Sonatas by Eckhardt-Gramatte

Altarus

AIR-CD-9052[2]

Recorded: Chapelle du Bon Pasteur, Montréal

Eckhardt-Gramatté: The Six Piano Sonatas

Marc-André Hamelin (piano)


Contents

Eckhardt-Gramatté
Piano sonata no.1 E.45
1. Allegro moderato (3'38)
2. Andante (5'15)
3. Allegro (3'36)
 
Piano sonata no.2 E.46 Die Biscaya Sonate
4. "Landscape" Lento ma non troppo (5'22)
5. "Storm" Allegro resoluto (6'04)
6. "Lonesome Biscaya after storm" Andante (7'40)
7. "Final (El Puerto)" Allegro (3'30)
 
Piano sonata no.3 E.52
8. Lento; Allegro ma non troppo (11'39)
9. "Ländlicher Tanz (Rondo)" Vivo e marcato (5'28)
10. "Krönung" Largo sostenuto (5'40)
11. Spanischer Tanz "Villa Rosa" Lebhaft rhythmisch (3'39)
 
Piano sonata no.4 E.68 Die Befreite Sonate
1. Allegro agitato e con fuoco (12'35)
2. "Nocturne" Lento (8'44)
3. "La Corrida de ratas del campo" Prestissimo e molto preciso (3'03)
4. Preciso (4'27)
 
Piano sonata no.5 E.126 Klavierstück
5. Mässig, jedoch lustiges Tempo, grotesk, rhythmisch -
Ruhiger, frei fantasierend, klangsinnlich und nicht schleppend (8'13)
6. Vivo ma non troppo (6'14)
 
Piano sonata no.6 E.130 Drei Klavierstücke
7. For left hand alone Prestissimo e molto preciso (3'36)
8. For right hand alone Lustig und mit Witz (4'44)
9. For both hands Vivo assai e marcato (6'14)
 
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)


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