New York Chamber/Kim - Samuel Adler: Music for Chamber Orchestra

The music of Samuel Adler � born in Mannheim in 1928 but long since one of the leading figures of American music � has its roots in the Neo-Classical clarity of composers like Copland and Hindemith, who were among his teachers. The works on this album arose from a range of impulses: a Neo-Baroque concerto grosso and a tribute to Bach encase a series of tributes to lost individuals and traditions; and two jeux d�esprit � Ives� tongue-in-cheek Variations on America and Holst�s �Jupiter� from The Planets � both bring jollity in Adler�s idiomatic arrangements for string orchestra.