sonata for piano
Three Movements
Duration: 15 minutes
Premiere: 1965 by William Corbett-Jones
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Recording: Sonic Arts
Publisher: ECS, St. Louis MO
The bravura, virtuoso sonata is dedicated to Mr. Corbett-Jones, who has played it on BBC and on tours to Europe and Asia.
audio
William Corbett-Jones
1 Allegro con brio
2 Lento
3 Allegro con brio
press
“ . . . an important work, rich in ideas, modern without exaggeration.”
— I Vradyni, Athens, Greece
“ . . . a work of vitality and fresh ideas. It brims over with energy . . . witty, insinuating rhythms with gusto. Full of beans, it was.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“The flavour is neo-Romantic, occasionally even Brahmsian in the powerful first movement, especially in two impressive passages over C-sharp pedals. The often delicate slow movement consists largely of interlacing two-part counterpoint with melodic lines formed out of superimposed triads.”
— Musical Times, London