Update: Decade two (1810-1819) of the 100 sonatas series is about 70% complete and should be finished this weekend. These sonatas are decidedly more adventurous and searching, even darker in many cases, so I am choosing to title the video the "Wanderer Decade" as a nod to the famous 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich. I've broken my initial rule already - there will be a few composer repeats - but it is all in the name of musical quality. I love to feature variety and obscure composers, but in certain years there is just little available music of value to be salvaged outside of the big-name composers. Still, there are some real hidden gems in here, including one of my favorite recent sonata discoveries by a lesser-played pianist-composer.
By the way, Kuhlau wrote more than just sonatinas! There are several large-scale sonatas by him that I have not fully explored, but that certainly merit at least as much attention as his sonatinas. I understand the appeal of accessibility to the student-teacher market, but how is it possible that only Kuhlau’s sonatinas seem to be widely available in modern editions? I hope to demonstrate my case in the upcoming video installment. Coming soon!
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Update: Decade two (1810-1819) of the 100 sonatas series is about 70% complete and should be finished this weekend. These sonatas are decidedly more adventurous and searching, even darker in many cases, so I am choosing to title the video the "Wanderer Decade" as a nod to the famous 1818 painting by Caspar David Friedrich. I've broken my initial rule already - there will be a few composer repeats - but it is all in the name of musical quality. I love to feature variety and obscure composers, but in certain years there is just little available music of value to be salvaged outside of the big-name composers. Still, there are some real hidden gems in here, including one of my favorite recent sonata discoveries by a lesser-played pianist-composer.
By the way, Kuhlau wrote more than just sonatinas! There are several large-scale sonatas by him that I have not fully explored, but that certainly merit at least as much attention as his sonatinas. I understand the appeal of accessibility to the student-teacher market, but how is it possible that only Kuhlau’s sonatinas seem to be widely available in modern editions? I hope to demonstrate my case in the upcoming video installment. Coming soon!
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