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The Music => Recordings & Broadcasts => Topic started by: Alan Howe on Thursday 01 April 2021, 23:33

Title: Josef Labor Violin & Cello Sonatas
Post by: Alan Howe on Thursday 01 April 2021, 23:33
...forthcoming from Capriccio:

https://naxosdirect.com/items/josef-labor-violin-sonata-op.-5-cello-sonata-op.-7-theme-and-variations-op.-10-559152

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8906326--labor-violin-cello-sonata
Title: Re: Josef Labor Violin & Cello Sonatas
Post by: Mark Thomas on Friday 02 April 2021, 08:11
Ah, very good. Everything I've heard by Labor has been very finely crafted.
Title: Re: Josef Labor Violin & Cello Sonatas
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 12 April 2021, 20:40
Excerpts now available here:
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/sonate-fuer-violoncello-und-klavier-1/hnum/10453875
Title: Re: Josef Labor Violin & Cello Sonatas
Post by: eschiss1 on Wednesday 21 April 2021, 05:07
Announced by Naxos for US distribution by them in May.
Title: Re: Josef Labor Violin & Cello Sonatas
Post by: Alan Howe on Monday 17 May 2021, 15:06
The Cello Sonata (fp 1895) is a very fine piece, with a gentle, songful, but never bland first movement followed by a dynamic scherzo and a brief Quasi Andante which acts as an introduction to the finale which, like the opening movement, alternates between A major and A minor. The idiom is conservative, but very attractive and not at all staid. The piano part sounds in places very demanding.