Bax / Wass: Piano Sonatas 3 & 4

Ashley Wass: Piano Sonatas 3 & 4 - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Piano Sonatas 3 & 4

Artist:

Ashley Wass

Label:

Naxos

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

747313259229

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2005-05-17

Number of Discs:

1

The two sonatas are balanced on this release by a series of four short works presenting far more than the usual chip off the compositional workbench. Winter Waters is a somber miniature tone poem written during WW I and subtitled "Tragic Landscape." Bax keeps the violence churning beneath a murky, active surface, in a piece that would have made a very effective orchestral work if it were only less pianistic in development. Water Music is actually a selection from Bax's ballet, The Truth about the Russian Dancers, and easily the most memorable thing in a score more notable for it's ability to change mood and direction in a candle's flicker than sustain any musical idea.

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