Hindemith / Walker: Piano Sonata
Hindemith / Walker: Piano Sonata
Format: CD
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Artist: Hindemith / Walker
Label: First Hand
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5060216340654
Genre: Classical
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.
Tracks:
1.1 Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis - I. Praeludium
1.2 Ludus Tonalis - II. Fuga 1 in C: Slow
1.3 Ludus Tonalis - III. Interludium: Moderato, with Energy
1.4 Ludus Tonalis - IV. Fuga 2 in G: Gay
1.5 Ludus Tonalis - V. Interludium: Pastorale, Moderato
1.6 Ludus Tonalis - VI. Fuga 3 in F: Andante
1.7 Ludus Tonalis - VII. Interludium: Scherzando
1.8 Ludus Tonalis - VIII. Fuga 4 in a: With Energy - Slow, Grazioso ?
1.9 Ludus Tonalis - IX. Interludium: Fast
1.10 Ludus Tonalis - X. Fuga 5 in E: Fast
1.11 Ludus Tonalis - XI. Interludium: Moderato
1.12 Ludus Tonalis - XII. Fuga 6 in E Flat: Quiet
1.13 Ludus Tonalis - XIII. Interludium: March
1.14 Ludus Tonalis - XIV. Fuga 7 in a Flat: Moderato
1.15 Ludus Tonalis - XV. Interludium: Very Broad
1.16 Ludus Tonalis - XVI. Fuga 8 in D: With Strength
1.17 Ludus Tonalis - XVII. Interludium: Very Fast
1.18 Ludus Tonalis - XVIII. Fuga 9 in B Flat: Moderato, Scherzando
1.19 Ludus Tonalis - XIX. Interludium: Very Quiet
1.20 Ludus Tonalis - XX. Fuga 10 in D Flat: Moderately Fast, Grazioso
1.21 Ludus Tonalis - XXI. Interludium: Allegro Pesante
1.22 Ludus Tonalis - XXII. Fuga 11 in B (Canon)
1.23 Ludus Tonalis - XXIII. Interludium: Valse
1.24 Ludus Tonalis - XXIV. Fuga 12 in F Sharp: Very Quiet
1.25 Ludus Tonalis - XXV. Postludium
1.26 Hartmann: Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [Manuscript II] - I. Bewe
1.27 Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [Manuscript II] - II. Marcia Funebr
1.28 Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [Manuscript II] - III. Allegro Riso
