mortem Et Tempus • Second Symphony
CD, Comp, RM, RP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
George Rochberg
Music Of George Rochberg
Cass, Comp, Anthology Series (3), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Harald Saeverud*, George Rochberg, Grace Whitney - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
Saeverud: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 28 / Rochberg: Night Music
LP, Mono, First Edition Records
George Rochberg, Ray Luke - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester
Rochberg: Symphony No. 1 / Luke: Symphony No. 2
LP, First Edition Records

APPEARANCES +


Eugene Ormandy, The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Columbia Stereo Collection 1958-1963
2023, 88xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp, Sony Classical,
Classical/Choral/Baroque/Romantic/Modern
Mario Falcão
Harp Adventures, Old, New, Exploratory
2021, CD, Mark Masters
John McCabe
Mountains
2019, CD, Album, Metier
André Previn
The Classic André Previn - The Complete RCA And Columbia Album Collection
2018, 55xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Sony Classical,
Classical/Romantic/Modern/Musical
Daniele Ruggieri, Alberto Mesirca
Music For Flute And Guitar
2018, CD, Album, Brilliant Classics, ,
Contemporary
Melia Watras
Ispirare
2015, CD, Album, Sono Luminus
Beaux Arts Trio
Complete Philips Recordings
2015, 60xCD, Comp + Box, Decca,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Glenn Gould
Glenn Gould Remastered - The Complete Columbia Album Collection
2015, 81x CD, Box Set, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern/Contemporary
Jerome Lowenthal
Rochberg, Chihara, Rorem
2014, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
Contemporary/Modern
Keystone Chamber Players
Five In The Sun
2013, CD, Klavier Records,
Daniel Dodds
Time Transcending
2012
Beaux Arts Trio
The Art Of Beaux Arts Trio
2010, 11xCD, Comp, decca
Peter Minkler, Lura Johnson
Inner Voice
2010, CD, Centaur Records
William Ferris Chorale, Paul French
American Choral Premieres
2009, CD, Cedille Records, ,
Contemporary
Donald Berman
Americans In Rome: Music By Fellows Of The American Academy In Rome
2008, 4xCD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
Modern/Contemporary/Post-Modern
Steve Lin - Joseph Williams II
Eliot Fisk Guitar Series Vol. I
2007, CD, Album, VGo Recordings
Eastman School Of Music
Taking Music Further
2006, CD, Comp, Not On Label
Various
Psalms Of Joy And Sorrow
2006, CD, Album, Naxos, ,
Choral
Various
Jahrhundert Geiger
2006, 20xCD, Comp, Süddeutsche Zeitung
Peter Coragio
20th Century American Piano Music
2005, 2xCDr, Sinergia,
Larry Combs, Gail Williams, Mary Ann Covert
Rochberg Schuller Rozsa
2005, CD, Crystal Records (5)
20th Century Consort*, Christopher Kendall, David Gordon (7), Sara Stern
Christopher Kendall/Conductor
2004, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
Pachelbel* / Various
Pachelbel's Greatest Hit - The Ultimate Canon
2003, CD, ,
Baroque/Modern
William Feasley
Shenandoah: Fantasies For Guitar
2002, CD, Album, Sonora Productions
Michelle Makarski, Thomas Larcher
Elogio Per Un'Ombra
2000
Neva Pilgrim
Neva Pilgrim
1999, CD, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI),
Joan DeVee Dixon
Something Old, Something New
1999, CD, Album, RBW Record Co.
Yolanda Kondonassis
Pictures Of The Floating World
1998, CD, Telarc
Michelle Makarski
Caoine
1997, CD, Album, ECM Records, ECM Records, ECM New Series, ECM New Series
Various
Music Of The Twentieth Century (Style And Structure)
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Schirmer Books, Sony Music Special Products
Various
20th Century Voices In America
1995, 2xCD, Comp, RM, VoxBox
Geoffrey Collins, Alice Giles
Enchanted Dreams ... Exotic Dances
1994, CD, Tall Poppies
Michael Rudiakov
Cello Charms
1994, CD, Album, Centaur Records
Eliot Fisk
The Best Of Eliot Fisk
1994,
Westwood Wind Quintet, Matthew Kocmieroski
Various
1993, CD, Crystal Records (5), ,
Contemporary
Various
Pachelbel's Greatest Hit Canon In D
1991
The Contemporary Chamber Ensemble*
Spectrum: New American Music
1990, CD, Album, Comp, Elektra Nonesuch
The American Chamber Players
Harbison / Harbison / Rochberg
1990, CD, Album, Koch International Classics
Larry Combs, Gail Williams, Mary Ann Covert
Rochberg Schuller Rozsa
1986, LP, Crystal Records (5),
Gidon Kremer
A Paganini: Virtuose Musik Für Violine
1986
Susan Allen
New Music For Harp (Volume 1)
1982, LP, 1750 Arch Records, ,
Contemporary
San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
The San Francisco Contemporary Music Players
1982, LP, Grenadilla Records
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, Vilem Sokol
1978:1979
1979, 4xLP, Album + Box, Not On Label (Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Self-released)
Arnold Schoenberg
The Music Of Arnold Schoenberg, Vol. VII
1968
David Burge
David Burge Plays New Piano Music
1966, LP, Advance Recordings (2), ,
Contemporary
The Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Orchestra First Edition 1963
1963, 6xLP + Box, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records
The Louisville Orchestra
Louisville Orchestra First Edition Records 1962
1962, 6xLP + Box, First Edition Records, ,
Contemporary
Aaron Copland / Mezzo-Soprano Martha Lipton Piano Aaron Copland - Hugo Weisgall / Soprano Adelaide Bishop, Columbia Chamber Orchestra Conducted By Alfredo Antonini
Twelve Poems Of Emily Dickinson / The Stronger
1956, LP, Mono, Bri, Columbia Masterworks, ,
Modern
The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street, Larry King (8), James A. Simms
A Recital of Renaissance Motets and American Anthems
LP, Not On Label,
The Louisville Orchestra
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1Op. 28 / Night Music
Isaac Stern
Live Vol.9
2021, 2xCD, Comp, Doremi (2)
Victoria Jordanova
In A Landscape
2007, CD, Album, Arpaviva Recordings, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Various
The Story Of American Classical Music
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Naxos, ,
Contemporary
Various
Cedille Records 15th Anniversary Sampler
2004, CD, Smplr, Cedille Records
Rozanna Weinberger
Passion
1996, CD, North Pacific Music
Gidon Kremer
A Paganini: Virtuose Musik Für Violine
1986
Various
The Outstanding Contemporary Orchestral Compositions Of The United States: A Sampler And Comprehensive Survey
1975, 2xLP, Comp, Smplr, ICME, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Daniel Kobialka
Plays New Music For Violin
1969, LP, Album, Advance Recordings (2)
The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Volume III
5xLP, Album, Mono + Box, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records