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A Retrospective

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A Retrospective

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404921421
Catnr: BRIDG 9214
Release date: 09 June 2010
2 CD
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404921421
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9214
Release date
09 June 2010
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George Perle

The recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, and an array of other major awards and honors, George Perle occupies a commanding position among American composers of our time. Born in Bayonne, NJ, May 6, 1915, he received his early musical education in Chicago. After graduation from DePaul University, where he studied composition with Wesley LaViolette, and subsequent private studies with Ernst Krenek, Perle served in the US Army during World War II. After the War, he took post-graduate work in musicology at New York University. His PhD thesis became his first book, Serial Composition and Atonality, now in its sixth edition. Perle’s music has been widely performed in this country and abroad. Major commissions have resulted in significant works,...
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The recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, and an array of other major awards and honors, George Perle occupies a commanding position among American composers of our time. Born in Bayonne, NJ, May 6, 1915, he received his early musical education in Chicago. After graduation from DePaul University, where he studied composition with Wesley LaViolette, and subsequent private studies with Ernst Krenek, Perle served in the US Army during World War II. After the War, he took post-graduate work in musicology at New York University. His PhD thesis became his first book, Serial Composition and Atonality, now in its sixth edition.

Perle’s music has been widely performed in this country and abroad. Major commissions have resulted in significant works, among them Serenade III (1983) for solo piano and chamber orchestra, choreographed by American Ballet Theater and nominated in a Nonesuch recording, for a Grammy Award (1986); Woodwind Quintet No.4 (Pulitzer Prize, 1986); Piano Concerto No.1 (1990), commissioned for Richard Goode during Perle’s residency with the San Francisco Symphony; Piano Concerto No.2 (1992), commissioned by Michael Boriskin; Transcendental Modulations for Orchestra, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for its 150th anniversary; and Thirteen Dickinson Songs (1978) commissioned by Bethany Beardslee. Recent works include Brief Encounters (fourteen movements for string quartet), Nine Bagatelles for piano, Critical Moments and Critical Moments 2 for six players, and Triptych for solo violin and piano. A particularly notable portion of Perle’s catalog consists of pieces for solo piano, many of which have been recorded by Michael Boriskin on New World Records.

Perle’s compositions have figured on the programs of Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, BBC, and other major orchestras in this country and abroad. Perle’s works are recorded on Nonesuch, Harmonia Mundi, New World, Albany, CRI and other labels. He has been a frequent Visiting Composer at the Tanglewood Music Festival and Composer-in-Residence with the San Francisco Symphony.

Though Perle is above all a composer, the breadth of his musical interests has led to significant contributions in theory and musicology as well. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals and seven books, including the award-winning Operas of Alban Berg. He has been a guest professor at major universities and a much sought after lecturer and commentator on TV, here and abroad. He is Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York.

As music critic Andrew Porter has written, “Perle’s renown as an analyst and scholar may have diverted some of the attention that should be given to his merits as a composer … What matters to listeners is his achievement: the vividness of his melodic gestures, the lively rhythmic sense, the clarity and shapeliness of his discourse and, quite simply, the charm and grace of his utterance.”


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Disc #1
01.
Nine Bagatelles: I. Bagatelle 1
00:32
02.
Nine Bagatelles: II. Bagatelle 2
00:54
03.
Nine Bagatelles: III. Bagatelle 3
01:23
04.
Nine Bagatelles: IV. Bagatelle 4
01:03
05.
Nine Bagatelles: V. Bagatelle 5
00:27
06.
Nine Bagatelles: VI. Bagatelle 6
00:36
07.
Nine Bagatelles: VII. Bagatelle 7
00:22
08.
Nine Bagatelles: VIII. Bagatelle 8
01:06
09.
Nine Bagatelles: IX. Bagatelle 9
01:41
10.
Three Inventions for Solo Bassoon: I. Invention 1
01:50
11.
Three Inventions for Solo Bassoon: II. Invention 2
01:54
12.
Three Inventions for Solo Bassoon: III. Invention 3
01:41
13.
Adagietto Con Affetto from Chansons Cachees
02:06
14.
Two French Christmas Carols: I. the Miracle of St. Nicholas
02:34
15.
Two French Christmas Carols: II. Christ Is Born Today
02:03
16.
Triptych for Solo Violin and Piano: I. Movement 1
03:25
17.
Triptych for Solo Violin and Piano: II. Movement 2
02:39
18.
Triptych for Solo Violin and Piano: III. Movement 3
03:43
19.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: I. Rondoletto
02:34
20.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: II. Quasi Recitativo
01:35
21.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: III. Prismatic Variations
03:58
22.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: IV. Cadenza
00:31
23.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: V. Moto Perpetuo In Tempo Rubato
02:07
24.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: VI. Moment Musical
00:49
25.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: VII. Poco Animato
01:42
26.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: VIII. Strepitoso
02:26
27.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: IX. Scorrevole
02:39
28.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: X. Introduction and Adagio
03:15
29.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: XI. Scherzo I
01:06
30.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: XII. Lyric Intermezzo
01:49
31.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: XIII. Scherzo II
00:42
32.
Brief Encounters - String Quartet No. 9: XIV. Introduction and Allegro
02:18
33.
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra: I. Allegro Molto
08:22
34.
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra: II. Adagio
05:38
35.
Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra: III. Allegro
05:28

Disc #2
06.
Solo Partita for Violin and Viola: I. Prelude - viola
03:24
07.
Solo Partita for Violin and Viola: II. Allemande - violin
01:48
08.
Solo Partita for Violin and Viola: III. Courante - viola
02:35
09.
Solo Partita for Violin and Viola: IV. Sarabande - violin
02:13
10.
Solo Partita for Violin and Viola: V. Finale - violin
03:01
11.
Six Celebratory Inventions: I. for Ernst Krenek At Eighty-Five
00:51
12.
Six Celebratory Inventions: II. for Henri Dutilleux At Eighty
01:54
13.
Six Celebratory Inventions: III. for Oliver Knussen At Forty
00:59
14.
Six Celebratory Inventions: IV. for Gunther Schuller At Seventy
01:48
15.
Six Celebratory Inventions: V. for Richard Swift At Sixty
01:48
16.
Six Celebratory Inventions: VI. for Leonard Bernstein At Seventy
01:30
17.
Bassoon Music
05:55
18.
Quintet for Strings: I. Allegro
06:28
19.
Quintet for Strings: II. Scherzo
05:29
21.
Quintet for Strings: IV. Allegro; Molto Adagio
05:47
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