Recordings

Concert/Film Music

Burning Bright

An Opera in Three Acts
Albany Records, TROY 469-71

Libretto and Music by Frank Lewin
Based on the Novel and Play by John Steinbeck

Burning Bright Opera in Three Acts by Frank Lewin, based on the nNovel and Play by John Steinbeck, album art. Image depicts an intricate color pattern.

Sample Track: Act 1 opening – Grand Entry March and Scene 1

Three Song Cycles

Albany Records, TROY 528

Variations of Greek Themes (Edwin Arlington Robinson)
Innocence and Experience (William Blake)
A Musical Nashery (Ogden Nash)

Includes a separate CD with spoken liner notes and text for sight-impaired listeners.

Three Song Cycles Music by Frank Lewin album art depicts a venn diagram of colors where the intersections blend.

Sample Track: A Musical Nashery, “The Shrimp”

Ethnic Kaleidoscope

Albany Records, TROY 719

Settings of folk and popular music from various traditions.

Ethnic Kaleidoscope Music by Frank Lewin, album art depicts an intricate line and color pattern.

Sample Track: Cut-Your-Throat Rock

Sacred Music by Frank Lewin

Albany Records, TROY 769

Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy (Mass for the Dead, in English)
Lord’s Prayer from Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy
Psalm 148
Psalm 121
Behold, How Good (Psalms 133 and 134)
Psalm 137
Four Hymn Tunes for Organ

Sacred Music by Frank Lewin Psalms and Hymns Mass For the Dead, in English (Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy) album art depicts an intricate line and color pattern.

Sample Track: Requiem for Robert F. Kennedy, “Lord’s Prayer”

Film Music by Frank Lewin

Albany Records, TROY 866/67

CD 1: Dramatic
CD 2: Documentary

Excerpts from film scores joined into continuous suites.

Film Music by Frank Lewin, album art depicts an intricate line and color pattern.

Sample Track: The Love of a Smart Operator

Orchestral Music by Frank Lewin

Albany Records, TROY 983

Concerto on Silesian Tunes
Concerto Armonico
Evocation

Orchestral Music by Frank Lewin album art depicts an ornate, starburst line and color pattern.

Sample Track: Concerto On Silesian Tunes, Movement #4

Music for the New Family of Violins

The New Violin Family Association, NVFA-2004-2 (Item #5104)

Music performed on the New Family of Violins–eight instruments designed and built by Carleen M. Hutchins.

Album art for Music for the New Family of Violins, music by Frank Lewin. Depicts a red sunrise.

Sample Track: Palestrina: L’Homme Armé Mass, “Sanctus” and “Pleni Sunt Coeli”

Historical Outdoor Dramas

Trumpet in the Land

Demeter Music, “Music for America’s Past” Volume 1, Demeter 111

Album art for Music for America's Past vol. 1, titled Trumpet in the Land. Outdoor Historical Drama by Paul Green, Music by Frank Lewin. Art depicts A trumpet with a flag hanging from ti.

Sample Track: “Declaration of Independence”

The White Savage

Demeter Music, “Music for America’s Past” Volume 2, Demeter 112

Album art for Music for America's Past vol. 2, titled The White Savage. Outdoor Historical Drama by Joseph Bonamico and Mark Durbin, Music by Frank Lewin. Art depicts a hatchet with three feathers hanging from the handle.

Sample Track: “Hide and Seek”

Hernando DeSoto, Conquistador

Demeter Music, “Music for America’s Past” Volume 3, Demeter 113

Album art for Music for America's Past vol. 3, titled Hernando DeSoto, Conquistador. Outdoor Historical Drama by Kermit Hunter, Music by Frank Lewin. Art depicts the portrait of a conquistador wearing a helmet.

Sample Track: Overture and “Vision of El Dorado”

Dust on her Petticoats

Demeter Music, “Music for America’s Past” Volume 4, Demeter 114

Album art for Music for America's Past vol. 4, titled Dust on her Petticoats. Outdoor Historical Drama by Kermit Hunter, Music by Frank Lewin. Art depicts an impressionistic painting of a family and their wagon traveling west. A woman holds her young child close.

Sample Track: Opening: “Rabble Soldier”

Beyond the Sundown

Demeter Music, “Music for America’s Past” Volume 5, Demeter 115

Album art for Music for America's Past vol. 5, titled Beyond the Sundown. Outdoor Historical Drama by Kermit Hunter, Music by Frank Lewin. Art depicts a native american man in ornate, red and orange feathered regalia from head to toe.

Sample Track: “Mexican Dance”