Discographies

DISCOGRAPHY of WOMEN COMPOSERS' MUSIC

 

This is a discography (list of recordings) of some of the Knight Library's Douglass Room collection.

Items marked with an asterisk (*) designate some recordings for which we own a score.  Note: This discography has not been updated significantly since 2009 and there are many more recordings and scores in our collection now.

For more information on women composers and musicians, see the Guide to Resources on Women in Music on our web page.

Individual Composers: P

PAKHMUTOVA, ALEXANDRA, 1929-

 

Youth Overture.
Monitor MC 2038
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 981

PARADIS, MARIA THERESIA VON, 1759 - 1824

 

An das Klavier.
Lilac D-3
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX882

*Sicilienne. (Arr. cello & piano)
Gemini Hall 1010
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A922

Sicilienne. (Arr. flute)
Musica Femina
DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1189M

Sicilienne. (Arr. piano)
Turnabout TV 34685
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 3863

Sicilienne. (Arr. for strings)
Vanguard VSD-2013
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1370

*Sicilienne. (Arr. Violin)
Vox Cum Laude MCD 10027
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX197

Sicilienne, for violin and piano.(Arranged for Orchestra and Piano)
Vanguard SRV 260-261. [1968]
PERFORMERS: Solisti di Zagreb; Antonio Janigro, conductor.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A2201

See also: Historical anthology of Music by Women; Lieder by women composers. Vol.1 ; New historical anthology of music by women; and Women's voices: five centuries of song.

PALMER, LYNNE WAINWRIGHT

 

Classical suite.
Naxos 8.554347, p2000.
PERFORMER:Judy Loman, harp.
DOUGLASS  COMPACT DISC CX11673

PARADIS, MARIA THERESIA VON, 1759-1824

 

See: Piano works by women composers.

PARK, MARIA HESTER, 1775 - 1822

 

Concerto in Eb. [For harpsichord]
Gasparo GSCD 281
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1216

Sonata in C Major, No. 7. [For harpsichord]
Gasparo GSCD 281
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1216

Sonata in F major. (For harpsichord)
Kingdom KCLCD 2010
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX911

PARKER, ALICE

 

See: Contemporary anthology of music by women.

PARKYNS, BEATRICE, fl.19th c.

 

Portrait.
RCA CRM 1 2472
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 1763

PARTON, DOLLY

 

See: Contemporary anthology of music by women.

PATTI, ADELINA, 1843 - 1919

 

On parting.
Seraphim 60322
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 1538

PAYNE, MAGGI, 1945-

 

The extended flute.
CRI CD 807, p1999.
NOTES:In part chance compositions.
PERFORMERS:Maggi Payne, flute; in part with electronics.
CONTENTS:HUM--Aeolian confluence--Inflections.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX11065

Subterranean network. (Excerpt)
Mills College MC 001
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A1684

PENTLAND, BARBARA, 1912-

 

Barbara Pentland.
RCI ACM 25
CONTENTS:*Studies in Line,for piano; Song cycle; String quartet no.1; Concerto for piano and strings; Symphony for ten parts;Three duets after pictures by Paul Klee; Trio for violin, cello & piano; Duo for viola and piano; Shadows= Ombres; Suite borealis; String Quartet #3; 2 Sung Songs; Interplay; Ephemera; Vincula; Trance; String Quartet #4; Vita brevis; Tellus.
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds A1519

Concerto for piano & strings.
RCI Programme 184
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 1879

Duo for viola & piano.
RCI 223
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6182

Fantasy.
CBC 242
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6172

Quartet no.3, strings (1969).
RCI 353
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6168

Shadows.
CBC 242
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6172

String quartet no. 1.
CBC MBS 3413/3414
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 1056

*Studies in Line, for piano.
RCI 496
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMdl 44

Suite borealis: for piano.
Melbourne SMLP 4031
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5091

Symphony for Ten Parts.
RCI 215-2
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6181

Three Piano Duets after Pictures by Paul Klee.
CBC 242
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6172

Toccata for Piano, 4 Hands.*
CBC 242
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6172

Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano.
CBC 242
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6172

Two Sung Songs.
Centrediscs CMC 1083
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 5211

PERRY, JULIA, 1924 - 1979

 

Homunculus C.F. [For percussion ensemble]
Composers Recordings CRI SD 252
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 8430

A Short Piece, for orchestra.
CRI 145
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4141

See also: Historical Anthology of Music by Women and New historical anthology of music by women.

PERUCHONA, MARIA XAVERIA, b. 1652

 

See: Musica de la Puebla de Los Angeles.

PETRA-BASACOPOL, CARMEN, 1926-

 

Sonata for Flute and Harp.
Electrocord ST ECE 0-1545
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6094

PHILHARMONICA, MRS.

 

See: Non tacete! = (I will not be silent): music by women written before 1800.

PIERCE, ALEXANDRA, 1934 -

 

Suite for saxophone and piano.
Arizona University Recordings AUR CD 3113, 2001.
PERFORMERS:Susan Olsen, saxophone; Alexandra Pierce, piano.
DOUGLASS  COMPACT DISC CX10282                 

Variations 7. (For prepared piano)
Capriccio CR 1002
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4357

PIZER, ELIZABETH FAW HAYDEN, 1954 -

 

Expressions intimes.
North/South N/S C 1001
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2426

Music of Elizabeth Faw Hayden Pizer
(Self-published)
CONTENTS: Madrigals anon--*Five haiku--*Five haiku, II--Sunken flutes.
DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1367M

Strains and restraints* (For solo piano)
North/South N/S C 1001
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX2426

Strains and restraints.
Innova Recordings 552, c2001.
PERFORMER:Teresa McCollough, piano.
DOUGLASS  COMPACT DISC CX11024                 

POLDOWSKI (Irene Wieniawska Paul), 1879 - 1932

 

See: Women's voices: five centuries of song.

POLIN, CLAIRE, 1926-

 

Cader Idris, for brass quintet.
Opus One 61
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4468

Margo'a, for flute.
Orion ORS 79330
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 3938

Mythos.
Opus One 128, [1988 or 1989]
NOTES:Songs for soprano with harp with orchestra.
PERFORMERS:Jennifer Hayden, soprano; Gail Barber, harp; Lubbock Chamber Orchestra; Gurer Aykal, conductor.
DOUGLASS  PHONODISC DMds 13340                 

O aderyn Pur, for flute, saxophone, tape.
Opus One 62
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 4466

Synaulia II, for alto flute, bass clarinet, piano.
Orion ORS 79330
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 3938

POSTNIKOFF, MELISSA, 1961-

 

Toccata for two. (For two pianos)
Bravura BR 1001
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX881

POSTON, ELIZABETH

 

Jesus Christ the apple tree.
Collegium COLCD 107
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1624

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

POULSHOCK, BARBARA

 

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

PRESTI, IDA, 1924 - 1967

 

Hongroise, for guitar.
RCA LSC 2705
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 1129

PRICE, DEON NIELSEN, 1934-

 

*Big Sur triptych.
Cambria CT-1025
DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1365M

Deon Nielsen Price: a composer's view.
TownHall Records S34
CONTENTS: *Mesuree: (duo) [soprano saxophone, guitar]--Diversion for organ: (solo)--Vectoral rhapsody: (duo) [alto saxophone, piano]--Cartoons 1980: (song cycle,for mezzo-soprano) *Affects: (Sonata) [clarinet, piano]
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 7040

SunRays II: city views: music of Deon Nielsen Price.
Cambria CD-1122, p2000.
PERFORMERS:Deon Nielsen Price, piano or organ; Zachary Valenzuela, flute, Peter Mandell, bassoon; Berkeley Price, clarinet; Deborah Kavasch, soprano; James Smith, guitar; Douglas Masek, saxophone; Mary Heyler, mezzo-soprano; Yehuda Gilad, clarinet.
CONTENTS: Angelic piano pieces--Passacaglia professor--Allegra Barbara--Crosswinds at Crossroads--Blown relationship--Mesuree mexicana--Escapade on Wilshire--Digital rhapsody--Cartoonland: song cycle--Affects, reflections on the Pacific.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX7420

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

PRICE, FLORENCE, 1888 - 1953

 

Cotton Dance.
Cambria C 1027
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6031

Dances in the Canebrakes. Nimble Feet.
Cambria C 1027
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6031

Four songs.
Cambria CD-1037
CONTENTS: Travel's end, To my little son, Night; To the dark virgin.
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1337

The Old Boatman.
Cambria C 1027
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6031

Silk Hat and Walking Cane.
Cambria C 1027
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6031

Sonata in E minor.
Cambria C 1027
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6031

Tropical noon.
Cambria C 1027
DOUGLASS PHONODISC DMds 6031

See also:New historical anthology of music by women

PTASZYNSKA, MARTA, 1943-

 

Jeu-parti. (For vibraphone & harp)
Olympia OCD 324
DOUGLASS COMPACT DISC CX1336

See also: Contemporary anthology of music by women.

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