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US American composer, organist and pianist, born October 20, 1944, in Gary, Indiana, died September 17, 1998, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

ALBUMS


William Albright, Angela Amodio
Orgelwerke = Organ Works (The King Of Instruments)
2023, 2xCD, Ambiente Audio
Robert Satterlee, Frederic Rzewski, William Albright
Robert Satterlee, Piano
2014, CD, Album, Blue Griffin Recording,
Scott Joplin, William Albright
The Complete Rags, Marches And Waltzes
2009, 3xCD, Comp, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records, Nimbus Records
Brave New Works (2), William Albright, William Bolcom
Quintets
2008, CD, AMP Recordings (2)
PRISM Quartet, William Albright
Music For Saxophones
2007, CD, Album, Innova Recordings
University Of Iowa Center For New Music*, Albright*, Daugherty*, Davidovsky*, Gompper*, Rands*, Zahler*
Twentieth-Century American Music
2006, CD, Album, Capstone Records
William Eddins, Ludwig van Beethoven, William Albright
Bad Boy Vol. One
2003, CD, Album, Ahkenation Productions Inc.
Nicola Melville, William Albright
The Piano Rags Of William Albright
2002, CD, Album, Equilibrium, ,
Ragtime/Modern
Albright* • Dinerstein* • Hamer* • Silsbee*
Eastman American Music Series Volume 3
1997, CD, Album, Albany Records, ,
Contemporary
William Albright - Thomas Warburton
The Piano Music Of William Albright
1996, CD, Album, RE, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
William Albright, Christopher Smart
A Song To David
1994, CD, Gothic Records (5), ,
Oratorio
William Albright
Marches, Waltzes & Rags Of Scott Joplin (The Complete Piano Music, Vol. II)
1993, CD, Album, Musicmasters
Gérard Pape - Arditti Quartet, William Albright, Thomas Buckner, Janet Pape, Prism Orchestra*, Ann Arbor Chamber Orchestra
Gérard Pape
1991, CD, Album, Mode, ,
Contemporary/Experimental
Scott Joplin, William Albright
The Complete Rags Of Scott Joplin
1990
Sierra Wind Quintet, William Albright, Barney Childs, Alvin Etler, Mel Powell
A Box Of Views
1989, CD, Cambria
Barbara Harbach - Martinu* • Thomson* • Persichetti* • Albright* • Adler* • Sowash* • Templeton*
20th Century Harpsichord Music
1988
Carole Terry - Henry Cowell / Vincent Persichetti / William Albright / Ned Rorem
20th Century Harpsichord Works
1986, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Ann Silsbee, William Albright, Janice Hamer
Contemporary Compositions For The Keyboard
1984, LP, Pro Viva
James P. Johnson*, William Albright
The Symphonic Jazz Of James P. Johnson
1983,
Thomas Warburton , William Albright
Piano Music By William Albright
1981, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
William Albright, William Bolcom
Sweet Sixteenths (A Ragtime Concert)
1981, ,
Ragtime
William Albright
Albright Plays Albright
1980, LP, Musical Heritage Society
Alan Mandel / Siegmeister*, Starer*, Albright*
American Piano Music
1977, LP, Grenadilla Records
William Bolcom, William Albright
Scott Joplin & James P. Johnson: Ragtime Back To Back
1976, ,
Ragtime
Dean Sanders, Pianist* Plays William Albright, Burrill Phillips, John Watts
Dean Sanders, Pianist Plays William Albright, Burrill Phillips, John Watts
1973, LP, Trilogy (3), Trilogy (3)
William Bolcom / William Albright With Sydney Hodkinson
New Music For Organ
1971
William Albright, Marilyn Mason
Organbook, Juba, Pneuma
1970, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary
Faramarz Payvar & Ensemble / William Albright With Sydney Hodkinson
New Music For Organ
LP, Album, MP, Nonesuch

APPEARANCES +


Matthew Davidson
The Graceful Ghost: Contemporary Piano Rags 1960 - 2021
2025, 2xCD, Album, Dlx, RE, RM, Rivermont, ,
Classical/Ragtime
AkMi Duo
Beyond The Wall
2023, CD, Album, Avie Records
William Bolcom, Marc-André Hamelin
The Complete Rags
2022, 2xCD, Album, Hyperion, ,
Contemporary
Louis-Philippe Bonin, Catherine Leroux
Un Vélo, Une Auto, Un Boulevard Et de la Neige
2020, 13xFile, MP3, Album, Atma Classique
Susan Yang
Doorways: Half-Remembered Music
2019, CD, Album, Blue Griffin Recording, ,
Baroque/Romantic/Modern/Impressionist
Michael Adcock
Ragtime In Washington
2018, CD, Album, Centaur Records, ,
Modern/Ragtime
The Moanin' Frogs
The Moanin' Frogs
2017, CD, Teal Creek Music, ,
Contemporary
Asya Fateyeva
Saxophone
2016, CD, Album, GENUIN, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Deutscher Musikrat
F. Gerard Errante
New Music For Clarinet - Another Look
2016, CD, Comp, Ravello Records
Fred Sautter, Roger Sherman*
Famous & Infamous: Music For Trumpet & Organ
2016, CD, Album, Loft Recordings (2), ,
Organ/Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Contemporary
Brandon Jinwoo Choi, Hyun Ji Oh
Saxophone Sonatas
2015, CD, Album, Oikos Records,
Velocity²
Flux
2014, CD, Album, Centaur Records
University Of South Dakota Chamber Singers*, David Holdhusen
Yours In Song
2013, CD, Con Brio Recordings, ,
Choral
Richard Hawkins (6), The Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss*
A Place Toward Other Places
2012, 2xCD, Oberlin Music
Duo Gaulin-Riverin
Brillance
2011, CD, Album, Analekta
Dan Goble*, Russell Hirshfield
Mad Dances / American Music For Saxophone And Piano
2011, CD, Album, Albany Records
Christopher Creviston, Hannah Gruber
The Snell Sessions
2011, CD, Album, Albany Records
Jonathan Helton, Barbara González-Palmer
American Music For Saxophone And Piano
2010, CD, Centaur Records
Andrew Canning
Andrew Canning Plays The Ruffatti Organ Of Uppsala Cathedral, Sweden
2009, CD, Album, Priory
Schuyler Robinson
A Kentucky Organ Tour
2008, CD, Album, Raven Records (29), ,
Baroque/Romantic/Modern/Organ
Various
Historic Organs Of Indiana: Highlights Of The 2007 Organ Historical Society National Convention.
2008, 4xCD, Comp, Organ Historical Society, ,
Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Matthew Davidson
The Graceful Ghost: Contemporary Piano Rags (2007 re-release)
2007, CD, Capstone Records
David Burge
Twentieth-Century Piano Music
2004, CD, Not On Label
William Street*
My Very First Solo
2003, CD, Album, Arktos Recordings Limited
Jeremy Brown (12), Charles Foreman
In the Company of My Soul
2003, CD, Album, Arktos Recordings Limited
Marnie Giesbrecht
Now & Then
2002, CD, Album, Arktos Recordings Limited
John Sampen / Marilyn Shrude
Visions In Metaphor
2001, CD, Album, Albany Records
Ji-yoen Choi
Organ Recital
2001, CD, Naxos
Matthew Davidson
Whippin' The Keys: 75 Years of Novelty Piano Ragtime
2001, CD, Capstone Records
Douglas Reed
In Memoriam William Albright
2001, 2xCD, Album, Equilibrium
The Pennsylvania Quintet
Recent American Works For Winds
2001, CD, Centaur Records
Gloria Cheng
Piano Dance • A 20th Century Portrait
2000, CD, Album, Telarc, ,
Modern/Contemporary
Susan Moeser
Plays Bedient Opus 59
2000, CD, Album, Raven Records (29)
Logan Skelton
American Grab Bag
2000, CD, Album, Centaur Records,
Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, Loren W. Ponten*
From Captivity To The Holy City
2000, CD, Album, Loft Recordings (2), ,
Organ/Choral
Jukka Tiensuu
The Frivolous Harpsichord
1999, CD, Album, Ondine,
Dale Warland Singers, Dale Warland
Bernstein & Britten
1999, CD, American Choral Catalog, ,
Choral/Modern
Virginia Eskin
Spring Beauties
1998, CD, Album, Koch International Classics, ,
Ragtime
Tony Caramia
Brass Knuckles: An Excursion Into Contemporary Ragtime Compositions
1997, CD, Album, Albany Records, ,
Contemporary/Ragtime
Paul Derrett
Benchmarks Volume Two: Newcastle-under-Lyme
1997, CD, Album, Benchmarks
James Parsons
Organ In Splendour And Majesty
1996
Various
Fountain Favorites From The World Of Coca-Cola
1994, CD, Comp, Coca-Cola, ,
Ragtime/Dixieland/Novelty/Vocal
Pamela Decker
Flights Of Fancy: Premiere Recordings Of New Music For Organ By Albright, Bielawa And Decker
1994, CD, Album, Albany Records
Clarion (10), Keith Benjamin, Melody Turnquist
Clarion (New Music For Trumpet and Organ)
1994, CD, Gothic Records (5), ,
Organ/Modern
Various
The Composer-Performer (Forty Years Of Discovery 1954-1994)
1994, CD, Comp, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary
Matthew Davidson
The Graceful Ghost: Contemporary Piano Rags
1994, CD, Mastersound
The Ascension Youth Choir
I Thank You God
1993, CD, Album, Sonus Luxque
George Ritchie / Albert Rometo
New Music For Organ & Percussion
1990, CD, Titanic (2)
Larry King (8), James A. Simms, The Choir Of Trinity Wall Street
Choral Music By 20th Century American Composers
1989, CD, Gothic Records (5)
James Welch*, D. A. Flentrop
Magnum Opus Volume Two
1988
Barbara Harbach
Harbach Harpsichord
1985
John Stansell
Recital
1984, LP, Album, Classic Masters (2)
Otto Joachim
Anthology Of Canadian Music / Anthologie De La Musique Canadienne
1983, Box, Comp + 6xLP, Radio Canada International
Chichester Cathedral Choir* Directed By Alan Thurlow Accompanied By Jeremy Suter And Kenneth Sweetman
O Praise God In His Holiness
1981, LP, Alpha (6)
David Craighead
The King of Instruments
1981
Paul Chihara, C. Curtis-Smith
American Academy And Institute Of Arts Letters Award Record
1979, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary
Franck*, Pascal Rogé, The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Symphony In D Minor / Symphonic Variations
1977
Hodkinson* / Heiss* / Ung*
Three Stylists (Megalith Trilogy / Inventions, Contours And Colors / Mohori)
1976, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
Contemporary
James Price Johnson / Scott Joplin
Ragtime Back To Back
1976
Robert Morris (3) / C. Curtis-Smith
Hammers And Bows
1975, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Blackearth Percussion Group
Albright Bertoncini Cage Harrison Miller
1974, ,
Contemporary
Khachaturian*, Franck*, Alicia De Larrocha, Rafael Frühbeck De Burgos, The London Philharmonic Orchestra*
Piano Concerto / Symphonic Variations
1973
Leo Kraft / Sydney Hodkinson
Spring In The Harbor / Valence
1972, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
William Bolcom / Philip Winsor*
New Piano Music
1971, LP, Advance Recordings (2)
William Bolcom
Heliotrope Bouquet (Piano Rags 1900 - 1970)
1971
Various
Highlights
CD, Comp, Musicmasters, Musicmasters Classics, American Airlines, Nimbus Records
Scott Joplin, James P. Johnson*
Ragtime
CD, Album, RE, Jazz Heritage Society
The Harvard University Choir, Edward Elwyn Jones, Christian Lane
Glorious The Song
2xCD, Album, Not On Label
Nancy Cooper
The Road Less Traveled
CD, Pro Organo
Fukio Quartet*
Transcend
2022, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Album, Ars Produktion, ,
Contemporary
Timothy McAllister, Liz Ames
Notturno
2020, CD-ROM, Album, XAS Records
Fuego Quartet
Migration
2019, CD, Album, Ravello Records
David Lively
I got Rhythm
2018, CD, Album, La Música
Various
Piano Dreams
2010, CD, Comp, Musical Heritage Society,
Timothy McAllister, Kathryn Goodson
In Transit
2006, CD, Album, Innova Recordings, ,
Contemporary
Various
Organ In Splendour And Majesty
2005, SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel, Membran Music Ltd., ,
Organ
James Parsons
Organ Works
2000, CD, Album, Comp, Abril Music
Various
Digital Rewind: 25th Anniversay 1974-1999
1999, CD, Comp, MIT Experimental Music Studio
Various
A History Of Jazz
1998, 2xCD, Comp, MusicMasters Jazz
Female Vocal Group Putni*
Putni
1997, CD, Album, Not On Label (Vokālā Grupa Putni Self-released), ,
Vocal
Donna Coleman - Joplin*, Matthews*, Lamb*, Bolcom*, Ives*, Kats-Chernin*
Rags To Riches: A Syncopated Century
1996, ,
Ragtime/Contemporary
Various
Computer Music Currents 9
1992, CD, Comp, WERGO
Various
Afro-American
1974, 4xLP, Album, Comp, Follett Publishing Company,
Various
Classical Music For & By The People
Cass, Comp, Mississippi Records
Bach* / Albinoni* / Widor* - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Parsons
Organ In Splendour And Majesty (Featuring Bach's Toccata And Fugue / Albinoni / Widor)
,
Baroque/Modern/Romantic/Classical
James Parsons
Organ In Splendour And Majesty