James Adler

James Adler & Friends

“James Adler & Friends,” the eagerly-anticipated CD on PARMA Records’ Ravello Records label…. is a must-have for serious collectors of classical music.” — Bruce-Michael Gelbert, [Q]OnStage, March 2013

It’s a masterful job. My Dad’s Scherzino was just right.” — Severo Ornstein, March 2013

“I think in many ways James Adler represents the consummate Yamaha Artist, a Musician’s Musician.” — Bonnie Barrett, Director of Yamaha Artist Services, April 2013

Ravello Records releases James Adler & Friends, a compilation of work by James Adler, Seth Bedford, Franz Liszt, Leo Ornstein, and Paul Turok. Tracing Mr. Adler’s music roots, the CD includes two pieces specifically composed for him: Seth Bedford’s Christopher Street Rag and Paul Turkok’s Tango for James Adler. Two collaborative works are included: Reverie, Interrupted for Tenor Saxophone and Piano (with Jordan P. Smith, Tenor Saxophone) and A Song of the Road (with Malcolm J. Merriweather, Baritone). Also highlighting the disc are two new works for solo piano: Fantasy on a Medieval Theme and Piano Fantasy on “The Ballad of Sweeney Todd”, both of which are influenced by Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, which is also included.

  1. Leo Ornstein: Serenade, Op. 5, No. 2: Scherzino
    James Adler, piano
  2. James Adler: 3 Piano Transitions: No. 1 Passacaglia
    James Adler, piano
  3. Paul Turok: Tango for James Adler
    James Adler, piano
  4. Paul Turok: Passacaglia, Op. 10
    James Adler, piano
  5. Seth Bedford: Christopher Street Rag
    James Adler, piano
  6. James Adler: Reverie, Interrupted
    Jordan P. Smith, tenor saxophone; James Adler, piano
  7. James Adler: Fantasy Grotesque on a Medieval Theme
    James Adler, piano
  8. James Adler: Piano Fantasy on the Ballad of Sweeney Todd
    James Adler, piano
  9. Franz List: Mephisto Waltz No. 1
    James Adler, piano
  10. James Adler: Song of the Road
    Malcolm J. Merriweather, baritone; James Adler, piano
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