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Benjamin Lees (born January 8, 1924) is a contemporary U.S. composer of classical music, born in Harbin, China, raised in San Francisco and currently residing in Palm Springs, California. Lees rejects atonalism and Americana in favor of classical structures. He began piano lessons at 5 with K. I. Rodetskyand[1] and started composing as a teenager. In 1954, the NBC Orchestra performed his Profiles...read more

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Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: I. Allegro con brio
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: III. Allegro energico
Sonata Breve
Toccata
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: II. Andante candando
Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": I Visitations (Slow, Unhurried) 'Someone Blew The Shofar'
IV. Explosive
Sonata No.2: Allegro
Sonata No.2: Moderato - Allegro
Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": Iii Transcendence (Calm, Unhurried) 'But Who Emptied Your Shoes Of Sand?'
Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: I. Boldly
Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: III. Lively
String Quartet No. 1 (1952): II. Adagietto
Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": Ii Manifestations (Steady Tempo) 'Footsteps'
String Quartet No. 1 (1952): I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 1: I. Moderato
Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: II. Calmly
String Quartet No. 5: IV. Explosive
String Quartet No. 5: III. Quick, quiet
String Quartet No. 1 (1952): III. Allegro vivo
6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 1
Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": I. Visitations, "Someone Blew the Shofar"
Sonata No.2: Adagio
String Quartet No. 1 (Remastered): II. Adagietto
String Quartet No. 1: II. Adagietto
String Quartet No. 6: II. Calm, steady
Violin Concerto: II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 1: III. Allegro vivo
6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 3
String Quartet No. 5: I. Measured
String Quartet No. 5: II. Arioso
Passacaglia
String Quartet No. 6: I. Measured, dolorous
3 Preludes: No. 2
No. 3
3 Preludes: No. 1
Fantasia (Live)
Symphony No. 2: Andante mesto-Vivo-Tempo primo
Symphony No. 3: Andante-Allegro molto; affonosamente
Symphony No. 2: Adagio
Symphony No. 3: Andante-Molto calmo-Postlude: Andante
Odyssey - No. 1
Violin Concerto: I. Andante con moto
No. 4
Prologue, Capriccio, and Epilogue
Odyssey No. 1: (Lees)
String Quartet No. 6: III. Quiet, eerie
6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 4
String Quartet No. 6: IV. Unhurried
II. Adagietto
I Visitations (Slow, Unhurried) 'Someone Blew the Shofar'
Symphony No. 3: Interlude
No. 2
3 Preludes: No. 3
Odyssey No.2
3 Preludes
Symphony No. 2: Scherzo
String Quartet No. 1 (Remastered): I. Moderato
Odyssey: No. 2
Odyssey: No. 3
String Quartet No. 1 (Remastered): III. Allegro vivo
Symphony No. 3: Andante-Allegro; molto risoluto
Odyssey: No. 1
6 Ornamental Etudes - No. 1
No. 5
No. 6
3 Preludes - No. 1
Symphony No. 5 - Kalmar Nyckel
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra : II. Andante cantando
Sonata No. 4: II. Adagio
6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 6
6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 5
6 Ornamental Etudes: No. 2
Mirrors, in Six Sections: I
Odyssey No. 2: (Lees)
Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": II. Manifestations, "Footsteps"
String Quartet No. 1 - I. Moderato
II Manifestations (Steady Tempo) 'Footsteps'
Piano Trio No. 2, "Silent Voices"
6 ornamental Etudes
Odyssey No.3
Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano: Adagio tranquillo
Piano Sonata No. 4: Allegro con energic
Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) II
Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) III
Violin Concerto (1958) III. Allegro giusto
Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) I
Lees: Symphony #3 - Interlude
Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) IV
Fantasy Variations: Coda
String Quartet No. 6 (2005): IV. Unhurried
String Quartet No. 6 (2005): III. Quiet, eerie
String Quartet No. 6 (2005): II. Calm, steady
String Quartet No. 6 (2005): I. Measured, dolorous
Horn Concerto (1992) I. Boldly
Horn Concerto (1992) III. Lively
Violin Concerto (1958) I. Andante con moto
Lees: Etudes For Piano & Orchestra - Etude 3
No.7 from Kaleidoscopes
Violin Concerto (1958) II. Adagio
Odyssey No.1
Etudes for Piano and Orchestra: Etude II
Etudes for Piano and Orchestra: Etude I
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giusto
Etudes for Piano and Orchestra: Etude III
Etudes for Piano and Orchestra: Etude IV
Etudes for Piano and Orchestra: Etude I
Mirrors, in Six Sections: VI
Mirrors, in Six Sections: III
Mirrors, in Six Sections: IV
Mirrors, in Six Sections: V
Mirrors, in Six Sections: II
Sonata No. 4: III. Allegro deciso
Lees: Etudes For Piano & Orchestra - Etude 1
Sonata No. 4: I. Allegro con energic
Horn Concerto (1992) II. Calmly
Lees: Etudes For Piano & Orchestra - Etude 5
Fantasy Variations: Variation IX
III. Allegro energico
I. Allegro con brio
Symphony No. 4, "Memorial Candles": III. Transcendence, "But Who Emptied Your Shoes of Sand?"
Violin Concerto: III. Allegro giusto
Symphony No.3 (1968) II. Andante. Allegro; molto risoluto
Symphony No.3 (1968) III. Interlude
Symphony No.3 (1968) IV. Andante. Allegro molto; affonosamente
Symphony No.3 (1968) V. Interlude
III. Allegro vivo
String Quartet No. 5 - I. Measured
Lees: Symphony #2 - Scherzo
III. Quiet, eerie
II. Arioso
III. Quick, quiet
IV. Unhurried
Balada, Lees, Zwilich: Concerti (Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel) - Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra: I. Boldly (8:15)
II. Calm, steady
Horn Concerto (William Caballero, horn) - 3rd Movement - Lively
Horn Concerto (William Caballero, horn) - 2nd Movement - Calmly
Piano Sonata No. 4: Allegro deciso
Piano Sonata No. 4: Adagio
Balada, Lees, Zwilich: Concerti (Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel)
Piano Concerto No.2 (1966) III. Allegro tempestoso
Kaleidoscopes - IX
Kaleidoscopes - VII
Piano Concerto No.2 (1966) I. Allegro enfatico
Piano Concerto No.2 (1966) II. Adagio vago
Symphony #5, "Kalmar Nyckel"
Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra - III. Lively
05 SQ no. 5 ii arioso
03 SQ no. 1 iii allegro vivo
Sq No. 5 I Measured
11 SQ no. 6 iv unhurried
Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) V
02 SQ no. 1 ii adagietto
No. 7 from Kaleidoscopes, Boosey & Hawkes 20th-Century Piano Collection: from 1945
Symphony #3 - Interlude
06 SQ no. 5 iii quick, quiet
No.9 from Kaleidoscopes
Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra - II. Calmly
Symphony No.5 'Kalmar Nyckel' (1986)
10 Sq No. 6 III Quiet, Eerie
09 Sq No. 6 II Calm, Steady
Prologue, Capriccio and Epilogue, for Orchestra (1959)
08 Sq No. 6 I Measured, Dolorous
07 Sq No. 5 IV Explosive
01 Sq No. 1 I Moderato
III. Allegro marcato
Lees: Symphony #2 - Andante Mesto, Vivo, Tempo Primo
Lees: Etudes For Piano & Orchestra - Etude 4
Lees: Symphony #2 - Adagio
Lees: Symphony #3 - Andante, Allegro, Molto Risoluto
Symphony No. 5, "Kalmar Nyckel"
Concerto pour violon & orchestre - I. Andante
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1966) III. Allegro tempestoso
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1966) II. Adagio vago
String Quartet No.1; 1. Moderato
Piano Concerto No. 2 (1966) I. Allegro enfatico
Allegro giusto
Adagio
Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) V.
Andante con moto
Piano Concerto No. 2: II
Piano Concerto No. 2: III
Borealis, for Orchestra (1993)
Piano Concerto No. 2: I
Concerto for French Horn and Orchestra - I. Boldly
Odyssey: No. 1. —
Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano
Piano Sonata No. 4: II. Adagio
String Quartet n°5 — IV. Explosive
String Quartet n°5 — III. Quick, quiet
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
Odyssey: No. 2. —
Piano Sonata No. 4: III. Allegro deciso
Piano Sonata No. 4: I. Allegro con energia
String Quartet n°5 — II. Arioso
Fantasy Variations: Variation VII
Fantasy Variations: Variation V
Fantasy Variations: Variation XI
Fantasy Variations: Variation X
Fantasy Variations: Variation XIV
Fantasy Variations: Variation II
Fantasy Variations: Theme
Fantasy Variations: Variation IV
Fantasy Variations: Variation VIII
Fantasy Variations: Variation XII
Fantasy Variations: Variation XIII
Fantasy Variations: Variation VI
String Quartet No. 2
Fantasy Variations: Variation IV
Fantasy Variations: Variation VIII
Violin Sonata No. 2: III. Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio vago
Fantasy Variations: Variation XV
Fantasy Variations: Variation XII
Fantasy Variations: Variation XIII
Lees: Toccata
Fantasy Variations: Variation VI
Violin Sonata No. 2: II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 2
Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro tempestoso
Benjamin Lees - Etudes for Piano & Orchestra (1974) I
String Quartet No. 1: Adagietto
String Quartet No. 2: Explosive
Passacaglia for Orchestra
String Quartet No. 2: Measured
String Quartet no.1 - I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 1: Moderato
String Quartet No. 1: Allegro vivo
String Quartet no.1 - II. Adagietto
String Quartet No. 2: Arioso
String Quartet No. 6: Measured, dolorous
String Quartet No. 2: Quick, quiet
String Quartet no.1 - III. Allegro vivo
Etudes For Piano & Orchestra: Etude 4
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra - 1. Allegro con brio
Calmly
Lively
Etudes For Piano & Orchestra: Etude 5
Quartet for Strings No. 1 - I. Moderato
Quartet for Strings No. 6 - III. Quiet, eerie
Etudes For Piano & Orchestra: Etude 2
Quartet for Strings No. 5 - III. Quick, quiet
Etudes For Piano & Orchestra: Etude 1
Quartet for Strings No. 5 - I. Measured
Quartet for Strings No. 6 - II. Calm, steady
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra - 2. Andante cantando
Quartet for Strings No. 1 - II. Adagietto
II. Andante cantando
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra - 3. Allegro energico
Quartet for Strings No. 1 - III. Allegro vivo
Quartet for Strings No. 5 - IV. Explosive
Etudes For Piano & Orchestra: Etude 3
Quartet for Strings No. 5 - II. Arioso
Boldly
Quartet for Strings No. 6 - I. Measured, dolorous
Quartet for Strings No. 6 - IV. Unhurried
Lees: Symphony #3 - Andante, Allegro Molto, Affonosamente
Lees: Symphony #5, "Kalmar Nyckel"
Lees: Etudes For Piano & Orchestra - Etude 2
Lees: Symphony #3 - Andante, Molto Calmo, Postlude, Andante
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