ORCHESTRAL WORKS

SYMPHONIES / LARGE ORCHESTRAL WORKS

(1) Sinfonia No. 1, E-flat, opus 10 (1848)
Score: MS full score at NYPL. No modern score. Fleisher Collection MS score and parts.
Recordings: none known (Duration: 43:00)

(2)  La Cracovian (violin and orchestra) op. 13 (1850)  (revision of Duetto concertante for violin and piano, op 1, 1844)
Score: MS full score, piano and violin parts,  NYPL
Recordings: none known

(3)  Symphony No. 2 (Jullien), d minor, opus 24 (1853)
Instrumentation: Fl.2; Ob.2; Cl.2; Bsn.2; Hn.4; Tpt.2; Trb.3; Tb.; Timp.; Vn.1-2; Vla.; Vc.; Cb.

Score: MS full score, NYPL.
Also: Fleisher Collection. Score (photostatic copy of NYPL MS) and parts
Symphony No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 24 (“Jullien”) MUSA Edition No. 23 (2011). Katherine K. Preston, ed. (Middleton, Wisc: A-R Editions, 2011). 

N.B. A-R Editions is willing to offer a discount on the purchase of scores/parts and to reduce the rental fees on orchestral parts for ensembles interested in using one of their publications for a FAMI-related project. For further information, contact James Zychowicz, permissions manager at A-R Editions (james.zychowicz@areditions.com).

Recordings:
(1) (w/follow-along score)  (Duration: 43:21)
(2) alternate (w/out follow-along score)  (Duration: 43:21)
(3) alternate  (Duration: 43:21)
All three recordings: George Frederick Bristow. Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rebecca
Miller, conductor. New World Records 80768-2
Movement Durations: Allegro appassionato: 16:00; Allegretto: 5:56; Adagio: 11:00; Finale: 10:00
(4) Recording: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Karl Krueger, conductor. Society for
the Preservation of American Music, MIA 143 (19690) (Duration: 45:26)
(5) Performance by students of the SF Conservatory of Music, 2011.

(4)  Symphony No. 3, f minor Opus 26 (1856)
Score: MS full score, NYPL
Fleisher Collection. MS score and MS parts
Recordings: 
(1) (Duration: 34:37)
(2) (Duration: 34:41)
(Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Järvi, conductor (1993). CD)
Movement durations: Allegro (9:40); Nocturno: Andante (9:50); Scherzo: The butterfly's frolic (5:52); Finale: Allegro con fuoco (10:10)

(5)  Symphony No. 4 (Arcadian) (1872)
Instrumentation: Picc; Fl.2; Ob.2; Cl.2; Bsn.2; Hn.4; Tpt.2; Trb.3; Tb.; Timp.; Cym.; Trgl.;  Vn.1-2; Vla.; Vc.; Cb.
Score. MS full score and parts, NYPL
Also, Fleisher Collection. MS score & parts
George Frederick Bristow / Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 50 (“Arcadian”), Katherine K. Preston and Kyle Gann, eds (Middleton, Wisc: A-R Editions, 2024). 

N.B. A-R Editions is willing to offer a discount on the purchase of scores/parts and to reduce the rental fees on orchestral parts for ensembles interested in using one of their publications for a FAMI-related project. For further information, contact James Zychowicz, permissions manager at A-R Editions (james.zychowicz@areditions.com).

Recordings: (1) with follow-along score (probably transcription by Kyle Gann); and (2). Both recordings by The Orchestra Now, Leon Botstein, conductor (Bridge Records) (Duration: 42:00). Movement durations: Allegro appassionato, "Emigrants Journey Across the Plains" (15:40); Andante religioso "Halt on the Praire" (10:30); Allegro ma non tanto, "Indian War Dance and Attack by Indians" (5:30); Allegro con spirito, "Arrival at the New Home, Rustic Festivities, and Dancing" (10:17)

(6)  Symphony No. 5: Niagara Symphony, op. 62 (1893)
Score: MS score and parts at NYPL
Forthcoming: transcription of movements 1-3 by members of the Bristow@200 committee.  
Movement 4 transcription: Timothy Cloeter, “A Performance Edition of the Fourth Movement of the Niagara Symphony, op. 62, by George Frederick Bristow (1825- 1898).” DMA diss, Univ of Arizona, 2016. 

In preparation for a planned performance by the American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor, in January 2026.
Recordings: none known, although the January 2026 performance will result in a recording.

OVERTURES

(1) Overture for Orchestra, E-flat, op. 3 (1845)
Score: MS full score: NYPL
Recordings: none known

(2) Rip van Winkle Overture (1855)
Score: Fleisher Collection (5440). MS score and parts (Original at NYPL)
Recordings: 
(1) Royal Northern Sinfonia with Rebecca Miller (Anthology of Recorded Music) (Duration: 8:19)

(3)  Winter’s Tale Overture, opus 30 (1856)
Score: MS score at NYPL
Also, Fleisher Collection. MS score and parts.
Recordings: 
Royal Northern Sinfonia, Rebecca Miller, conductor. New World Recordings (80768-2) (Duration: 9:52)

(4) Columbus Overture, opus 32 (1861)
Score: MS, incomplete piano score, NYPL
Recordings: none known

(5)  Great Republic Overture (1876)
Score: MS full score at NYPL
Also, Fleisher Collection. MS score and parts.
Recordings: none known

(6)  Jibbenainosay Overture, opus 64 (1889)
Score: MS full score at NYPL
Recordings: none known.