| recordings |
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| 1949-06-21 – 1949-06-23 | Billy The Kid — Ballet Suite: Prelude: The Open Prairie | | RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein | 3:25 |
| 1955-12-18 | Billy the Kid: Introduction. The Open Prairie | | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 3:27 |
| 1957-10-01 – 1957-10-02 | Billy the Kid Suite: Introduction: The Open Prairie | | Morton Gould Orchestra, Morton Gould | 3:30 |
| 1958 | Billy the Kid: The Open Prairie | | London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland | 3:07 |
| 1959-10-20 | Billy the Kid: The Open Prairie (introduction) | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 3:14 |
| 1961-06 | Billy the Kid: Introduction: The Open Prairie | | London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti | 3:38 |
| 1969-11 | Billy the Kid: I. Introduction: The Open Prairie | | London Symphony Orchestra, Aaron Copland | 3:22 |
| 1992-03 | Billy the Kid: The Open Prairie | | Bill Frisell | 3:12 |
| 1998-02-10 – 1998-04-13 | Billy the Kid - Suite: I. Introduction: The Open Prairie | | Eos Orchestra, Jonathan Sheffer | 3:18 |
| 2000-06-21 | Billy the Kid: I. Introduction. The Open Prairie | | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 3:39 |
| 2014-10-23 – 2014-10-25 | Billy the Kid: I. Introduction. The Open Prairie | | Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 3:17 |
| 2015-06-30 – 2015-07-01 | Suite from the Ballet "Billy the Kid": Introduction. The Open Prairie. Lento maestoso | | BBC Philharmonic, John Wilson | 3:26 |
| 2019-06-06 – 2019-06-09 | Billy the Kid: I. Introduction. The Open Prairie | live | National Symphony Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda | 3:23 |
| Billy the Kid (Ballet Suite): Introduction: The Open Prairie (Lento maestoso) / Scene 1A: Street in a Frontier Town (moderato) | | New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein | 20:21 |
| Billy The Kid (Suite From The Ballet): Introduction | | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Philip Ellis | 3:24 |
| Billy the Kid: I. The Open Prairie | | Aaron Copland | 3:21 |
| Billy the Kid: Introduction - The open prairie | | Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman | 3:25 |
| Billy the Kid: Introduction: The Open Prairie | | Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin | 3:33 |
| Billy the Kid: Introduction: The Open Prairie (Lento maestoso) | | Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Eduardo Mata | 3:15 |
| Billy the Kid: The Open Prairie | | The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy | 3:19 |
