Album For The Young piano solo Op.43 (1993) c.20'00"
I. Dance
II. Song
III. Endless Melody
IV. Boogieman
V. Ghost Waltz
VI. Ostinato
VII. Marching off to War
VIII. Rainy Day
IX. Broken Heart
X. Lullaby
XI. Starry Night
XII. Hommage à Fauré
XIII. Funeral March for a Pet Rat
XIV. Hommage à Alkan
XV. Melancholy
XVI. Barcarolle
XVII. The Little Baby Rhino
XVIII. Toccata
Commissioned by Northern Arts (UK)
Dedicated to Jennifer and Matthew Wilde
First performed on January 1995 in Manchester, England by Andrew Wilde
RECORDINGS
REVIEWS
“There are eighteen one and two-page pieces in this unusually well-crafted set…these are wonderful little pieces. The harmonic language is subtle and refreshingly non-pop…ingenious chord progressions…”
American Music Teacher
“Lowell Liebermann is on the right track in Album for the Young. He has the intellectual, emotional, and musical instincts to penetrate the child’s world…”
Denes Agay, in Clavier
“…it is these (I confess) intimate miniatures that meant the most to me. Their gentle, bittersweet, music-box gaiety and Satiesque melancholy are all the more endearing for being so ephemeral.”
American Record Guide