Elie Siegmeister(1909-91): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

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As has already been pointed out Siegmeister has not been treated generously by the record companies. Only one of his nine symphonies (No.3) is available on cd.
Fortunately however six more of the symphonies plus the Violin Concerto and the Western Suite can be downloaded from this site :)

ELIE SIEGMEISTER: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1933/71:"American Holiday" for full or chamber orchestra: 8 minutes
1937/44:"Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight" for chorus and orchestra: 7 minutes
1943:   "Ozark Set" for orchestra: 16 minutes   + (Urania cd)
1944:   "Prairie Legend" for orchestra(also version for band): 10 minutes
             "Wilderness Road" for orchestra(also version for band): 6 minutes
1945;   Western Suite for orchestra: 20 minutes  *   +  (Vox cd)
1946:   "Funnybone Alley" for solo voice and string orchestra: 21 minutes
             "Lonesome Hollow" for orchestra: 7 minutes
             "Sunday in Brooklyn" for orchestra: 15 minutes    *
1947:   "Summer Night" for orchestra: 7 minutes
             Symphony No.1: 21 minutes   *
1949:   Suite "From My Window" for orchestra: 9 minutes
             Five American Folksongs for band: 10 minutes
1950:   Symphony No.2: 28 minutes   *
1951:   "Deep Sea Chanty" for band: 2 minutes
1953:   Divertimento for orchestra
             "On the River (Homage to Mark Twain)" for orchestra: 14 minutes
1955:   "Hootenanny" for band: 10 minutes
1956:   Clarinet Concerto: 16 minutes   +  (Albany cd)
1957:   Symphony No.3: 18 minutes    +  (CRI cd)
1959:   "Theater Set" for orchestra: 15 minutes
1960:   Flute Concerto: 21 minutes   + (Cedille cd)
1966:   "Dick Whittington and his Cat" for narrator and orchestra: 19 minutes
1967:   Cantata "I Have a Dream" for narrator, baritone, chorus and orchestra: 25 minutes
             Five Fantasies for the Theater for orchestra: 12 minutes
             "The Face of War" for orchestra with baritone solo: 8 minutes
1967-70:Symphony No.4: 34 minutes   *
1968:      Ballad for Band: 5 minutes
1971/76:Symphony No.5 "Visions of Time": 17 minutes   *
1974:   Piano Concerto: 25 minutes
             "A Cycle of Cities" for soprano, tenor, chorus, orchestra: 23 minutes
1975:   "Shadows and Light" for orchestra: 18 minutes
1975-76:Ballet "Fables from the Dark Wood": 27 minutes
1976:   "An Entertainment"-Double Concerto  for Violin, Piano and Orchestra: 20 minutes
1977:    "Front Porch Saturday Night" for band: 5 minutes
1977-78:Violin Concerto: 28 minutes    *
1981:   "Fantasies in Line and Color(Five American Paintings)" for orchestra: 27 minutes
              Cantata for FDR for baritone, chorus and wind ensembles: 20 minutes
1982:   "Riversong" for orchestra(also version for band):  8 minutes
1983:   Symphony No.6: 17 minutes   *
1986:   Symphony No.7: 23 minutes
             "From These Shores" for orchestra: 14 minutes
1988:   Symphony No.8: 23 minutes     *
1990:   Symphony No.9 "Figures in the Wind": 25 minutes