Carlo
09-26-2010, 03:02 PM
Hi!
This is the first movement of Diabelli's Sonata Op.37 for 4-hand piano.
It is not technically too difficult (it must have served some didactical intentions), but fully reflects the typical style of its author.
The first movement, in C major, in the classical sonata form, has a first theme based on a 5-note small phrase, which appears, severally and variously, throughout the whole movement.
The second theme (in the dominant G) is based on a long trill, by which Primo and Secondo exchange their roles.
The development is built as a series of modulating progressions based on scales, again exchanged between Primo and Secondo, which lead to a big fermata.
After that pause, there begins the recapitulation, which is quite symmetrical, with the second theme reappearing in tonic C.
I hope you will enjoy my recording.
Comments are welcome as usual.
Best regards,
This is the first movement of Diabelli's Sonata Op.37 for 4-hand piano.
It is not technically too difficult (it must have served some didactical intentions), but fully reflects the typical style of its author.
The first movement, in C major, in the classical sonata form, has a first theme based on a 5-note small phrase, which appears, severally and variously, throughout the whole movement.
The second theme (in the dominant G) is based on a long trill, by which Primo and Secondo exchange their roles.
The development is built as a series of modulating progressions based on scales, again exchanged between Primo and Secondo, which lead to a big fermata.
After that pause, there begins the recapitulation, which is quite symmetrical, with the second theme reappearing in tonic C.
I hope you will enjoy my recording.
Comments are welcome as usual.
Best regards,