Samuel Adler: A Celebration of Sam @ 95: Piano Music and Songs

Catalogue No: TOCC0686
EAN/UPC: 5060113446862
Release Date: 2023-03-03
Composer: Samuel Adler
Artists: Axel Bauni, Laura Melton, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Sabine Goetz, Yevgeny Yontov

The youthful agility of Samuel Adler – born in Mannheim in 1928 but long since regarded as the dean of American music – would appear to contradict the fact that he reached his 95th birthday in March 2023. This celebration of his productive life – as composer, teacher, writer and conductor – testifies to his ongoing vigour with a programme of songs and piano works composed, for the large part, after his 90th birthday, many of them tributes to musician friends. His music has its roots in the Neo-Classical clarity of composers like Copland and Hindemith, who were among his teachers, but has a raunchy energy entirely
Adler’s own – and which would be remarkable in a composer half his age.

Sabine Goetz, soprano (Tracks 4, 11, 12, 17-20)
Noah Bendix-Balgley, violin (Tracks 17-20)
Laura Melton, piano (Tracks 1-3, 5-10)
Yevgeny Yontov, piano (Tracks 1-3, 13-16, 21-30)
Axel Bauni, piano (Tracks 4, 11, 12, 17–20)

Listen To This Recording:

    Duo Sonata for two pianos (1983)*

  1. I Toccata
  2. II Notturno
  3. III Scherzo-Finale
  4. In Memoriam: RBG for high voice and piano (2020)
  5. Six Short Occasional Pieces for piano (2019–20)

  6. No. 1 Little Chromatic Trio
  7. No. 2 For Harriet
  8. No. 3 Your Music Will Prevail
  9. No. 4 Devotional
  10. No. 5 Bagatelle for Jürgen
  11. No. 6 Toccatina
  12. While Listening to Music (2020)

  13. I On Hearing a Symphony of Beethoven
  14. II Lines (To a movement in Mozart’s E♭ Symphony K. 543)
  15. Four Choreographies: A Suite for piano solo (2018)

  16. No. 1 Homage to Satie
  17. No. 2 Toccata con furia
  18. No. 3 Valse sans Tristesse
  19. No. 4 Chromatic Gigue
  20. Songs of Innocent Love for soprano, violin and piano (2016)

  21. I Lied
  22. II Ich bin die Nacht
  23. III Schlaflied für dich
  24. IV Lied
  25. Music for the Young (and the Young at Heart):
    10 Character Pieces for piano solo
    (2021)

  26. No. 1 Questions and Answers
  27. No. 2 Toccatina I
  28. No. 3 Lyric
  29. No. 4 Waltz
  30. No. 5 Toccatina II
  31. No. 6 March
  32. No. 7 Intermezzo
  33. No. 8 Toccatina III
  34. No. 9 Bleak Soundscape
  35. No. 10 Tango
 

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