Conlon Nancarrow - Sonatina for Piano

Sonatina for Piano (1941) (Transcribed for piano four-hands by Yvar Mikhashoff) I. Presto II. Moderato III. Allegro molto Cheryl Seltzer & Joel Sachs, piano four-hands The Sonatina (1941), a work in which the 29- year-old Nancarrow achieved astonishing compositional mastery, is successor to the exuberant sonatas of the eighteenth century, and unites the spirit of jazz with the European tradition. At the same time, the contrapuntal wizardry, enormous range, and boisterousness make the performers grateful
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