Music of Fred Lerdahl, Vol. 1 <BR> BRIDGE 9191Fred Lerdahl is one of the least known among "major" American composers. Lerdahl's music is greatly admired by cognoscenti, and his theoretical writings are among the most important of the latter 20th century, but his music remains less known to the general public, perhaps because of its non doctrinaire stance. A Lerdahl composition might at any moment be tonal or atonal, it might luxuriate in Lerdahl's rich melodic and harmonic gifts, or it might

Also included on this special 100th anniversary CD are a wild assortment of rarely heard Wolpeana

the musical world will celebrate the 200th birthday of Franz Liszt

and his theoretical writings are among the most important of the latter 20th century

Samuel Barber and Virgil Thomson

As annotator Bill Shoemaker writes: "A Taylor score opens a moment of intense creativity

particularly in the finale

his Schumann is imaginative

Duo for violin and piano (2005)

Toccata (1935) for violin and player piano

3 Fuga XIV in F# minor (2:35)

these works remind us of what vast new territories of the imagination Beethoven explored

"Les Oiseaux" Morceau de Concert Op