Ries: Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Vol 3
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FERDINAND RIES
Ries: Piano Sonatas & Sonatinas Vol 3
Susan Kagan (piano)
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 1 August 2010
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A virtuoso pianist, Ferdinand Ries began composing piano sonatas at a time when the genre was undergoing significant changes from the models of Haydn and Mozart to new developments by Clementi, Beethoven and Hummel. Ries also pre-figures Schubert's poignant harmonic language, Mendelssohn's expressive sweetness and Chopin's brilliant figurations, notably in The Dream. Opening with a stately polonaise in rondo form, Ries's C major Sonata concludes with a thrilling perpetuum mobile finale. In his only named sonata, The Unfortunate, the influence of Beethoven's Pathétique is apparent.
Tracks:
Piano Sonata in C major, Op. 9, No. 2
Piano Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 26, `L'infortunee`
The Dream, Op. 49
