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Toccata

Lost American Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1

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Details

Composer
Rossetter Gleason Cole, Henry Holden Huss, Henry Schoenefeld
Artist
Solomia Soroka, Philip Silver, Arthur Greene
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Oct 03, 2025
Catalog #
TOCN0046
UPC
5060640070462

About

This anthology of unknown American violin sonatas - the first of a series - reveals music of astonishing craftsmanship and energy. All three composers - Henry Holden Huss, Henry Schoenefeld and Rossetter Gleason Cole, born less than ten years apart - went to Germany to study before returning to enrich American musical life at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The sheer confidence of their writing in these sonatas, for both violin and piano, in a bold Brahmsian style indicates how much more fine music still has to be discovered, in the output of these three men and from their 'lost generation' of American composers more generally.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 08:56
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Rossetter Gleason Cole
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Presto 06:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Rossetter Gleason Cole
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  3. 3 III. Adagio 06:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Rossetter Gleason Cole
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  4. 4 IV. Allegro con moto 07:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro con moto
    Duration
    07:52
    Composer
    Rossetter Gleason Cole
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Arthur Greene
  5. 5 I. Allegro con moto 09:06
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro con moto
    Duration
    09:06
    Composer
    Henry Holden Huss
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver
  6. 6 II. Adagio sostenuto 05:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Henry Holden Huss
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver
  7. 7 III. Allegro molto 06:46
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Henry Holden Huss
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver
  8. 8 I. Allegro con spirito e energico 12:00
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro con spirito e energico
    Duration
    12:00
    Composer
    Henry Schoenefeld
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver
  9. 9 II. Romanze 07:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Romanze
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Henry Schoenefeld
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver
  10. 10 III. Rondo: Vivace 07:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Rondo: Vivace
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Henry Schoenefeld
    Performer
    Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver