John Browning Barber: Sonata for Piano / Cumming: 24 Preludes

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CD Details

  • Released: April 16, 1995
  • Originally Released: 1995
  • Label: Phoenix

Tracks:

  • 1.Samuel Barber-Piano Sonata
  • 2.Richard Cumming-Twenty-Four Preludes for Piano

Product Description:

Barber's "Piano Sonata" (1949) makes use of twelve-tone serialism but contains Barber's signature lyricism. It is considered the most important composition of the second decade of Barber's career and is marked by an intensity and a bigness of conception that stamp it as a mature work. It was composed on commission from the League of Composers and its first New York performance was on January 24, 1940 by Vladimir Horowitz.

The Richard Cumming "Twenty-Four Preludes for Piano" was written for, and premiered by John Browning on December 17, 1969. Mr. Cumming recalls, "Mr. Browning's one request was "make them hard" and I have been led to believe that I have not totally failed him. I tried to explore a variety of pianistic techniques and musical styles ranging from the cafe to strict 12-tone and, to the best on my ability, express my own joy and respect for that lyric, noble and dynamic instrument I dearly love, the piano."

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