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.TracksUlysses Kay
Sonatine for Viola and Piano (1939)* (4:54)Viola Sonata (1942)* (10:29)
I. Largo (2:33)
II. Allegro (2:19)
III. Adagio (1:18)
IV. Allegretto (4:19)
David Tcimpidis
Viola Sonata (2004)* (8:31)Libby LarsenViola Sonata (2004) (18:32)
I. Flow (6:24)
II. Drift (7:16)
III. Breathless (4:52)
Eric EwazenViola Sonata (1991) (18:59)
I. Lento. Allegro Apassionato (7:06)
II. Andante (5:29)
III. Allegro energico (6:24)
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