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American composer, conductor, teacher and percussionist. He was born September 6, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois.
Died February 12, 2022.

ALBUMS

Bruce Broughton, William Kraft, Veronika Krausas

A Charged Embrace

2020, CD, Album, Ltd, Dig, Jacaranda Live Recordings,

Timpani Concerti

2015, CD, Comp, Laurel Record

Fire And Ice (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2013, CD, Ltd, BSX Records

Los Angeles Philharmonic*, John Adams, Leila Josefowicz, Kraft*, Joseph Pereira, Rosenman*

The Dharma At Big Sur

2010, 10xFile, AAC, 256, Deutsche Grammophon,

William Kraft, Southwest Chamber Music, Tambuco Percussion Ensemble

William Kraft: Encounters

2009, 3xCD, Cambria Master Recordings

An Encounter With The Music Of William Kraft

2008, CD, Album, Albany Records,

William Kraft, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn, Mary Rawcliffe, Jonathan Mack, Pasadena Boys Choir, New Albion Ensemble, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Paul Polivnick, Warren Samples, Jr., Utah Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Wilkins

William Kraft - Meet The Composer

2005, CD, Album, First Edition Music

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,

John Cerminaro, Charlotte Cerminaro, Robert Schumann, William Kraft, Joseph Haydn, Rand Steiger, Henri Lazarof

Screamers: Difficult Works For The Horn

1997, CD, Album, Comp, Crystal Records (5),

William Kraft - The Boston Musica Viva, Richard Pittman, Jane Manning

Concerto For Percussion & Chamber Ensemble • Settings From Pierrot Lunaire • Episodes • Gallery 4-5

1996, CD, Albany Records

Edgard Varèse, William Kraft / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

Arcana, Integrales, Ionisation / Contextures / Concerto For Percussion

The Music Of William Kraft

1993, CD, Cambria

Percussion By William Kraft

1993, CD, Album, Crystal Records (5)

William Kraft - Thomas Akins, Mona Golabek, Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Paul Polivnick / Jeff Von Der Schmidt, Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano

Three Concerti (Timpani Concerto / Piano Concerto / Veils & Variations)

Modern/Contemporary

Lou Harrison - Eudice Shapiro, David Craighead, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, William Kraft

Concerto For Violin And Percussion Orchestra / Concerto For Organ With Percussion Orchestra

1992, CD, Comp, Crystal Records (5),

Music Of William Kraft

1992, CD, Comp, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Contextures II: The Final Beast / Interplay / Of Ceremonies, Pageants And Celebrations

1989, CD, Album, Elektra Nonesuch

The Sublime And The Beautiful / Gallery '83 / Des Imagistes

1987, LP, Composers Recordings Inc. (CRI)

Varese*, Xenakis*, Messiaen*, Cage* ‎– Orquesta Filarmónica De Los Ángeles*, Conjunto De Percusión De Los Ángeles*, Orquesta New Philharmonia*, Robert Sherlaw Johnson, John Tilbury Directed By William Kraft, Zubin Mehta, Elgar Howarth

Ionización / Antikhthon / Cantéyodjayâ /Sonatas 1-4 Y Primer Interludio Para Piano Preparado

Morton Subotnick / Frederick Lesermann / William Kraft - Ralph Grierson

For Ralph Grierson: Commissioned Works For Keyboards

William Kraft, The National Philharmonic Orchestra Of London*

Avalanche (Original Soundtrack)

David Craighead With Gordon Stout And The Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble*, William Kraft

Organist David Craighead

1977, LP, Album, Crystal Records (5)

Leonard Rosenman / William Kraft - Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, Su Harmon, Michael Kermoyan, Ellen Geer

Chamber Music No. 2/Des Imagistes

1976, LP, Quad, Delos,

William Kraft, Charles Boone, Karl Kohn

Three West Coast Composers

1973, LP, Desto

Ingolf Dahl, Frederick Lesemann, William Kraft, Karen Ervin

Dahl - Lesemann - Kraft

1973, LP, Album, Crystal Records (5)

Aaron Copland / William Kraft, Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic*

Lincoln Portrait / Contextures: Riots - Decade '60 / Concerto For 4 Percussion Soloists And Orchestra

Modern/Contemporary

Walter Piston / William Kraft - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney

Symphony No. 5 / Concerto Grosso

Henri Temianka, William Kraft, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, Raquel Adonaylo

A Percussion Spectacular Ginastera: Cantata / Chávez: Toccatta

1964, LP, CBS Masterworks

Henri Temianka Conducting The Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, William Kraft, Raquel Adonaylo, Alberto Ginastera, Carlos Chávez

A Percussion Spectacular (Cantata Para América Mágica / Toccata For Percussion Instruments)

Percussion By William Kraft

LP, Crystal Records (5)

The Horn Club Of Los Angeles, Gunther Schuller / William Kraft / Alec Wilder

New Music For Horns

APPEARANCES +

Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic*

Complete Decca Recordings

2020, 38xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Decca,

Classical/Romantic/Modern

Trumpet And Drum

Garlands For Steven Stucky

2018, CD, Album, Bridge Records (4),

Los Angeles Brass Quintet*, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble, Stanley Chaloupka, Sharon Davis

Brass - Percussion, Harp, & Piano - Roots

2018, CD, Comp, Crystal Records (5)

Adventures In Sound

Musique Concrète/Experimental/Contemporary

Constantin Hartwig

2017, CD, GENUIN, Deutschlandradio Kultur, Deutscher Musikrat

Barefoot In The Park / The Odd Couple (Music From The Motion Picture)

2017, CD, Album, Comp, Ltd, RE, RM, Varèse Sarabande,

Score/Soundtrack/Theme

Elmer Bernstein

The Sons Of Katie Elder (Music From The Motion Picture)

Score/Soundtrack

Decca Sound: The Analogue Years 1969-1980

2017, 315x File 320 kbps,

Romantic/Modern/Opera/Classical/Impressionist

Los Angeles Percussion Quartet

The Year Before Yesterday

2014, Blu-ray, Blu-ray-A + CD + File, FLAC, MP3, Sono Luminus

Decca Sound / The Analogue Years

2013, 53xCD, Comp, RM + CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Bon + Box, Decca,

Romantic/Modern/Opera/Classical/Impressionist

Hugh Levick / Quatuor Diotima

The Unimagined: Preparations For The Unknown

2013, CD, Album, Signature (9)

Jerry Fielding, Leonard Rosenman

Escape From Alcatraz / Hell Is For Heroes (Music From The Motion Pictures)

2013, CD, Comp, Intrada

Elmer Bernstein

True Grit (Music From The Motion Picture)

Bernard Herrmann

North By Northwest (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Igor Stravinsky

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky - The Ballets

2011, 7xCD, Comp + Box, Sony Classical, Sony Music

Philadelphia Percussion Project

Movement In Time (Music Of Wright, Rissman And Kraft)

2011, CD, Album, Equilibrium

Ernest Gold / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score/Contemporary

A Child Is Waiting (Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack)

2010, CD, Album, Ltd, Intrada

Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky The Complete Ballets

2003, 6xCD, Comp, RE, Sony Classical, Sony Classical

Southwest Chamber Music

2000, 12xCD, Box, Cambria Master Recordings,

Contemporary/Post-Modern

Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky

1999, 9x CD, Box Set,

Modern/Neo-Classical

Edward Sandor, Thomas McCutchen*

The Art of Trumpet and Percussion

1998, CD, Album, aca Digital Recording

North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Corporon

Dialogues & Entertainments

1997, CD, Klavier Records

Percussioni E Innovazioni Ritmiche

1996, CD, Comp, L'Unità Magazine

1996, CD, Album, Neuma Records

The Music Connection (Grade 4)

1995, 10xCD, Mono, Silver Burdett & Ginn, Silver Burdett & Ginn, Silver Burdett & Ginn,

Educational/Vocal/Folk/Poetry/Classical/Modern/Baroque/Romantic/Marches/Interview/Son

Carlito's Way (Original Motion Picture Score)

Bobissimo! The Best of Roger Bobo

1992, CD, Album, Comp, Crystal Records (5)

Indochine (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

People Who Hit Things

1991, CD, Album, Clover Eclectic,

Contemporary/Modern

Igor Stravinsky

The Recorded Legacy

1991, 22x CD, Box Set,

Igor Stravinsky

The Edition (An Introduction)

Neo-Classical/Modern

Dead Again (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Soundtrack/Score

The Horn Club Of Los Angeles

1990, CD, Comp, EMI, Angel Records

Enrique Llácer*

Fundamentos Del Ritmo. Realización Musical E Interpretación De Enrique Llácer

1984, LP, Philips

Varese* / Xenakis* / Messiaen* / Cage* - Orquesta Filarmónica De Los Ángeles*, New Philharmonia Orchestra

Ionización / Antikhthon / Cantéyodjaya /Sonatas I-IV Y Primer Interludio Para Piano Preparado

Evening Voluntaries, Horn

1981, LP, Crystal Records (5)

1978, LP, Album, Crystal Records (5),

Hindemith*, Chihara*, Wolpe*

Concerto For Trumpet & Bassoon

1978, LP, Album, Crystal Records (5),

The Brass Guild

1977, LP, Album, Grenadilla Records

Goldman-Brown Duo

Music By Los Angeles Composers

1976, LP, Album, Orion

Orchestra: Man And His Music

1975, LP, Comp, Keyboard Publications

Arcana / Intégrales / Ionisation

Thomas Stevens / Ralph Grierson / Mitchell Peters

The Contemporary Trumpet

Modern/Contemporary/Experimental

Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble

1971, LP, Album, Crystal Records (5)

Los Angeles Brass Society, Dr. Lester Remsen* with Ladd Thomas

Los Angeles Brass Society

1970, LP, Avant Records

The Horn Club Of Los Angeles

New Music For Horns

Contemporary/Renaissance/Romantic

Igor Stravinsky

Nine Masterpieces Conducted By The Composer Igor Stravinsky

1970, 6x Vinyl, Box Set,

Roger Bobo With Ralph Grierson

Roger Bobo & Tuba Play Galliard, Barat, Kraft, Hindemith, Wilder, With Ralph Grierson, Piano

1969, LP, Crystal Records (5)

Stravinsky*, Columbia Symphony* / Columbia Chamber Ensemble

Stravinsky Conducts Histoire Du Soldat Suite / Pulcinella Suite

The Louisville Orchestra

Louisville Orchestra First Edition Records 1965

1965, 6xLP, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records, First Edition Records

The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney

The Complete 1965 Series

Eudice Shapiro, Brooks Smith (2) - Igor Stravinsky

Duo Concertant / Divertimento (For Violin And Piano)

Music And Youth

1962, LP, Red, Not On Label

Igor Stravinsky

Boulez* / Stockhausen* - Robert Craft

Le Marteau Sans Maître / Nr. 5 Zeitmasse For Five Woodwinds

LP, Album, WIM Records

Henri Temianka, Los Angeles Percussion Ensemble

Ginastera - Cantata Para America Magica / Chavez - Toccata for Percussion Instruments

LP, S/Edition, Special Service Records

Los Angeles Brass Society

Los Angeles Brass Society

LP, Crystal Records (5),

Contemporary/Modern

Igor Stravinsky

Die Geschichte vom Soldaten (Suite) / Movements für Klavier und Orchester / Doppelkanon für Streichquartett / Epitaph für Flöte, Klarinette und Harfe / Oktett für Blasinstrumente

12", Album, CBS

Various, University Of Northern Colorado Wind Ensemble, Eugene Corporon

3xLP, Soundmark (2)

Trilby* - Weiskopf*

My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free

LP, Album, Mono, Prologue Records (2), Prologue Records (2),

The Horn Club Of Los Angeles

Music For Horns

Lou Harrison / Robert Linn (2), Eudice Shapiro, William Craft

Concerto For Violin And Percussion Orchestra / Concertino For Violin And Wind Octet

Conducts Fantastic Percussion

Brother John And The Village Orchestra

Careers In Music

1977, LP, Comp, Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., Schirmer Records

Percussion Sounds

1969, 10", Churchill Films

Louisville Orchestra*, Robert Whitney

The Complete 1965 Series

25 Jahre Reil-Trio

LP, Comp, Triophon,

Renaissance/Baroque/Contemporary

For Ralph Grierson: Commissioned Works For Keyboards