Symphony No. 3

Roy Harris

Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

1961

The 'obvious standard recording.' Bernstein 'really brings home that drama and intensity.' The orchestra, especially the brass at the end, 'play lights out, really virtuosic'.

Apple Music — Harris’s Symphony No. 3 on an album with Bernstein’s Symphony No. 1.

Serge Koussevitzky / Boston Symphony Orchestra

1939 Premiere recording. 'Very rough-sounding... dim,' but priceless.

The premiere recording, sanctioned by the composer. A 'from-the-horse's-mouth' conception with great intensity. The prominent strings sound 'very intense and impassioned'.