Michel Bertignac wrote:

>I have been listening to 3 Piano Sonatas from Hindemith (no 1-2-3) for
>several days now and must admit I am really fascinated by that music, and
>more particularly by the third Sonata and its last movement.  I love the
>way Hindemith treats the Fugue and Counterpoint.  I am listening to the
>Glenn Gould Interpretation on Sony and was wondering if someone from the
>list could suggest other interpretations of the same piece.

Actually, just wanted to chime in and echo what great pieces these are -
and I have this same recording. The 2nd sonata is my favorite, I think.
:-)

>Furthermore, Hindemith seems to have produced a lot of chamber music for
>small wind instrument orchestra and a series of duos for brass instruments
>and piano. Here again, if you had some suggestions I would be pleased,
>even from other composers from the same period and/or similar style.

Two of my favorite Hindemith pieces are the flute sonata and the bassoon
sonata.  Both are wonderful.  Hindemith wrote at least one sonata for most
instruments in the orchestra and all the ones I've heard are great.  Also,
you might want to check out the Wind Quintet - excellent piece.  I've
played both this and the flute sonata and the more you get to know them
the better the music gets.

(Incidentally, I have a recording with the quintet, the flute and bassoon
sonatas, and you get the sonatas for horn and English horn as well...  It's
Sony SK 64400 and called Hindemith Kleine KammerMusik)

Good luck and happy listening!

-Lindsey Orcutt
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