Esther Walker - Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis, Hartmann: Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [CD]

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Pianist Esther Walker performs the rarely recorded work 'Ludus Tonalis' by Paul Hindemith along with Karl Amadeus Hartmann's Piano Concerto '27 April 1945'.

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Paul Hindemith and Karl Amadeus Hartmann were born a decade apart but died in the same month. Hindemith was the more inclusive artist while Hartmann more fully reflected the cultural concerns of his time and their differences are conveyed by the contemporaneous but aesthetically different pieces on this disc.

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Composed in 1942 during Hindemith's stay in the United States, Ludus Tonalis was first performed in 1943 in Chicago. It is one of the greatest solo piano works of the mid-20th century, exploring matters of technique, theory, inspiration, and communication. This masterpiece comprises all 12 major and/or minor keys and was intended to be the 20th century equivalent to J.S. Bach's The Well-Tempered Clavier.

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Written just three years after Ludus Tonalis, Hartmann's Piano Sonata [No.2] depicts the shuffling feet of 20,000 camp prisoners from Dachau whom Hartmann watched being marched away from the approaching Allies. The subtitle of Hartmann's work, '27 April 1945', is clarified by an epigraph the composer (in his own words) positioned at the head of the score: 'On the 27th and 28th of April 1945 trudged an endless stream of Dachau prisoners of war past us u2026 unending was the misery u2026 unending was the sorrow'. This is made explicit by the (central) Lento, a 'Marcia funebre' that ranks with Hartmann's finest utterances; its sombre and fatalistic tread u2013 shot through with fanfare-like elements u2013 reaching an impassioned climax before regaining its mood of numbed sorrow.

Hindemith: Ludus Tonalis - I. Praeludium

Ludus Tonalis - II. Fuga 1 in C: Slow

Ludus Tonalis - III. Interludium: Moderato, with energy

Ludus Tonalis - IV. Fuga 2 in G: Gay

Ludus Tonalis - V. Interludium: Pastorale, moderato

Ludus Tonalis - VI. Fuga 3 in F: Andante

Ludus Tonalis - VII. Interludium: Scherzando

Ludus Tonalis - VIII. Fuga 4 in A: With energy - Slow, grazioso u2013

Ludus Tonalis - IX. Interludium: Fast

Ludus Tonalis - X. Fuga 5 in E: Fast

Ludus Tonalis - XI. Interludium: Moderato

Ludus Tonalis - XII. Fuga 6 in E flat: Quiet

Ludus Tonalis - XIII. Interludium: March

Ludus Tonalis - XIV. Fuga 7 in A flat: Moderato

Ludus Tonalis - XV. Interludium: Very broad

Ludus Tonalis - XVI. Fuga 8 in D: With strength

Ludus Tonalis - XVII. Interludium: Very fast

Ludus Tonalis - XVIII. Fuga 9 in B flat: Moderato, scherzando

Ludus Tonalis - XIX. Interludium: Very quiet

Ludus Tonalis - XX. Fuga 10 in D flat: Moderately fast, grazioso

Ludus Tonalis - XXI. Interludium: Allegro pesante

Ludus Tonalis - XXII. Fuga 11 in B (Canon)

Ludus Tonalis - XXIII. Interludium: Valse

Ludus Tonalis - XXIV. Fuga 12 in F sharp: Very quiet

Ludus Tonalis - XXV. Postludium

Hartmann: Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [Manuscript II] - I. Bewe

Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [Manuscript II] - II. Marcia funebr

Piano Sonata '27 April 1945' [Manuscript II] - III. Allegro riso

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