Sampen, John > Adler, Samuel

American Classics - Adler: Of Musique, Poetrie, Art and Love, etc / Melton, Farnum, Wincenc, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-12-16

Works: Samuel Adler: Preludes (3) for piano; Of Musique, Poetrie, Art, and Love, for voice, flute & piano; Four Composer Portraits, for piano; Sonata for flute & piano; Soundings, for alto saxophone & piano...
Performers: Farnum, Elizabeth; Melton, Laura; Sampen, John; Schupp, Roger; Wincenc, Carol
Conductors: Brown, Emily Freeman
Ensemble: Bowling Green Philharmonia

Professor-emeritus at the Eastman School of Music, Samuel Adler has published more than 400 works and has won many prestigious awards. Wild, colourful and complex,...continue...

Visions in Metaphor / John Sampen, Marilyn Shrude

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-07-01

Works: John Adams: Postmark; Milton Babbitt: Accompanied Recitative for Soprano Saxophone and Piano; Karel Husa: Postcard from Home; Elegie et Rondeau; Pauline Oliveros: Mirrorrim; William Albright: Postcar...
Performers: Sampen, John; Shrude, Marilyn

First Chairs - Adler: Cantos for Solo Instruments

1 CD / Albany Records / 1998-12-01

Works: Samuel Adler: Canto I, for solo trumpet; Canto XIV (Klezmer Fantasy) for solo clarinet; Canto XI, for solo horn; Canto XIII, for solo piccolo; Canto II, for solo trombone; Canto XV, for solo English ...
Performers: Bilger, David [trumpet]; Cohen, Franklin; Gippo, Jan; LeClair, Judith; Meulen, William Ver; Sampen, John; Stacy, Thomas; Vernon, Charlie

"Adler's music recalls Berio's series of compositions called Sequenzias. Each is an essay into a particular instrument's (including the human voice's) postmodern possibilities. These pieces,...continue...