Violin Sonatas: Copland, Piston, Porter
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1. Quincy Porter Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano / Allegro
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2. Andante
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3. Allegro con fuoco
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4. Sonata for Violin and Piano by Walter Piston / Moderato
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5. Andante quasi Adagio
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6. Andante Semplice
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7. LentoLento
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8. Allegretto Giusto
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Editorial Reviews
Lehman American Record Guide March/April 1993
Three superb violin sonatas by composers who studied in Paris after World war I combine the American virtues of directness and sincerity with polished and inventive craftsmanship. Quincy Porter's dates from 1929 and was written while Porter was in France on a Guggenheim fellowship. Despite distant reminders of D'Imdy and Roussel, this is clearly amn American piece, with sturdy and vigorous allegros setting off slower sections of lyrical, long-lined violin melodies over arpeggiated piano accompaniments. Walter Piston's sonata has only been recorded once or twice before-most notably by Josef Fuchs and Artur Balsam in the 1950s. It's vintage Piston, written in 1939, between his first two symphonies: lucid, poised, contrapuntal, rhythmically vibrant, constructed with Brahmsian perferction. I consider it one of the great American examples in the genre. As indeed also is-in its own very different way-Copland's airy, improvisatory, singing, unforgettable sonata of 1943. Copland didn't write much absolute music, but this sonata is one of his best pieces, as purely and naturally American as the trained-in-France Jewish immigrant's son from Brooklyn who wrote it. Linda Rosenthal and Lisa Bergman play beautifully (tempos are a tad conservative), and recorded sound is fine. This recording gave me great pleasure from beginning to end, and should be of interest to all lovers of 20th Century chamber music.
Violin Sonatas: Copland, Piston, Porter, Music, Aaron Copland, Walter Piston, Quincy Porter, Lisa Bergman, Linda Rosenthal, Chamber, Classical, Violin with Keyboard
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Violin Sonatas: Copland, Piston, Porter
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ASIN: B00000GC41
Release Date: 1993-12-05 |
Tracks:
- Quincy Porter Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano / Allegro
- Andante
- Allegro con fuoco
- Sonata for Violin and Piano by Walter Piston / Moderato
- Andante quasi Adagio
- Andante Semplice
- LentoLento
- Allegretto Giusto
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