Samuel Adler, born in Germany in 1928, moved to the United States in 1939 and has since composed over 400 published works.
Performer Biography
Maximilian Hornung, the cellist on this album, won the German Music Council's Competition in 2005 and has received two ECHO Klassik prizes for his recordings.
Recording & Production
The cover image for this album features 'The first abstract watercolour by Wassily Kandinsky', used by permission of Bridgeman Images.
Composition History
Samuel Adler's Symphony No. 6, written in 1984-85, is receiving its premiere performance and recording on this album.
Compositional Technique
Samuel Adler's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra treats the soloist and orchestra as equal partners, embodying the Italian origin of 'concerto' which means 'fighting side by side'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Samuel Adler believes a composer expresses in their music what life feels like, trying to convey many different feelings inspired by poetry, literature, nature, or current events.
Performer Biography
José Serebrier, the conductor on this album, is a GRAMMY® Award-winning artist and one of the most recorded classical musicians in history, with forty-five GRAMMY® nominations.
