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Hindemith / Walker- Piano Sonata

SKU: 5060216340654
¥155.00
the album cover for Hindemith / Walker - Piano Sonata
the album cover for Hindemith / Walker - Piano Sonata

Paul Hindemith and Karl Amadeus Hartmann were born a decade apart and died in the same month. Hindemith was the more inclusive artist while Hartmann more fully reflected the cultural concerns of his time; as conveyed by the contemporaneous but aesthetically very different pieces on this release. Composed in 1942 during his stay in the United States, Ludus Tonalis was first performed in 1943 in Chicago. It is one of the greatest solo piano works of the mid-20th century, exploring matters of technique, theory, inspiration, and communication. This masterpiece comprises all 12 major and/or minor keys and was intended to be the 20th century equivalent to J.S. Bach's The WellTempered Clavier. Written just three years after Ludus Tonalis, Hartmann's Piano Sonata [No.2] depicts the shuffling feet of 20,000 camp prisoners from Dachau whom Hartmann watched being marched away from the approaching Allies. The subtitle of Hartmann's work, '27 April 1945', is clarified by an epigraph the composer (in his own words) positioned at the head of the score: 'On the 27th and 28th of April 1945 trudged an endless stream of Dachau prisoners of war past us... unending was the misery... unending was the sorrow'. This is made explicit by the (central) Lento, a 'Marcia funebre' that ranks with Hartmann's finest utterances; it's sombre and fatalistic tread - shot through with fanfare-like elements - reaching an impassioned climax before regaining it's mood of numbed sorrow. Esther Walker is pianist who combines "virtuoso fire and musical temperament" with "lyrical sensibility" in an almost ideal way.

Tracklist:

  1. Ludus Tonalis: No. 1, Prelude
  2. Ludus Tonalis: No. 2, Fugue No. 1 In C Major. Slow
  3. Ludus Tonalis: No. 3, Interlude. Moderate, With Energy
  4. Ludus Tonalis: No. 4, Fugue No. 2 In G Major. Gay
  5. Ludus Tonalis: No. 5, Interlude. Pastorale, Moderate
  6. Ludus Tonalis: No. 6, Fugue No. 3 In F Major. Andante
  7. Ludus Tonalis: No. 7, Interlude. Scherzando
  8. Ludus Tonalis: No. 8, Fugue No. 4 In A Major. With Energy - Slow, Grazioso - Tempo Primo
  9. Ludus Tonalis: No. 9, Interlude. Fast
  10. Ludus Tonalis: No. 10, Fugue No. 5 In E Major. Fast
  11. Ludus Tonalis: No. 11, Interlude. Moderato
  12. Ludus Tonalis: No. 12, Fugue No. 6 In E-Flat Major. Quiet
  13. Ludus Tonalis: No. 13, Interlude. March
  14. Ludus Tonalis: No. 14, Fugue No. 7 In A-Flat Major. Moderato
  15. Ludus Tonalis: No. 15, Interlude. Very Broad
  16. Ludus Tonalis: No. 16, Fugue No. 8 In D Major. With Strength
  17. Ludus Tonalis: No. 17, Interlude. Very Fast
  18. Ludus Tonalis: No. 18, Fugue No. 9 In B-Flat Major. Moderate, Scherzando
  19. Ludus Tonalis: No. 19, Interlude. Very Quiet
  20. Ludus Tonalis: No. 20, Fugue No. 10 In D-Flat Major. Moderately Fast, Grazioso
  21. Ludus Tonalis: No. 21, Interlude. Allegro Pesante
  22. Ludus Tonalis: No. 22, Fugue No. 11 In B Major. Slow (Canon)
  23. Ludus Tonalis: No. 23, Interlude. Valse
  24. Ludus Tonalis: No. 24, Fugue No. 12 In F-Sharp Major. Very Quiet
  25. Ludus Tonalis: No. 25, Postludium
  26. Piano Sonata "Den 27. April 1945": I. Bewegt
  27. Piano Sonata "Den 27. April 1945": III. Marcia Funebre. Lento
  28. Piano Sonata "Den 27. April 1945": IV. Allegro Risoluto
Format: New CD/Classical

Hindemith / Walker- Piano Sonata

SKU: 5060216340654
¥155.00

Release Date: 06.01.2018

 
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Paul Hindemith and Karl Amadeus Hartmann were born a decade apart and died in the same month. Hindemith was the more inclusive artist while Hartmann more fully reflected the cultural concerns of his time; as conveyed by the contemporaneous but aesthetically very different pieces on this release. Composed in 1942 during his stay in the United States, Ludus Tonalis was first performed in 1943 in Chicago. It is one of the greatest solo piano works of the mid-20th century, exploring matters of technique, theory, inspiration, and communication. This masterpiece comprises all 12 major and/or minor keys and was intended to be the 20th century equivalent to J.S. Bach's The WellTempered Clavier. Written just three years after Ludus Tonalis, Hartmann's Piano Sonata [No.2] depicts the shuffling feet of 20,000 camp prisoners from Dachau whom Hartmann watched being marched away from the approaching Allies. The subtitle of Hartmann's work, '27 April 1945', is clarified by an epigraph the composer (in his own words) positioned at the head of the score: 'On the 27th and 28th of April 1945 trudged an endless stream of Dachau prisoners of war past us... unending was the misery... unending was the sorrow'. This is made explicit by the (central) Lento, a 'Marcia funebre' that ranks with Hartmann's finest utterances; it's sombre and fatalistic tread - shot through with fanfare-like elements - reaching an impassioned climax before regaining it's mood of numbed sorrow. Esther Walker is pianist who combines "virtuoso fire and musical temperament" with "lyrical sensibility" in an almost ideal way.

Tracklist:

  1. Ludus Tonalis: No. 1, Prelude
  2. Ludus Tonalis: No. 2, Fugue No. 1 In C Major. Slow
  3. Ludus Tonalis: No. 3, Interlude. Moderate, With Energy
  4. Ludus Tonalis: No. 4, Fugue No. 2 In G Major. Gay
  5. Ludus Tonalis: No. 5, Interlude. Pastorale, Moderate
  6. Ludus Tonalis: No. 6, Fugue No. 3 In F Major. Andante
  7. Ludus Tonalis: No. 7, Interlude. Scherzando
  8. Ludus Tonalis: No. 8, Fugue No. 4 In A Major. With Energy - Slow, Grazioso - Tempo Primo
  9. Ludus Tonalis: No. 9, Interlude. Fast
  10. Ludus Tonalis: No. 10, Fugue No. 5 In E Major. Fast
  11. Ludus Tonalis: No. 11, Interlude. Moderato
  12. Ludus Tonalis: No. 12, Fugue No. 6 In E-Flat Major. Quiet
  13. Ludus Tonalis: No. 13, Interlude. March
  14. Ludus Tonalis: No. 14, Fugue No. 7 In A-Flat Major. Moderato
  15. Ludus Tonalis: No. 15, Interlude. Very Broad
  16. Ludus Tonalis: No. 16, Fugue No. 8 In D Major. With Strength
  17. Ludus Tonalis: No. 17, Interlude. Very Fast
  18. Ludus Tonalis: No. 18, Fugue No. 9 In B-Flat Major. Moderate, Scherzando
  19. Ludus Tonalis: No. 19, Interlude. Very Quiet
  20. Ludus Tonalis: No. 20, Fugue No. 10 In D-Flat Major. Moderately Fast, Grazioso
  21. Ludus Tonalis: No. 21, Interlude. Allegro Pesante
  22. Ludus Tonalis: No. 22, Fugue No. 11 In B Major. Slow (Canon)
  23. Ludus Tonalis: No. 23, Interlude. Valse
  24. Ludus Tonalis: No. 24, Fugue No. 12 In F-Sharp Major. Very Quiet
  25. Ludus Tonalis: No. 25, Postludium
  26. Piano Sonata "Den 27. April 1945": I. Bewegt
  27. Piano Sonata "Den 27. April 1945": III. Marcia Funebre. Lento
  28. Piano Sonata "Den 27. April 1945": IV. Allegro Risoluto