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Classical | Label: Toccata Classics
These five works – four sonatas and a sonatina – chronicle a century of American writing for the viola and are linked by a concern for directness of musical language. But they also reflect diversity in their origins and inspirations, the Ulysses Kay pieces being written by a pioneering African American, Libby Larsen’s by a successful female freelance composer, Eric Ewazen’s animated by a particularly American lyricism and energy, and the sonata by David Tcimpidis commemorating the ‘9/11’ terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, which Tcimpidis heard unfolding.
Tracklist
1. Ulysses Kay: Sonatine for Viola and Piano (1939) (4:54)
2. Ulysses Kay: Viola Sonata (1942): I. Largo (2:33)
3. Ulysses Kay: Viola Sonata (1942): II. Allegro (2:19)
4. Ulysses Kay: Viola Sonata (1942): III. Adagio (1:18)
5. Ulysses Kay: Viola Sonata (1942): IV. Allegretto (4:19)
6. David Tcimpidis: Viola Sonata (2004) (8:31)
7. Libby Larsen: Viola Sonata (2004): I. Flow (6:24)
8. Libby Larsen: Viola Sonata (2004): II. Drift (7:16)
9. Libby Larsen: Viola Sonata (2004): III. Breathless (4:52)
10. Eric Ewazen: Viola Sonata (1991): I. Lento. Allegro Apassionato (7:06)
11. Eric Ewazen: Viola Sonata (1991): II. Andante (5:29)
12. Eric Ewazen: Viola Sonata (1991): III. Allegro energico (6:24)
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