Sonatas for Viola, Piano and Viola Alone
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Title:
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Sonatas for Viola, Piano and Viola Alone |
Otros títulos:
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Sonatas para Viola, Piano y Viola Sola |
Intérprete/ Colaborador:
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Paul Hindemith; Kim Kashkashian; Robert Levin |
Código CDU:
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Hin.01 |
Forma Musical:
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Sonatas (Viola), Sonatas (Viola and Piano) |
Abstract:
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"Raging tempo. Wild. Beauty of tone is of secondary importance." The notoriety of this oft-cited performance note, attached to the fourth movement of Hindemith's Sonata for solo viola, Op. 25/1 (1922), unfairly overshadows the real musical value of work as a whole. Far removed from the angry, nihilistic outlook suggested by the indication above, the sonata is a vigorous, virtuosic tour de force whose technical and expressive challenges are amply repaid in the stunning sonic result. Hindemith, a violist of considerable abilities, wrote the sonata largely for his own use; it remained in his repertoire for the duration of his performing career, and he made a recording of it in 1934.
The first movement presents two main ideas that form the basis of the entire work: a stern theme in dissonant double stops, in which the interval of an augmented fourth is prominent, and a sinuous phrase that skates lightly up and down a chromatic scale. The second movement, which follows the first without ... |
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