Walker: Complete Piano Works Vol 1

 
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GEORGE WALKER
Walker: Complete Piano Works Vol 1
Alexandre Dossin (piano)

[ Naxos American Classics / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 19 April 2024

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George Walker's unique collection of piano music ranges across his long career. The three sonatas heard here, in this the first of two volumes of Walker's complete piano works, offer compelling contrasts. Sonata No. 1 is his longest and utilizes folk tunes, No. 2 is darker and unified by tonal relationships, whilst No. 3 displays contrapuntal mastery and trans lucent elements. Both Spatials and Spektra are atonal - the former athletic and compressed, the latter vivid and colourful. The album opens with Prelude and Caprice - a serene and majestic early work.

Recorded: January and April 2023

Tracks:

Prelude and Caprice (1945/1941) 4:19
Piano Sonata No. 1 (1953, rev. 1991) 18:02
Piano Sonata No. 2 (1956) 10:03
Spatials (1961) 3:16
Spektra (1971) 5:54
Piano Sonata No. 3 (1975, rev. 1996) 13:59
Bauble (1979) 3:02