Piano Sonatas 2Nd Sequence

Wissenschaftliche Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Reihe XVIII, Band 2. Par HAYDN JOSEPH. Critical Report / Friesenhagen, Andreas / Feder, Georg / Leisinger, / Répertoire / Piano (Edition Critique)

Facilement identifiable par son ISBN 9790201854724 cette pièce Piano Sonatas 1st sequence appartient à la collection désormais incontournable Feder, Georg .Composée pour Piano par le célèbre compositeur Haydn Franz Josef ce sont les éditions Henle qui on eu l'honneur d'imprimer cette partition. / Piano / 304 pages / niveau : 1 / Fac-Similés - Format: 24 X 33

Between the composition of the second and third piano sonatas (1912-1917), Prokofieff wrote a variety of works for a great diversity of instruments. Besides 'Visions Fugitives' these include the ballets 'Chout' and 'The Gambler', the Classical Symphony, the first Violin Concerto, the second Piano Concerto and various songs. This was an immensely productive period during which his obsession with percussive sounds coloured by polytonality was at its height (although the Classical Symphony is an obvious exception). 'Visions Fugitives' is generally less diatonically based than any of the piano sonatas although the style is perhaps closet to the harmonic quirkiness of the Fifth Sonata (1923).
Prokofieff's compositional process habitually involved the jotting down of musical ideas as they occured to him, to be combined later. The composer's form of spontaneous inspiration seems to have enabled him to produce, in 'Visions Fugitives', a set of self-contained miniatures, perfectly shaped and coherent, yet comprising a logical sequence when played as a whole.
The simplicity and transparency of the writing gives us an insight into the interpretation of Prokofieff's music generally. The study of his shorter works enables us to understand the importance of clarity and rhythmic discipline in the performance of the later ones. The necessity for these qualities is immediately apparent in 'Visions Fugitives'. / Arrangement : F.H. Schneider / Partition /

The towering composer who perfected the early symphonic form and invented the modern string quartet also left his indelible mark on the sonata. During 50 years of inspired creative effort Haydn experimented constantly with the sonata form adding a clear thematic structure to the tonal design inherited from earlier composers. This comprehensive new playing edition conatins 52 sonatas by the master - a treasury of keyboard compositions in which echoes of the baroque and harbingers of romanticism blend with the lucidity and elegance of 18th century classicism. Reprinted in two volumes from an authoritative Breitkopf and Hartel edition the sonatas are arranged in a chronologicalsequence based on recent scholarship. Extremely clear and readable with ample space for notes this Dover edition is a must for serious pianists students and music lovers in general. It is an excellent inexpensive means to study and savour the inventive daring freedom and mastery that Haydn brought to the piano sonata.