Stephen Albert [5 releases]

Stephen Albert

American composer (1941–1992)

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Stephen Joel Albert was an American composer. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning Symphony No. 1 RiverRun (1983) and his Cello Concerto (1990), written for Yo-Yo Ma. He made sketches for a Second Symphony, but was unable to complete it before his death in an automobile accident in 1992. The work was subsequently completed by Sebastian Currier. Albert was posthumously commemorated in music by fellow composers Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Rouse.

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5 releases

American Symphonies

American Symphonies

Walter Piston + Samuel Jones + Stephen Albert + London Symphony Orchestra + Lance Friedel

The New York Album

The New York Album

Stephen Albert + Bartók Béla + Ernest Bloch + Yo‐Yo Ma + Baltimore Symphony Orchestra + David Zinman

September 20, 1994

Violin Concerto (In Concordiam) / TreeStone

Violin Concerto (In Concordiam) / TreeStone

Stephen Albert + Seattle Symphony + New York Chamber Symphony + Gerard Schwarz + Ilkka Talvi + Lucy Shelton + David Gordon

December 11, 1992

Schwantner: Aftertones of Infinity / Druckman: Chiaroscuro / Albert: Into Eclipse

Schwantner: Aftertones of Infinity / Druckman: Chiaroscuro / Albert: Into Eclipse

Stephen Albert + Jacob Druckman + Joseph Schwantner + Juilliard Orchestra + Leonard Slatkin + Lukas Foss + Gerard Schwarz + Gary Lakes

January 1, 1989

Flower of the Mountain / Into Eclipse

Flower of the Mountain / Into Eclipse

January 1, 1987

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