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Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol. 1: American First Sonatas / Licad

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Composer
GRIFFES MACDOWELL REINAGLE
Artist
Cecile Licad
Format
CD
Label
Danacord
Released
Feb 02, 2018
Catalog #
DACOCD774
UPC
5709499774007

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Also available in this series by pianist Cecile Licad: Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol. 2: American Nocturnes and Anthology of American Piano Music, Vol. 3: American Landscapes

The history of music in America is very different to a history of American music, a fact borne out by this programme of piano sonatas written between 1786 and 1944 by four American composers. Each work is the first piano sonata written by their respective creator. The stylistic richness and formal diversity of the American sonata literature are immediately apparent. Reinagle’s and MacDowell’s sonatas are American by virtue of their composers’ nationality (though a hundred years separate them, the music is unmistakably and unapologetically European in its harmonic language), while those by Griffes and Siegmeister reflect the myriad influences that subsequently contributed to and shaped a specific and distinct American musical voice.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con brio 05:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    Alexander Reinagle
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  2. 2 II. Allegro 03:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Alexander Reinagle
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  3. 3 I. Largo maestoso - Allegro risoluto 09:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    I. Largo maestoso - Allegro risoluto
    Duration
    09:30
    Composer
    Edward MacDowell
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  4. 4 II. Molto allegro, vivace 02:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    II. Molto allegro, vivace
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Edward MacDowell
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  5. 5 III. Largo con maesta 07:57
    Track
    5
    Title
    III. Largo con maesta
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Edward MacDowell
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  6. 6 IV. Allegro eroico 08:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    IV. Allegro eroico
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Edward MacDowell
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  7. 7 I. Feroce: Allegretto con moto 07:11
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Feroce: Allegretto con moto
    Duration
    07:11
    Composer
    Charles Tomlinson Griffes
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  8. 8 II. Molto tranquillo - 04:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Molto tranquillo -
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Charles Tomlinson Griffes
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  9. 9 III. Allegro viace 05:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro viace
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Charles Tomlinson Griffes
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  10. 10 I. Fast, with firey energy 03:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Fast, with firey energy
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Elie Siegmeister
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  11. 11 II. Moderately slow, with great dignity 05:41
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Moderately slow, with great dignity
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Elie Siegmeister
    Performer
    Cecile Licad
  12. 12 III. Lusty and joyous 06:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Lusty and joyous
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Elie Siegmeister
    Performer
    Cecile Licad