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The Symphony No. 1 of Roger Sessions is a symphony in three movements, in E minor. The three movements are as follows:〔Sessions〕 #Giusto #Largo #Allegro vivace It was completed in January 1927,〔Prausnitz, page 83.〕 and premiered by Serge Koussevitzky and the Boston Symphony Orchestra on April 22, 1927.〔Prausnitz, page 89.〕 It was dedicated to Sessions' father Archibald.〔 It is scored for three flutes (one doubling piccolo), three oboes (one doubling English horn), four clarinets, three bassoons, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, percussion, piano, and strings.〔Anonymous.〕 Andrea Olmstead describes all of Sessions's symphonies as "serious" and "funereal".〔Olmstead, page 356.〕 ==Discography== *''Roger Sessions: Symphony No. 1; William Bergsma: Music on a Quiet Theme; Russell Smith: Tetrameron''. Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Firuhamoni Kokyo Gakudan ), Akeo Watanabe, cond. (Sessions and Smith); William Strickland, cond. (Bergsma). LP recording, 1 disc: analog, monaural, 33⅓ 12 in. CRI 131. New York: Composers Recordings Inc., 1960. Reissued as part of ''(Roger Sessions: Symphonies Nos. 1, 2, 3 )''. CD recording, 1 disc: analog/digital, 4¾ in., stereo. CRI Records, CR573. New York: Composers Recordings Inc., 1990. Reissued again on CD as New World Records NWCR573. New York: Recorded Anthology of American Music, Inc., 2007. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Symphony No. 1 (Sessions)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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