John Beckwith | Composer
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Discography
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Vinyl Recordings
Piece title
Performer(s)
Album Title
Record Label
Arctic Dances
Lawrence Cherney, Paul Helmer
River of Fire
McGill 85026
Etudes
Jane Coop, piano
Jane Coop
RCI 553 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (5B)
Fall Scene and Fair Dance
Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra
Lethbridge Symphony Assn.L SA 101
Five Lyrics of the T'ang Dynasty
Pierrette Alarie, John Newmark
International Service Transcriptions CBC program 148 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (2B)
do. [nos. 3, 4, 5]
Barbara Fei, Nancy Loo
The New Image of T'ang Poems
Philips 6514 157
do.
Jon Vickers, Richard Woitach
Vickers
Centrediscs CMC 2185
Five Pieces for Brass Trio
Composers Brass Group
Music Gallery Editions M GE 34
Five Songs from Canadian folk collections
(arr.) Maureen Forrester, John Newmark
Maureen Forrester
CBC SM 77; Sélect CC 15.073 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (2B)
Four Conceits 1945-8
Malcolm Troup
RCI 228 / Music and Musicians of Canada, volume XVI RCA Victor/CBC 228
Four Love Songs from Canadian folk collections (arr.) [nos. 1, 3,4]
Donald Bell
CBC SM 111
do. [complete]
John Pepper, John Beckwith
Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (3B)
Keyboard Practice
William Aide, John Beckwith, Helena Bowkun, Valerie Weeks
Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (5A)
Music for Dancing
[piano duet] Pierre Beaudet, Guy Bourassa
RCI 113
Music for Dancing
[orch.] CBC Vancouver Orchestra
CBC SM 47 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (2A)
The Music Room
John Newmark
International Service Transcriptions CBC program 134
Novelette
Charles Foreman
Ballade
Centrediscs CMC 1684 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (2B)
Papineau
Toronto Children's Chorus
Sing Sea to Sea
Centrediscs CMC 2285
Quartet
Orford String Quartet
The Orford String Quartet
Melbourne SMLP 4038 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (4A)
Serenade
Charles Jordan, Leo Barkin
RCI 36
Sharon Fragments
Festival Singers of Toronto
Poulenc: Mass in G
Capitol ST 6258; Seraphim S 60085
Six Mobiles [nos. 1, 2, 3]
[Rachel Cavalho]
Contemporary Canadian Music for Young Pianists, volume II CCM 2
Suite on Old Tunes
[Rachel Cavalho]
Contemporary Canadian Music for Young Pianists, volume II CCM 2
Three Blessings
Festival Singers of Canada
CBC SM 81; RCI 340; Capitol ST 6323
Three Motets on Swan's China
Elmer Iseler Singers
Music at Sharon
Melbourne MSLP 4041 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (4B)
The Trumpets of Summer
Festival Singers of Canada
The Trumpets of Summer
CBC SM 81; RCI 340; Capitol ST 6323 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (3A-B)
Upper Canadian Hymn Preludes
Patrick Wedd
Séquence
Centrediscs CMC 1784 / Anthology of Canadian Music ACM 26 (4B)
CD Recordings
Piece title
Performer(s)
Album Title
Record Label
After-images, after Webern
Peter Higham, Danise Ferguson
Musicworks 68
Avowals
Benjamin Butterfield, William Aide
Avowals
Centrediscs CMC CD12907
The Banks of Newfoundland (arr.)
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Music to Hear
CBC MVCD 1076
do.
Guelph Chamber Choir
Songs of the New World
IBS 1032
Blurred Lines
Lawrence Beckwith, violin, Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
Jalsaghar
Centrediscs CMCCD 16410
Circle, with Tangents
Colin Tilney, CBC Vancouver Orchestra
Circle, with Tangents
CBC SMCD 5168
do. [reissue]
Ovation: Music of John Beckwith
CBC PSCD 2028-5
A Concert of Myths
Robert Aitken, flute; Hong Kong Symphonietta, cond. Yeh Tsung
Ovation: Music of John Beckwith
CBC PSCD 2028-5
Eight Miniatures from the Allen Ash Manuscript
Gisèle Dalbec, Michel Szczesniak
Bow and Ivory
Summit SCD 6717
Etudes
Jane Coop
John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMC CD 5897
Farewell to Nova Scotia (arr.)
Elmer Iseler Singers
The Maple Leaf Forever
Opening Day ODR 9314
do.
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Music to Hear
CBC MVCD 1076
do.
Guelph Chamber Choir
Songs of the New World
IBS 1032
Five Lyrics of the T'ang Dynasty
Albert Greer, Karen Rymal
My Life's Delight
Cedar Island C101 CD96
do.
Jon Vickers, Richard Woitach
Vickers
Centrediscs CMC CD 6398
For Starters
Hannaford Street Silver Band, Toronto Symphony Orch.
Ovation: Music of John Beckwith
CBC PSCD 2028-5
Four Love Songs from Canadian folk collections (arr.) [complete]
Donald Bell, Charles Foreman
Donald Bell & Charles Foreman
Unical UC CD 9101
A Game of Bowls
University of Toronto Percussion Ensemble
Rondino
U of Toronto
Halifax (Humbert, arr.)
Oriana Women's Choir
Be Thou My Vision
WRCB-8072
Harp of David
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Vancouver Chamber Choir
Centrediscs CMC CD 3790
Houses in Heaven
Carolynne Godin, Elmer Iseler Singers
The Maple Leaf Forever
Opening Day ODR 9314
I Love to Dance (arr.) Nos. 2,3
Kathryn Domoney, Teri Dunn, William Aide
Avowals
Centrediscs CMC CD12907
Keyboard Practice
William Aide, John Beckwith, Helena Bowkun, Valerie Weeks
John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMC CD 5897
Lines Overlapping
Kirk Elliott, banjo, Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
Jalsaghar
Centrediscs CMCCD 16410
Music for Dancing [piano duet]
Satoko Hojo, Miguel Sosa
Music for Piano Four Hands
BCS Graphix JN 22373
do. (4 mov'ts only)
Thomas Yee, Maureen Volk
Centaur CRC 3018
The Music Room
Yoko Hirota
Small is Beautiful
Phoenix PHC 95252
Novelette
Charles Foreman
Ballade
Centrediscs CMC CD 1684
On the Other Hand...: Four Quartertone Studies
Vivie' Vinçente
the door in the wall...instrumentS d'illusion?
Isidorart
Papineau (No. 1, "La Vill' de Toronto," only)
Canadian Children's Opera Chorus
Dandelion Parachutes
WRC 86710 (CCOC 0293)
Quartet
Orford String Quartet
John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMC CD 5897
do. (excerpt only)
Paul Meyer
Qt Masterpieces from the Music Gallery
MGCD 001; CD 131
Ringaround
Charlene Wallace, lever harp, Vivienne Spiteri, harpsichord
Jalsaghar
Centrediscs CMCCD 16410
Round and Round
Hamilton Philharmonic Orch., cond. Victor Feldbrill
Ovation: Music of John Beckwith
CBC PSCD 2028-5
Six songs to poems by e. e. cummings
Doug MacNaughton, William Aide
Avowals
Centrediscs CMC CD12907
Stacey
Monica Whicher, Stephen Ralls
Canadian Composers Portraits John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMCCD 9102
do.
Teri Dunn, William Aide
Avowals
Centrediscs CMC CD 12907
do.
Monica Whicher, Stephen Ralls
Our Own Songs
Marquis 81381
Suite on Old Tunes
Elaine Keillor
Canadian Compositions for Young Pianists
Studea Musica BR 1336
Synthetic Trios
Therese Costes, Connie Gitlin, Delores Kay-Hee
Canadian Composers Portraits John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMC CD 9102
Taking a Stand
Canadian Brass
Canadian Composers Portraits John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMCCD 9102
Three songs to poems by Miriam Waddington
Kathryn Domoney, William Aide
Avowals
Centrediscs CMC CD12907
The Trumpets of Summer
Festival Singers of Canada, Harold Burke, Mary Morrison, Patricia Rideout, Donald Bartle, Alexander Gray
Canadian Composers Portraits John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMCCD 9102
Upper Canadian Hymn Preludes
Patrick Wedd
John Beckwith
Centrediscs CMC CD 5897
Young Man from Canada (arr.) Nos.1,3,4,5
Benjamin Butterfield, William Aide
Avowals
Centrediscs CMC CD12907 4