Merrill's Musical Scores and LP Recordings

From a post to the James Merrill Discussion List: Saturday, October 05, 2002 12:14 AM

Subject: Lists of JM's Musical Scores and LP Recordings

Compiled by a visitor to the James Merrill House

These scores, in no particular order, covered the lid of JM's Steinway in the top room at 107 Water Street. This is not a complete list and does not include juvenile lesson books in the piano bench and miscellaneous incomplete pages and fragments. The list is alphabetized by composer. The scores were in stacks in alphabetical order by composer on the lid of the piano.

Bach, J.S., Inventionen, Sinfonien (G. Henle Verlag)

                Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, Books 1 & 2 (Kalmus)

                Little Note Book for Anna Magdalena Bach (Kalmus)

                Petits Preludes et Fughettes (Schott Freres)

                Partitas, Book 1 (Augeners Edition) (David Kalstone's name)

                Italian Concerto (Kalmus)

                Four Duets (Kalmus)

                Sonaten, Flute & Cembalo, Bands 1-2 (Peters)

                Siciliano (Schirmer)

Bach, K.P.E. Four Little Duets for Two Pianos

Beethoven, Fidelio (voice & piano) (Choudens Fils)

                32 Sonatas for the Piano, Vol. 1-2 (Artur Schnabel, ed.)

                Symphonies 1-5, Piano, Four Hands (Schirmer)

                Bagatelles, op. 33, Book 1 (Schirmer)

Lord Berners, Valses Bourgeoises (Chester)

Bizet, Carmen (piano and voice) (Schirmer)

Brahms, Quartette, op. 26 (piano 4 hands) (Simrock)

                Valses, op. 39 (piano) (Schott)

                Deux Rhapsodie (piano) (Schott)

                Quartet. Op. 26 (arr. for piano) (Simrock)

Chausson, The Hummingbird (voice and piano) (Boston)

Chopin, Polonaises (Augnener)

                Nocturnes (Wilhelm Hansen)

                Ballades and Impromptus (Schirmer)

                Album  (Schirmer) (gift from Carol, 1944)

Couperin, Pieces de Clavecin, 20-27 Ordres (Augener's)

                Pieces de Clavecin  13-18 Ordres (Durand)

                Pieces de Clavecin 6-12 Ordres (Augener's)

Debussy, Claire de Lune (Elkan-Vogel)

                Le Petit Berger (Durand)

                Minstrels (violin & piano) (Durand)

                Deux Arabesques, # 1 ( piano) (Durand)

La Fille aux Chevaux de Lin (Durand) David Jackson's name, heavily     marked, recital Dec 18, 1938

Fauré, Album of Piano Pieces (Schirmer)

Field, 18 Nocturnes (Schirmer)

Gounod, Faust (voice and piano) (Delibes transciption) (Choudens)

Grieg, Norwegische Tänze (piano, 4 hands) (Peters)

                Wedding Day at Trollhaugen (Schirmer)

Handel, Suites I-VIII (Peters)

                Suites (IX-XVI) (Peters)

                Stucke und Tanze (2 flutes) (Schott)

Haydn, Symphonies 1-5, piano 4 hands, Vol. 1 (Durand)

Hindemith, Sonatas 1 & 2 (piano) (Schott)

Joplin, Scott, Piano Rags (Chappell)

Leoncavallo, Pagliacci (voice and piano) (Ascherberg)

Macfarren, Scale and Arpeggio Manual (Schirmer)

Meyerbeer, Die Afrikanerin (piano) (Peters) uncut pages

Mozart, Piano Sonatas, 10-18 (Vol. 2) (Barenreiter)

                Variationen (Peters)

                Piano Pieces (Phantasies, Rondos, Adagio, etc.) (Kalmus)

                Sonate, Kv 19d, piano 4 hands (Schott)

                Clarinet Concerto (Cundy-Bettoney)

                Klavier-Konzerte (1-8) (piano 2 hands) (Peters)

                Don Giovanni (voice and piano) (Boosey & Hawkes)

                Salzburger Menuette (flute and piano) (Barenreiter)

                12 Menuettos, K. 585 (piano) (Peters)

Poulenc, Sonata (piano, 4 hands) (Chester)

Puccini, La Boheme (voice and piano) (Ricordi)

                Madam Butterfly (voice and piano) (Ricordi)

Rameau, Pièces de Clavecin (Durand)

Rossini, Prima Scelta di Pezzi per Pianoforte, II (Pesaro)

                Der Barbier von Seville (piano) (Schott)

Satie, Trois Melodies  (voice and piano) (Rouart)

                Sarabandes (2,3) (Rouart)

                Gymnopedies (Rouart)

                Troises Gnossienes  (piano) (Rouart)

Scarlatti, Sixty Sonatas (ed. Kirkpatrick)(Schirmer)

Schubert, Walzer, op. 9a (piano) (Peters)

Schumann, Sammtliche Werke fur Pianoforte zu 4 Handen (Peters)

               Lieder, Band  I (Myrthen, Liederkreis, Frauenliebe, Dichterliebe)

Strauss, Die Fledermaus (piano) (Leipzig)

Stravinsky, Le Faune et la Bergere, op. 2 (voice and piano) (Belaieff)

Telemann, Sechs Duette (Flute and Piano) (Mitteldeutscher)

                Kleine Stucke (Flute and Piano)(Barenreiter)

Verdi, La Traviata, Brindisi (piano) (Lee & Walker)

Wagner, Siegfried (voice and piano) (Schirmer)

                Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (voice and piano) (Schott)

                Selections from the Music Dramas of Richard

Wagner (piano) (Oliver Ditson)

Wilbye, John, Weep oh Mine Eyes (voice and piano) (Associated)

                Come Shepherd Swains (SSA/TTB & piano) (Associated)

von Weber, Der Freischutz (piano) (Peters)

COLLECTIONS, ANTHOLOGIES

Marais, Josef, Ballads of Long Ago (Schirmer)

Aus dem Barock (Duette fur zwei Blockfloten) ((Giesbert)

Keyboard Sonatas of the Eighteenth Century (Schirmer)

Robertson, Songs of the Isles (Schirmer)

Modern Dances

Perles musicales of Classic and Modern Masters (Breitkopf & Hartel)

John Williams, Fourth Grade Piano Book (Boston)

Private Binding of popular and classic songs

56 Piano Solos You Like to Play (Schirmer) "Ingram"

51 Piano Pieces from the Modern Repertoire (Schirmer) "Dave Jackson"

Les Plus Belles Chansons pour les Enfants (illustré)

JAMES MERRILL'S LP RECORD COLLECTION AT STONINGTON

Three shelves of 33's and two shelves on 78's fill a wall of the small room

which lies between the living room with the blue bat wallpaper and JM's

study. Here is a partial list of recordings in the first three shelves, top

to bottom.

French Operatic Arias, Maggie Teyte (4 RCA Victor 78's)

Rossini - many operas, including La Cenerentola, Tancredi, La Scala di Seta

(Ferrara, cond; Sciutti), Otello, Semiramide (Sutherland), Mose (Serafin)

(Philips), Le Comte Ory (Gui) (Angel), Elisabetta (Masini, Philips), La

Pietra del Paragone (Jenkins) (Vanguard), L'Assedio di Corinto (Diaz, MRF),

Ned Rorem Songs

Cole Porter Songs, sung by Hubbell Pierce

Scott Joplin Piano Rags (Joshua Rifkin)

Songs of the Humpbacked Whale

Bessie Smith

Flagstad, Songs by Grieg, Brahms, R. Strauss, Kramer, Carpenter (RCA)

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2, Byron Janis (Mercury)

Bellini, Norma (Sutherland)

Bach, Art of the Fugue (Fine Arts Quartet, NY Woodwind Quintet)

Stravinsky, L'Histoire du Soldat, (2 recordings) (1) (Stokowski) (Vanguard)

+ (2) (Stravinsky) (Columbia)

Greek Music (I couldn't read the Greek)

Joan Sutherland, Command Performance (London)

Lotte Lehmann, Selections from Rosenkavalier, Fidelio (TC)

Marilyn Horne, Souvenir of a Golden Era (London)

Kirsten Flagstad, Grieg Recital (Decca)

Lotte Lehmann sings Lieder, Vol. 1, (Brahms, Wolf, +), RCA

MANY MANY LOTTE LEHMANN RECORDS - SONGS

Janet Baker and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Duets (Brahms, Schumann + more)

Richard Lewis, Handel Arias (Seraphim)

Poulenc, Stabat Mater (Poulenc, piano; Fremaux) (Westminster)

Joan Sutherland, The Art of the Prima Donna

Margaret Price Sings Art Songs

Stravinsky, Le Rossignol

Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss Metamorphosen + others (Von Karajan) (DG)

Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry - R. Strauss, Elektra, Frau, Rosenkavalier

Bach, Keyboard Music Complete, Vol v., Martin Galling, harpsichord (Vox)

Bach, Well-Tempered Clavier (Glenn Gould) (Columbia)

Bartok Quartets 5 & 6 (Julliard String Quartet) (Columbia)

Maggie Teyte, Several Albums of Art Songs (78's)

Stravinsky, The Rake's Progress

Schubert, Piano Sonatas (Schnabel)

Schumann, Cello Concerto (Casals)

Schumann, Lieder (D. Fischer-Dieskau)

Irmgard Seefried Concert

Flagstad & Melchior, Wagner Selections

Strauss, Salome (Golz) (Kraus) (Richmond)

Strauss, Arabella (Gueden, London; Solti) (London)

Strauss, Capriccio (Janowitz, D. Fischer-Dieskau; Böhm) (DG)

Strauss, The Egyptian Helen (Jones) (Dorati)

Strauss - most of the operas. Schwarzkopf in Capriccio, Lehmann in

Rosenkavalier,

Smetana operas

Verdi,  Luisa Miller (Moffo, Bergonzi, Verret (RCA)

Verdi, Ernani (Price, Bergonzi; Schippers) (RCA)

Verdi, I Vespri Siciliani (Callas, et al) (Penzance)

Schumann, Szenen aus Goethe's Faust (Sills)

Schubert, Trio. Op. 99 (David Oistrakh)

Verdi, La Traviata (Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill; Toscanini

(RCA)

Verdi, Simon Boccanegra (Tito Gobbi, Christoff, de los Angeles; Santini

(Angel)

Verdi, Il Trovatore (Milanov, Bjoerling, Barbieri, Warren; R. Shaw) (RCA)

Verdi, Otello (Martinelli, Jepson, Tibbett; Pelletier) (RCA)

Verdi, Nabucco (Gobbi, Suliotis; Gardelli) (London)

Verdi, Otello (Toscanini) (RCA)

Verdi, Requiem (Toscanini) (RCA)

Verdi, Macbeth (Leonard Warren)) (RCA)

Verdi, Aida (Toscanini) (RCA)

Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera (Met Broadcast Dec. 14, 1940: Bjoerling, Castagna,

Milanov; Panizza)

Verdi, Falstaff (Toscanini) (RCA)

Verdi, Un Ballo in Maschera (Callas, di Stefano, Gobbi; Votto) (La Scala)

(Seraphim)

Verdi, Stiffelio (Carreras, Sass; Gardelli) (Phillips)

Schubert, Die Wintereisse (DFD)

Strauss, Elektra (Borgke), with the score separately bound

Wagner - most of the operas, Solti

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde (2 recordings) (Flagstadt/Melchior) also Nilsson

(Bohm)