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John Harris Harbison (born December 20, 1938 in Orange, New Jersey) is an American composer.
ALBUMS
John Harbison, Se-Hee Jin
Piano Works
2023, CDr, Album, Naxos
Shai Wosner - Bermel*, Cheung*, Harbison*, Wang*, Iyer*
Variations On A Theme By FDR
2022, 5xFile, FLAC, New Focus Recordings
John Harbison, Dawn Upshaw, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
Diotima
2021, SACD, Album, BMOP/sound, 
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, Contemporary
John Harbison / Edwin Barker, Emily Bruskin*, Julia Bruskin, Marcus Thompson (3), Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
Concertos For String Instruments
2020, SACD, Album, BMOP/sound
Jennifer Koh - Bach* / Harbison* / Berio*
Bach & Beyond Part 3
2020, 2xCD, Album, Cedille Records
Harbison*, Schoenfeld*, Stucky*, Bernstein*, Cho-Liang Lin, Jon Kimura Parker
Three American Violin Sonatas
2020, CD, Album, Naxos, 
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, Modern/Contemporary
John Harbison, James Primosch, Lucy Fitz Gibbon, Ryan MacEvoy McCullough
Descent/Return
2020, CD, Album, Albany Records
Gershwin* / Tower* / Piston* / Harbison* - Kevin Cole (4), National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller
Concerto In F / Sequoia / Symphony No. 5 / Remembering Gatsby
2020, CD, Album, Naxos
John Harbison, Kendra Colton
Late Air
2019, CD, Album, Oberlin Music
John Harbison, Kenji Bunch, Anna Weesner, Andrew Waggoner - Lark Quartet*
A Farewell Celebration
2019, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
Brahms* / Rihm* / Harbison*, Jan Vogler, Mira Wang, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Peter Oundjian
Double Concertos
2018, CD, Sony Classical, ,
, Contemporary/Romantic
John Harbison, Carl Ruggles, Steven Stucky, National Orchestral Institute Philharmonic, David Alan Miller
Orchestral Works
2018, CD, Album, Naxos
David Deveau, Beethoven*, Mozart*, Harbison*
Beethoven, Mozart, Harbison
2018, CD, Album, Steinway & Sons
John Harbison - Jessica Rivera · Michaela Martens · Nicholas Phan · Kelly Markgraf · Nashville Symphony Chorus And Orchestra* · Giancarlo Guerrero
Requiem
2018
John Harbison - Mary MacKenzie (3), John Chin, Joe Martin (6), Dayna Stephens, Dan Rieser
Songs After Hours
2015, CD, Album, Albany Records
John Harbison, Members Of Camerata Pacifica*
String Trio / Four Songs Of Solitude / Songs America Loves To Sing
2014, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi
John Harbison - Lorraine DiSimone, Anne Harley, Frank Kelley, James Maddalena, Janna Baty, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
Full Moon In March / Mirabai Songs / Exequien For Calvin Simmons
2009, CD, BMOP/sound
John Harbison - The Lydian String Quartet*
The First Four String Quartets
2009, CD, Album, Comp, Centaur Records
Blair McMillen Wih Sachiko Kato / Corigliano*, Tower*, Rzewski*, Wuorinen*, Harbison*, Bolcom*
Multiplicities: '38 - Music By Composers Born In 1938
2008, CD, Album, Centaur Records
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music, Craig Smith (31), John Harbison - Bach*, Handel*
Lorraine At Emmanuel - Celebrating The Lives Of Craig Smith And Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
2008, CD, AVIE Records
John Harbison - Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
Ulysses (Complete Ballet)
2008, CD, Album, BMOP/sound
John Harbison - Amelia Piano Trio
Piano Trio No 2
2007, CD, Naxos
Orion String Quartet, Chick Corea, John Harbison, Marc Neikrug
The Adventures Of Hippocrates
2006, CD, Album, Koch International Classics, ,
, Contemporary/Contemporary Jazz
John Harbison - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Emily Lodine, The Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chamber Music
2006, CD, Naxos
Atlanta Chamber Players, John Harbison, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Norman Dello Joio, Kenji Bunch
Songs America Loves to Sing: Old & New Music for Winds, Strings & Piano
2006, CD, MSR Classics
John Harbison, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Greenleaf Chamber Players, Peggy Pearson, Jo-Ann Sternberg, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo, Robert Shannon, Georgine Resick, Warren Jones
The Music Of John Harbison, Volume 1
2006, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
Alberto Ginastera, John Harbison, Richard Wernick, Benita Valente, Juilliard String Quartet
String Quartets with Soprano
2006, CD, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Modern
John Harbison - The Cantata Singers & Ensemble*, David Hoose, Majie Zeller, Lynn Torgove, Frank Kelley, David Kravitz
Four Psalms - Emerson
2004, CD, Album, New World Records
John Harbison, Anton Stepanovich Arensky, Alfred Schnittke
Harbison Quartet No.4, Arensky Quartet No.2, Schnittke Moz-Art
2004, CD, Club, Koch International Classics
Piston*, Harbison*, Adler* / Randolph Kelly, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Aleksandrs Vilumanis*
American Viola Concertos
2003, CD, Album, Albany Records
Morton Gould, John Harbison, Gabriel Ian Gould, Steven Stucky — Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
Morton Gould • Symphony No. 2
2003, SACD, Hybrid, Albany Records, Albany Records
John Harbison - Spectrum Concerts Berlin, Janine Jansen, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Bernhard Krug, Daniel Blumenthal
Four Songs Of Solitude · Variations · Twilight Music
2003, CD, ,
, Post-Modern/Contemporary
Bolcom* / Corigliano* / Harbison* / Milburn* / Tower* / Wuorinen* - The Fischer Duo
b. 1938
2001, CD, Gasparo, ,
, Contemporary
John Harbison
Early Works Of John Harbison
2001, CD, Album, Comp, RM, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Modern/Contemporary
John Harbison - The Lydian String Quartet* With Dominique Labelle
The Rewaking, String Quartet No. 3, Fantasia On A Ground, Thanks Victor
2001, 2xCD, Album, Musica Omnia
John Harbison, Albany Symphony Orchestra, David Alan Miller
The Most Often Used Chords / Symphony No. 3 / Flute Concerto
2000, CD, Album, Albany Records
Dawn Upshaw , Piano Gilbert Kalish , Works By Kaija Saariaho, John Harbison, George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen
Recital - Voices Of Our Time - A Contemporary Songs Selection
2000
New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, Frank L. Battisti, Bernard Rands, John Harbison, William Kraft, Karel Husa
Works For Wind Ensemble
1999, CD, Album, Albany Records, ,
, Contemporary
John Harbison, Lorraine Hunt, Peggy Pearson, Jo-Ann Sternberg, Dawn Upshaw, Greenleaf Chamber Players, Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra, Scott Yoo
At First Light
1998, CD, Album, Archetype Records
Matt Haimovitz - Britten* · Davidovsky* · Harbison* · Hindemith* · Perle* · Sessions*
The 20th-Century Cello · Vol. 2
1997, CD, Album, Deutsche Grammophon, 
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, Modern/Contemporary
Franz Schubert, John Harbison, Amati Quartet, Jan-Erik Gustafsson (2), Juhani Lagerspetz, Mi-Kyung Lee, Martti Hirvikangas
Kuhmon kesässä 1997 (In the Kuhmo summer 1997)
1997, CD, Classica (4), 
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, Romantic/Post-Modern
Richard Slavich*, Alice Rybak, William Bolcom, Ned Rorem, George Rochberg, John Harbison, Aaron Copland
An American Cellobration
1997, CD, Crystal Records (5)
Copland* • Harbison* • Amram* • Rorem* - Atlanta Chamber Players
Conversations: A 20th Anniversary Salute To American Composers
1996, CD, Album, aca Digital Recording
Harbison* / Colgrass* - The New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble*, Frank Battisti*
Three City Blocks / Music For Eighteen Winds / Arctic Dreams
1996, CD, Album, Centaur Records, ,
, Contemporary
Druckman*, Harbison*, Schwantner*, Zwilich* – Ensemble 21 (4) / Arthur Weisberg
Voices Within
1995, CD, Summit Records (3), ,
, Contemporary
Cincinnati College-Conservatory Of Music Wind Symphony*, Eugene Corporon, Stravinsky*, Rands*, Freund*, Hindemith*, Harbison*, Gregson*
Paradigm
1994, CD, Album, ARC, Klavier Records
Sessions* / Harbison* – William Bennett (4), San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt
Symphony No. 2 / Symphony No. 2 / Oboe Concerto
1994
John Harbison, Dmitri Shostakovich, The Apple Hill Chamber Players
Harbison: Piano Quintet / Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
1993, CD, Centaur Records
John Harbison, Boston Symphony Chamber Players, Gilbert Kalish, Sanford Sylvan, Dawn Upshaw
Simple Daylight
1993, CD, Album, Elektra Nonesuch
Imbrie* • Shifrin* • Harbison* • Powell*, The Francesco Trio*
Contemporary American Piano Trios
1993, CD, Album, Music & Arts, Music & Arts
George Rochberg - John Harbison - Arioso Wind Quintet
To The Dark Wood / Trio / Quintet For Winds
1993, CD, Album, Koch International Classics
Harbison*, Wernick*, Schuller*, Emerson String Quartet
American Contemporaries
1993
John Harbison - Lydian String Quartet, Yehudi Wyner
String Quartet No 1 - String Quartet No 2 - "November 19, 1828"
1992, CD, Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi France, Harmonia Mundi, Harmonia Mundi
Charles Ives, John Harbison - Robert Shannon
Sonata No. 2 "Concord", Piano Sonata No. 1
1992, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Modern/Contemporary
John Harbison And Ezra Laderman - The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra*, Hugh Wolff, Jaime Laredo
Works By John Harbison And Ezra Laderman
1991, CD, New World Records
John Harbison
The Flight Into Egypt ·The Natural World · Double Brass Concerto
1990, CD, New World Records, ,
, Contemporary
John Harbison, Janice Felty • Collage New Music Ensemble* • Rose Mary Harbison* • David Satz (2) • Ursula Oppens
Miarabai Songs / Variations
1987, CD, Northeastern Records
Daniel Lentz, Members Of The Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group*, John Harbison
The Crack In The Bell
1987, Vinyl, ,
, Experimental/Contemporary
John Harbison, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, André Previn / Collage*, Susan Larson
Ulysses' Bow / Samuel Chapter
1986, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary
Olly Wilson / John Harbison, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
Sinfonia / Symphony No. 1
1985, Vinyl, ,
, Contemporary
Charles Dodge / John Harbison
Cascando / Full Moon In March
1983, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary/Experimental/Radioplay/Opera
Harbison* / Rochberg*
Naumburg Performing Award Winners Play Naumburg Commissions (Woodwind Quintet / Slow Fires Of Autumn)
1980, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
American Composers Orchestra, Gunther Schuller, Robert Miller (2) - Harbison* / Stock*
Piano Concerto / Inner Space
1980, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
Frederic Rzewski / John Harbison - Speculum Musicae With David Evitts, The Emmanuel Choir Of Boston
Song And Dance / The Flower-Fed Buffaloes
1979, LP, Nonesuch, ,
, Contemporary
John Harbison
Five Songs Of Experience / Trio / Bermuda Triangle
1973, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
Johann Sebastian Bach, The Cantata Singers And Ensemble, John Harbison
Cantata 101, Cantata 44
1973, LP, Advent Corporation
Raoul Pleskow / John Harbison / Roger Johnson
Movement For Nine Players / Per Vege Viene / Bagatelles No. 3 / Parody-Fantasia / Wind Quintet
1972, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Jacob Druckman / Joseph Schwantner / John Harbison
Spectrum: New American Music, Volume III
1969, Vinyl, ,
, Modern
Michelle Makarski, Brent McMunn (2), Ronald Copes / John Cage, John Harbison, Stephen Hartke, Yehudi Wyner
Works By Cage, Harbison, Hartke, Wyner
CD, Album, New World Records
J S Bach*, The Cantata Singers, John Harbison
Cantatas 7, 44, 101
Cass, Dol, Advent Corporation
Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Jazz At Token Creek 2006 Songs Of Rodgers And Hart
2007, CD, Ltd, Token Creek Recordings
APPEARANCES +
Herbert Blomstedt
Complete Decca Recordings
2023, 33xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd, Decca,
Romantic/Classical/Modern/Choral
Emerson String Quartet
The New Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2023, 55x CD, Box Set, ,
, Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Daniel Grabois, Renee Jolles, Phillip Bush
Departures & Deviations
2022, CD, Summit Records (3)
Jennifer Koh
Bach & Beyond
2021, 5xCD + Box, Comp, Cedille Records
Concordia String Trio
American Vistas
2018, CD, Album, Centaur Records, ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Mary MacKenzie (3), Heidi Louise Williams
Vocalisms
2018, 2xCD, Album, Albany Records
Gloria Cheng
Garlands For Steven Stucky
2018, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4), ,
, Contemporary
Various
My Playlist For Drawing And Painting
2018, CD, Comp, Naxos
Various
Lullabye And Goodnight
2015, 14xFile, MP3, Album, Comp, Kazoomzoom
The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum
25 X 25 (25 Premieres For 25 Years)
2013, 2xCD, Soundbrush Records, ,
, Contemporary/Choral
The Pro Arte Quartet*
The American Premieres 2011-2012
2013, 2xCD, Album, Albany Records
Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Jazz At Token Creek 2011 Burton Lane & Jule Styne
2012, CD, Token Creek Recordings
Badal Roy, Robert Gupta*
Suryodaya -The Coming Of The Light
2012, CD, Album, Yarlung Records
New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein
American Music For Percussion • 2
2011, CD, Album, Naxos
Emanuele Arciuli
'Round Midnight: Hommage to Thelonious Monk
2011, CD, Album, Stradivarius
The United States Coast Guard Band Chamber Players, CDR Kenneth W. Megan*, CWO Richard E. Wyman*
2011 WASBE Conference & 20th Chiayi City International Band Festival
2011, CD, Enh, Mark Records
Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Jazz At Token Creek 2010 Johnny Mercer And Mary Lou Williams
2011, CD, Token Creek Recordings
Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Jazz At Token Creek 2009 Songs Of Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990)
2010, CD, Token Creek Recordings
Token Creek Chamber Music Festival
Jazz At Token Creek 2008 One-Hit Wonders
2009, CD, Token Creek Recordings
Bisan Toron
Backstage Reveries: Voice Sketches By Bisan Toron
2008, CD, Album, Not On Label (Bisan Toron Self-released)
The Harvard Glee Club, Jameson Marvin
American Choral Music For Male Chorus
2007, CD, Albany Records
Seattle Symphony*, Gerard Schwarz
Echoes (Classic Works Transformed)
2007, ,
, Contemporary
Grant Park Orchestra, Carlos Kalmar
American Orchestral Works
2006, CD, Album, Cedille Records
Laurel Zucker & Marc Shapiro
The Dark Side Of The Flute
2006, CD, Cantilena Records
Matt Haimovitz
The 20th-Century Cello
2005, 3xCD, Comp, Deutsche Grammophon, 
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, Modern/Post-Modern/Contemporary
BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury
One Star, At Last / A Selection Of Carols Of Our Time
2005, CD, Signum Classics
James Levine (2), Münchner Philharmoniker
Documents Of The Munich Years
2004, 12xCD + Box, Comp, Oehms Classics, ,
, Opera/Classical/Romantic/Modern
James Levine (2), Münchner Philharmoniker
Documents Of The Munich Years · Vol. 7: Gershwin, Harbison, Ives
2004, CD, Comp, Oehms Classics
Georgine Resick, Warren Jones
Men's Songs, Women's Voices
2004, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4)
Jennifer Frautschi
Solovision
2003, CD, Artek
The San Antonio Symphony
The Alamo Concert
2001, CD, Alamo Classics
Dawn Upshaw Sings Bach* And Purcell*
Angels Hide Their Faces
2001
Daniel Lentz
Wild Turkeys
2000, CD, Album, Aoede Records, ,
, Modern Classical/Contemporary
Dawn Upshaw
Voices Of Our Time: Dawn Upshaw
2000, DVD-V, NTSC, TDK (3), ,
, Post-Modern
Spectrum Concerts Berlin
John Harbison, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak: Konzert Vom 30. Mai 2000 Mosaikhalle
2000, CD, Album, S/Edition, Not On Label
Esa Tapani
An Idyll For The Misbegotten
2000, CD, Jase,
Indiana State University Faculty Winds, John Boyd (4), Fred Korman
Wasbe '99 Ninth Conference San Luis Obispo
1999, CD, Mark Records, Mark Records,
"The President's Own" United States Marine Band*
The Bicentennial Collection (Celebrating The 200th Anniverary Of "The President's Own" United States Marine Band)
1998, 10xCD, Comp + Box, Not On Label (United States Marine Band Self-released), ,
, Military/Classical/Marches
Tom Myer
Harbison • San Antonio • Tom Myer, Saxophone
1998, CD, Album, Albany Records, Albany Records, ,
, Contemporary
The Mormon Tabernacle Choir* And The Canadian Brass
A Christmas Gloria
1998
Rachel Rudich
The Universal Flute & Other Contemporary Works For Flute
1997, CD, Album, Music & Arts, ,
, Contemporary
Patricia Goodson
Strange Attractors - New American Music for Piano
1997, CD, Album, Albany Records
David Chaitkin
Summersong / Scattering Dark And Bright / Serenade / Etudes / Seasons Such As These
1997, CD, Comp, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI), ,
, Contemporary
William H. Street
Héliosaxo
1997, CD, Album, Arktos Recordings Limited
Various
Classic CD 84
1997, CD, Comp, Classic CD
North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon*
Wind Dances
1997
Various
Music & The Arts (Volume 1, Number 3)
1996, CD, Comp, CD Review
Curtis Macomber
Songs Of Solitude
1996, CD, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Ursula Oppens
American Piano Music Of Our Time
1995, 2xCD, Comp, Music & Arts
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman
Dance Mix
1995, ,
, Modern
Various / Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Krakauer Kammerchor, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Helmuth Rilling
Requiem Of Reconciliation
1995, 2x CD, ,
, Contemporary
Kurt Ollmann, William Parker (3), William Sharp (2), Sanford Sylvan
The AIDS Quilt Songbook
1994, CD, Album, Harmonia Mundi France
Various
Heartbeats: AIDS Quilt Songbook
1994, CD, Innova Recordings
Philadelphia Brass*
Philadelphia Brass Christmas
1994, CD, Album, Not On Label (The Philadelphia Brass Self-released)
Alan Feinberg, Adams* · Ives* · Cowell* · Nancarrow* · Cage*
The American Innovator
1993, CD, Album, Argo (2), ,
, Modern
The Lawrence University Wind Ensemble, Robert Levy*
American Music For Winds
1993, CD, Mark Records
Barber*, Beach* - The Reykjavik Wind Quintet
Summer Music - Pastorale (And Other American Works Performed By The Reykjavik Wind Quintet)
1993, CD, Album, Chandos, ,
, Modern/Contemporary
Ursula Oppens
American Piano Music Of Our Time, Volume II
1992, CD, Album, Music & Arts
The United States Air Force Band*, Lieutenant Colonel Alan L. Bonner*
The Wall
1991, CD, Album, Not On Label
The American Chamber Players
Harbison / Harbison / Rochberg
1990, CD, Album, Koch International Classics
Dawn Upshaw
Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
1989
Daniel Lentz
The Crack In The Bell
1987, ,
, Modern Classical/Contemporary
Seymour Shifrin - The Cantata Singers*, David Hoose With The Harvard University Choir* And The Lydian String Quartet
Cantata To The Text Of Sophoclean Choruses
1984, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Miriam Gideon / David Chaitkin
Spirit Above The Dust / The Resounding Lyre / Seasons Such As These / Serenade
1983, LP, Album, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)
Richard Nunemaker
Between Silence And Darkness
CD, Arizona University Recordings
Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Orchestra at One Hundred
12xCD, Comp, Minnesota Orchestra, 
Emerson String Quartet
American Contemporaries
CD-ROM, Album, Deutsche Grammophon
Emerson String Quartet
Complete Recordings On Deutsche Grammophon
2016, ,
, Baroque/Classical/Romantic/Modern
The Metropolitan Opera
Celebrating 125 Years • Historic Met Performances 1937–2005
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Ltd, RM, Gat, The Metropolitan Opera,
Opera/Classical/Romantic/Modern
Various
Choral Expressions: A Music Sampler from G.Schirmer / AMP & The Music Sales Group
2005, CD, Comp, Promo, G. Schirmer Inc.,
BBC Singers
Illuminare: Carols For A New Millennium
2000, CD, Album, BBC Music
Various With Special Guest Artist Jean-Marie Londeix
America's Millennium Tribute To Adolphe Sax, Volume I
1998, CD, Arizona University Recordings, ,
, Contemporary/Experimental
Sara Lambert Bloom
Premiere Chamber Works
1995, CD, Album, Centaur Records
Various
Da Capo Die Teldec Klassik - Edition Folge 2 - Elektra Nonesuch Sampler
1990