Victor Sangiorgio - Stravinsky: Music for Piano Solo (2008)

Tracklist

01. Piano-Rag Music
02. Circus Polka
03. Piano Sonata (1924): I. Quarter Note = 112
04. Piano Sonata (1924): II. Adagietto
05. Piano Sonata (1924): III. Quarter Note = 112
06. Serenade in A Major: I. Hymn
07. Serenade in A Major: II. Romanza
08. Serenade in A Major: III. Rondoletto
09. Serenade in A Major: IV. Cadenza
10. Tango
11. 4 Etudes, Op. 7: Etude No. 1 in C Minor
12. 4 Etudes, Op. 7: Etude No. 2 in D Major
13. 4 Etudes, Op. 7: Etude No. 3 in E Minor
14. 4 Etudes, Op. 7: Etude No. 4 in F-Sharp Major
15. Scherzo
16. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: I. Allegro
17. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: II. Scherzo
18. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: III. Andante
19. Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor: IV. Allegro - Andante

Composing at the piano was a life-long preoccupation for Stravinsky, whose music for the instrument spans a forty-year period and reflects his distinct stylistic changes. In his Four Etudes of 1908 the use of complex rhythmical patterns between the hands makes for fiendishly difficult execution. The clarity of each of the 1924 Sonata’s three movements recalls the musical language of the eighteenth century. In 1925 Stravinsky embarked on a groundbreaking tour of the United States, where he signed his first recording contract for Brunswick. It was for this company that he wrote the Serenade, designing each movement to fit neatly on one side of a 78rpm gramophone record.

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