James Adler - Reflections (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

James Adler (born November 19, 1950, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and pianist. Adler began his piano studies at age 10 with Elsie K. Brett. His teachers include Rose Willits, Mollie Margolies and Seymour Lipkin. He has coached with Rudolph Ganz, Ivan Moravec, Olga Barabini and Konrad Wolff.

In 1967, Adler won the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Youth Auditions and made his debut with the orchestra in January 1968. Subsequently, he attended the Curtis Institute of Music, receiving a Bachelor's Degree in piano performance in 1973 and a Master's Degree in composition in 1976, studying with Myron Fink. He has appeared in recital on the CSO's Allied Arts Piano Series and performed in venues ranging from Alice Tully Hall and New York's Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden to London's Wigmore Hall and Royal Albert Hall to the Dimitria Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece. In 1996, his composition, Memento mori - An AIDS Requiem, was premiered in Atlanta, Georgia, and was released on CD in 2001.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, Adler is a pianist who "can create whatever type of music he wants at the keyboard". He has received grants from Meet The Composer and from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and he is listed in Who's Who in American Music and the International Who's Who in Music.

Adler currently lives in New York City and has been a member of the Department of Fine Arts faculty at Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey, since 1987.

Tracklist:
01. A Curtis Reflection: I. 222 (222 Rittenhouse Square)
02. A Curtis Reflection: II. Parkway House (2201 Pennsylvania Avenue)
03. A Curtis Reflection: III. 1726 (1726 Locust Street)
04. Mistieke Feetjies ("Mystical Fairies")
05. Little Suite for Piano, Op. 9: I. Prelude
06. Little Suite for Piano, Op. 9: II. Arabesque
07. Little Suite for Piano, Op. 9: III. Toccata
08. Deux Arabesques: I. Andantino con moto
09. Deux Arabesques: II. Allegretto scherzando
10. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
11. USAB12498010: II. Curiose Geschichte
12. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: III. Hasche-Mann
13. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: IV. Bittendes Kind
14. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: V. Glückes genug
15. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VI. Wichtige Begebenheit
16. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei
17. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VIII. Am Camin
18. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: IX. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
19. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: X. Fast zu ernst
20. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XI. Fürchetnmachen
21. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XII. Kind im Einschlummern
22. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: XIII. Der Dichter spricht


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