Discography

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Four of Sargon's song cycles with the composer as pianist:

1. A Clear Midnight (6 texts by Walt Whitman; set for baritone, horn and piano)
2. Ash un Flamen (5 texts by Yiddish poets; set for high voice and piano)
3. Bitter for Sweet (6 texts by Christina Rossetti; set for low voice and piano)
4. Waves of the Sea (6 texts by various Irish poets; set for medium voice and piano) 

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Three trios by Carl Reinecke: Trio for Oboe, Horn & Piano; Trio for Viola, Clarinet & Piano; and Trio for Clarinet, Horn & Piano

With Eric Barr, horn, Stephen Girko, clarinet, Barbara Hustis, viola, and Simon Sargon, piano

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Three contemporary trios for Horn, Violin and Piano 

Includes Sargon's Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano ("The Legacy")

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Includes Sargon's KlezMuzik

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The Zamir Chorale's recording includes seven excerpts from Sargon's L'Moshel (For example...), settings of Yiddish proverbs for chorus, clarinet and keyboard:

1. A Yiddishe Neshume (A Jewish soul)
2. BeMoykom She'eyn Ish (In a place where there are no men)
3. Eyner Hakt Holts (One chops wood)
4. Az Dos Meydl (When the girl can't dance)
5. Mit Emes (With truth)
6. A Sho'o In Gan Eden (An hour in the garden of eden)
7. Eyn Breyra (There is no alternative)

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This volume of the Milken Archive includes Sargon's cycle of five Sephardi/Ladino songs, At Grandfather's Knee: 

1. La Mal Casada (A Bad Marriage)
2. El Punchon y La Rosa (The Thorn and the Rose)
3. Arboles Llorosos (The Weeping Trees)
4. A La Una (At the Age of One)
5. La Borracha (The Tipsy Shopkeeper)

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Includes Sargon's Deep Ellum Nights: Three Sketches,  for clarinet and piano.

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Includes Sargon's Deep Ellum Nights: Three Sketches,  for clarinet and piano.

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A concert recorded at the Synagogue of Lausanne, Switzerland which includes Sargon's arrangement of Hine Ma Tov ("How Good It Is") (melody of A. Jacobson).

Artists: Jean Akiba, flute; Gueorgui Popov, piano; Men's Chorus of the Israelite Community, Antoine David, Conductor 

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Includes Sargon's "Eil Nora Alilah" (Oh God Whose Deeds are Awesome) for the Yom Kippur liturgy

Artists: The New York Concert Singers, Judith Clurman, Conductor 

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Includes Sargon's Dos Prados ("From the meadows), which he composed for the Caetano Organ built in 1792 for the Cathedral in Coerna, Portugal, now located in the Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. 

Larry Palmer, organ

Sargon conducts the Temple Emanu-El Adult Choir and members of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in this multi-movement cantata for baritone solo, SATB chorus and brass quintet which utilizes texts from the Selichot and High Holy Day worship services. 

Includes "I Died for Beauty" from Sargon's cycle, Intimations of Mortality, for high voice and piano.

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A collection of contemporary works for brass. 

Artists: Gregory Hustis, horn, John Kitzman, trombone, Richard Giangiulio, trumpet, Simon Sargon, piano and harpsichord. 

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Sargon's compositions include vocal, choral, and chamber works with the composer at the piano:
1. Flame of the Lord (Six settings from Song of Songs for mezzo-soprano, baritone, flute, cello, and harp (or piano)

2. The Narrow Bridge (viola/piano)
3. Psalm 1 (Blessed Are the Ones) (SATB/piano)

4. Psalm 150 (SATB/piano)
5. Reb Mendele (violin/piano)
6. The Weeping Shofar (horn/piano) 

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Includes Sargon's Blue Mountain Ballads, settings of five poems of Tennessee Williams for soprano and piano. 

Artists: Barbara Hill Moore, soprano; Simon Sargon, piano

Includes Sargon's Homage to Hafiz (oboe/piano)
and Haas Trio (oboe/bassoon/piano)

Artists: Erin Hannigan, oboe; Scott Walzel, bassoon; Simon Sargon, piano

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Artists: Gregory Hustis, horn, Simon Sargon, piano, Lorin Larson, horn, William Scharnberg, horn, Daral Rauscher, trombone 

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Works by Beckel, Ewazen and Sargon performed by Hustis with the Dallas Philharmonia, Paul Phillips, Conductor.

Includes Questings, Sargon's concerto for horn and orchestra.

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Includes Sargon's Huntsman, What Quarry?, settings of two texts by Edna St. Vincent Millay for soprano, horn and piano:

1. Huntsman, What Quarry?
2. The Buck in the Snow

Artists: Gregory Hustis, horn, Nancy Keith, soprano, Simon Sargon, piano

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Includes excerpts from Sargon's cycle of five Yiddish poems of the Holocaust, Ash un Flamen (Ashes and Flames):

1. Shifreles Portret (Shifrele's Portrait)
2. Kadesh (Kaddish)

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Includes Sargon's KlezMuzik 

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This collection of African-American poetry in song includes Sargon's song cycle, Jump Back!, five settings of the poet Paul Laurence Dunbar for mezzo-soprano and piano. 

1. Jump Back

2. Compensation

3. Florida Night

4. A Prayer

5. Song

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Ralph Stannard directs the Plano Civic Chorus in this collection of works by North Texas composers. Compositions by Sargon include:

1. Psalm 150

2. Psalm 1

3. Psalm 116

4. Psalm 115

5. Psalm 121

6. Psalm 24

7. Bonie Wee Thing, settings of four poems by Robert Burns

Includes Sargon's complete Friday evening service Sing God's Praise performed by The Children's Choir of Congregation Rodeph Shalom (New York City), Cantor Ephraim Biran, Conductor.

This compilation of music of the High Holy Days includes Sargon's arrangements of traditional cantorial chants and melodies, as well as his original settings of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur liturgy.  

Artists: The Temple Emanu-El Adult Choir, Simon Sargon, Conductor; Kathryn Johnson, organist

A collection of Sargon's Jewish-themed vocal and instrumental compositions with the composer at the piano. Includes: 

1. At Grandfather's Knee (five Ladino songs for high voice/piano)
2. At Grandmother's Knee (five Yiddish songs for high voice/piano)
3. Before the Ark (violin/piano)
4. Freilach ("Wedding Dance" from Reb Mendele for violin/piano)
5. KlezMuzik (clarinet/piano)
6. Meditation (cello/piano)
7. Shema (five texts by Primo Levi set for soprano/chamber ensemble)

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Shema is Sargon's song cycle of five texts of the poet Primo Levi set for soprano, flute, clarinet, cello and piano.  

1. Shema (Hear)
2. 21 Febbraio 1994 (February 21, 1944)
3. Il Canto del Corvo (The Song of the Crow)
4. Cantare (To Sing)
5. Congedo (Parting)

Artists: Carol Meyer, soprano; Eastman School Players and Simon Sargon, piano

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A comprehensive High Holy Days compilation of liturgical works for solo voice and accompaniment. Includes:

1. Hayom T'amtzeinu (This Day Strengthen Us) (Transcontinental #950066DA160)

2. Ki Lekach Tov (I Gave To You For Good Teaching) (Transcontinental #950066DA115)

3. K'racheim Av (Like As a Father) (Transcontinental 950066DA154)

Producers: J. Mark Dunn and Josee Wolff

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A collection of liturgical music includes Sargon's Mah Yafeh Hayom (How Beautiful is the Sabbath Day).

Artists: Kol Rinah and Festival choirs, Mikhail Manevich, Cantor 

Includes Sargon's three movement work, Divertimento for Piano and Chamber Orchestra

Artists: The Meadows Symphony Orchestra, Paul Phillips, Conductor; David Karp, piano

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Includes Let It Be You, Sargon's setting of five poems by Sara Teasdale for soprano and piano:

1. Let It Be You
2. Wind Elegy
3. Barter
4. Let It Be Forgotten
5. There Will Be Rest

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Artists: Virginia Dupuy, mezzo-soprano; 

Simon Sargon, piano 

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Violinist Zina Schiff plays a 1697 Stradivarius and a 1991 Nagyvarius. Includes Sargon's three movement suite, Reb Mendele, for violin and piano:

1. Supplication
2. Lullabye
3. Freilach (Wedding Dance)

Includes Sargon's Huntsman, What Quarry, settings of two Edna St. Vincent Millay poems for soprano, horn and piano:

1. Huntsman, What Quarry?

2. The Buck in the Snow

Includes Sargon's Psalm 23- Adonai Roi (The Lord Is My Shepherd)

Artists: The Yale Glee Club, David H. Connell, Conductor

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This multi-volume collection of choral music for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur includes Sargon's Eil Nora Alilah (Oh God Whose Deeds are Awesome) (Transcontinental #950025DA140). Eil Nora Alilah is also included on the "Highlights" version of the collection (Transcontinental #950026DA21).

Artists: HUC Chorale and soloists, Samuel Adler, Conductor;  Judith Clurman, Producer

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