Paul Creston

Paul Creston was an American composer born in New York in 1906 who developed his career in the mid-20th century composing orchestral, chamber, choral and solo works within a broadly tonal, neoclassical idiom. His music is characterised by a strong rhythmic drive, clear melodic lines and frequent writing for percussion and wind ensembles, and he produced a substantial body of works that found use in American concert and pedagogical contexts throughout the 20th century.

Piano Classical Symphonic Orchestral Instrumental

Releases

First Edition Encores

Orchestral Works, Vol. II

Ravel, Debussy, Turina, Villa‐Lobos, Creston

The Contemporary American ‘C’

Ives: Symphony no. 2 / Creston: Symphony no. 2

Symphonies nos. 1–3

Symphony no. 5 / Toccata / Partita

American Saxophone Music

Copland: Appalachian Spring Suite / Symphonic Ode / Creston: Symphony no. 3 "Three Mysteries"

Copland: The Tender Land Suite / Creston: Saxophone Concerto / Kay: Pietà / Piston: The Incredible Flutist Suite

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