One Lives But Once: A 90th Birthday Celebration

Album by Samuel Adler & Michael Brown & Siwoo Kim & Nicholas Goluses & Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt & Emily Freeman Brown & Eastman Philharmonia & Neil Varon & Eastman Chorale & William Weinert

One Lives But Once: A 90th Birthday Celebration is a 2018 album by American composer Samuel Adler. The release gathers contemporary classical works that illustrate Adler's blending of modernist techniques with tonal lyricism across orchestral and chamber forces, serving as a milestone that reflects his long career as a composer and educator in American music history.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Symphony no. 1: Gently moving
    8:01
  2. 2.
    Symphony no. 1: Very slowly
    7:25
  3. 3.
    Symphony no. 1: Vigorous and very rhythmic
    5:45
  4. 4.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1: Slowly and very free – Very fast
    9:47
  5. 5.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1: Very slowly
    8:42
  6. 6.
    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1: Hard driving
    9:26
  7. 7.
    Man lebt nur einmal: Rumble
    2:43
  8. 8.
    Man lebt nur einmal: Schleier-Walzer
    3:22
  9. 9.
    Man lebt nur einmal: Erratische Rumba
    5:07
  10. 10.
    Man lebt nur einmal: Pavane
    6:45
  11. 11.
    Man lebt nur einmal: Tarantella
    5:10

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Symphony no. 2: Quite slowly – Fast
    8:54
  2. 3.
    Symphony no. 2: Slowly
    7:08
  3. 4.
    Symphony no. 2: Fast and triumphant
    5:31
  4. 5.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: Vigorous
    9:01
  5. 6.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: Slowly and expressively
    5:42
  6. 7.
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra: Cadenza – Fast and with a happy spirit
    7:07
  7. 8.
    Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra “Shir HaMa’alot”: Fast, rhythmic, and very energetic
    7:15
  8. 9.
    Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra “Shir HaMa’alot”: Slowly and very expressively – Suddenly faster – Slowly again
    8:36
  9. 10.
    Concerto for Woodwind Quintet and Orchestra “Shir HaMa’alot”: Fast and jubilant
    7:11

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra: Very fast and rhythmic
    7:15
  2. 4.
    Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra: Slowly and expressively – Suddenly faster – Slowly Tempo I again
    9:43
  3. 5.
    Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra: Fast and with good spirit
    6:19
  4. 6.
    Into the Radiant Boundaries of Light: Delicate and quite fast
    4:04
  5. 7.
    Into the Radiant Boundaries of Light: Slowly and freely moving
    3:10
  6. 8.
    Into the Radiant Boundaries of Light: Fast and rhythmic
    3:22
  7. 9.
    Ports of Call “A Mediterranean Suite”: Marseille: With a happy spirit
    2:39
  8. 10.
    Ports of Call “A Mediterranean Suite”: Alexandria: Slowly and expressively
    4:34
  9. 11.
    Ports of Call “A Mediterranean Suite”: Salonika: With wild abandon
    1:39
  10. 12.
    Ports of Call “A Mediterranean Suite”: Haifa: With a slow lilt
    3:23
  11. 13.
    Ports of Call “A Mediterranean Suite”: Valencia: Fast and exuberant
    2:57
  12. 14.
    Five Choral Scherzi: V.B. Nimble, V.B. Quick
    1:58
  13. 15.
    Five Choral Scherzi: Sucking cider through a straw
    1:06
  14. 16.
    Five Choral Scherzi: No!
    3:25
  15. 17.
    Five Choral Scherzi: The choice
    2:39
  16. 18.
    Five Choral Scherzi: Tarantella
    1:47

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