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Bob Kasenchak [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
>I'm finding the Piano Sonata to be very intriguing, a curious blend of
>noises, with no real melody/accompany difference between the hands until
>about halfway through. I almost found it more formally interesting than
>aesthetically pleasing, but sometimes 20th century CM takes a few times
>over to appreciate the "sound". I need to give it another listen today.
>Anybody else's impressions of this piece?
To me, the Piano Sonata is a big, bopping, Romantic virtuoso piece. The
declamatory opening especially. By the way, who's the pianist on your CD?
Webster? Rosen?
Both the Piano Sonata and the Cello Sonata are sort of
Carter-on-the-threshhold of what we now see as his characteristic style.
I'd also include 8 Etudes and a Fantasy. But in the String Quartets,
Carter crosses the threshhold. I myself can't really claim to love Carter.
Everything is astonishingly well-written, however. I tend to like
particular pieces in his catalogue, rather than to look forward to the
next thing or to eagerly snatch up what I haven't heard before.
Steve Schwartz
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