{"product_id":"767598","title":"Marc-andre Hamelin - Godowskysonatapassacaglia [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamed for his piano miniatures and his fantastically elaborate transcriptions, Godowsky wrote only two large-scale original works for the piano. The huge five-movement Sonata (1910\/11), one of the most imposing works of its type, is powerfully dramatic and, like most Godowsky, often very contrapuntal. It has a beautiful slow movement, a delightful scherzo, and a monumental 20-minute finale that includes a fugue on the name B-A-C-H. It deserves to be far better known. The Passacaglia was written in 1927 in anticipation of the 100th anniversary of Schubert's death, and is subtitled '44 variations, cadenza and fugue on the opening theme of Schubert's Unfinished Symphony'. The piece has earned a reputation as being among the most difficult in the repertoire, partly because of Horowitz's flippant comment that it required six hands to play it - it is in fact superbly pianistic. This is the first time that these two works have appeared on the same disc.\\r\u003cbr\u003eAnyone who has heard Marc-Andre Hamelin's Gramphone Award-winning set of Godowsky's complete Studies after Chopin's Etudes will want this equally phenomenal follow-up. The performances are spectacular.\u003cp\u003ePiano sonata in E minor (Allegro non troppo, ma appasionato)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano sonata in E minor (Andante cantabile)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano sonata in E minor (Allegretto vivace e scherzando)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano sonata in E minor (Allegretto grazioso e dolce)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePiano sonata in E minor (Retrospect: Lento, mesto - Larghetto lamentoso - Fuga: Molto espressivo (l'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePassacaglia\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55144810414465,"sku":"767598","price":19.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51edc1w8ydL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767761809","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/767598","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}