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Beach: Violin Sonata, Op.34; John Corigliano: Violin Sonata<\/p>
Usha Kapoor (violin), Edward Leung (piano)<\/p>
Resonus RES10321\u00a0\u00a0 60:51 mins<\/em><\/p> Amy Beach and John Corigliano were respectively 29 and 25 years old upon completing their Sonatas for Violin and Piano. In very different ways, both works combine taut succinctness with emotional expansiveness and a striking capacity for invention. Yet while Corigliano (b.1938) would go on to become one of the US\u2019s most celebrated composers, Beach (1867-1944) is only now attaining wider recognition. A brilliant pianist, she was already forbidden by her husband to formally study composition or to give more than two recitals annually.<\/p> With full-bodied, Brahmsian writing for both instruments, it\u2019s tempting to imagine Beach\u2019s Sonata (1896) as a champing at the creative bit. However, Usha Kapoor and Edward Leung bring melodic sweetness rather than tempestuous drama to the fore. Contrasts are nonetheless legion and well made, as skipping themes give rise to dreamy, long-breathing phrases via deft changes of rhythmic and harmonic direction. The third movement Largo con dolore proves especially satisfying in its final, luminous arrival at chords reminiscent of Ravel \u2013 and the whole is poignantly set off by the ensuing, graceful performance of Beach\u2019s earlier Romance for Violin and Piano.<\/p> Faster, more forthright recordings of Corigliano\u2019s virtuoso Sonata (1964) also exist. Yet Kapoor and Leung persuade with a rendition that favours Stravinskian scamper over extrovert show, bringing an urbane Copland to mind at points of lopsided polytonality in the opening and closing Allegros. The highlight of the disc is surely the inner movements, the Andantino finding unexpected tenderness and the Lento\u2019s cadenza a questioning which finds lovely response in the piano\u2019s ghostly rejoining. <\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Steph Power Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 10:59 AM Beach: Violin Sonata, Op.34; John Corigliano: Violin Sonata Usha Kapoor (violin), Edward Leung (piano) Resonus RES10321\u00a0\u00a0 60:51 mins Amy Beach and John Corigliano were respectively 29 and 25 years old upon completing their Sonatas for Violin and Piano. In very different ways, both works […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39650,"template":"","categories":[1,83,19],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas.jpg",900,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas.jpg",800,800,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas.jpg",900,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/beach-john-corigliano-violin-sonatas.jpg",900,900,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Steph Power Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 10:59 AM Beach: Violin Sonata, Op.34; John Corigliano: Violin Sonata Usha Kapoor (violin), Edward Leung (piano) Resonus RES10321\u00a0\u00a0 60:51 mins Amy Beach and John Corigliano were respectively 29 and 25 years old upon completing their Sonatas for Violin and Piano. In very different ways, both works…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/39649"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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