Classical Music Discoveries

These five works – four sonatas and a sonatina – chronicle a century of American writing for the viola and are linked by a concern for the 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.

Tracks

Ulysses Kay

1. Sonatine for Viola and Piano (1939)* (4:54)

Viola Sonata (1942)* (10:29)

1. I. Largo (2:33)
2. II. Allegro (2:19)
3. III. Adagio (1:18)
4. IV. Allegretto (4:19)

David Tcimpidis

1. Viola Sonata (2004)* (8:31)

Libby Larsen

Viola Sonata (2004) (18:32)

1. I. Flow (6:24)
2. II. Drift (7:16)
3. III. Breathless (4:52)

Eric Ewazen

Viola Sonata (1991) (18:59)

1. I. Lento. Allegro Apassionato (7:06)
2. II. Andante (5:29)
3. III. Allegro energico (6:24)

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