Ulrich Roman Murtfeld - American Recital, Vol. II (2017) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Sonata No. 1 in D Major, "Philadelphia Sonata": I. Allegro con brio
02. Sonata No. 1 in D Major, "Philadelphia Sonata": II. Allegro
03. Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: I. To a Wild Rose
04. Woodland Sketches, Op. 51: VI. To a Water-Lily
05. 12 Virtuoso Etudes, Op. 46: II. Moto perpetuo
06. 12 Virtuoso Etudes, Op. 46: X. March Wind
07. New England Idyls, Op. 62: I. An Old Garden
08. New England Idyls, Op. 62: II. Midsummer
09. New England Idyls, Op. 62: III. Midwinter
10. New England Idyls, Op. 62: IV. With Sweet Lavender
11. New England Idyls, Op. 62: V. In Deep Woods
12. New England Idyls, Op. 62: VI. Indian Idyl
13. New England Idyls, Op. 62: VII. An Old White Pine
14. New England Idyls, Op. 62: VIII. From Puritan Days
15. New England Idyls, Op. 62: IX. From a Log Cabin
16. New England Idyls, Op. 62: X. The Joy of Autumn
17. Jazz Sonata (1922)
18. Three-Page Sonata
19. From my Diary: I. Poco adagio
20. From my Diary: II. Allegro con brio
21. From my Diary: III. Larghissimo e misterioso
22. From my Diary: IV. Allegro pesante



Following his first album of North American piano music of 2014 (AUDITE92702), Ulrich Roman Murtfeld now presents a second CD showcasing the boundless wealth of this repertoire. The pieces presented here span 150 years, ranging from sonatas by the British-born American composer Alexander Reinagle, written in 1790, to works by Roger Sessions (written around 1940), one of the most significant representatives of academic American modernism.

By including works by Edward MacDowell and Charles Ives, Murtfeld contrasts two composers working at the turn of the twentieth century whose artistic response to the question of national identity in American music could not be more different. George Antheil's brief and brilliant Jazz Sonata concludes the programme: it served as a musical calling card for the bad boy of music in 1922, unambiguously declaring the American avant-garde s call to be heard by the Old World.

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