Switchback: Contemporary American Duos for Violin and Piano
Modern American music has long been characterised by kaleidoscopic variety, reflecting the vigour and optimism of American culture more generally. John Corigliano’s early Violin Sonata is a work of the mid-twentieth century. But his own assessment of the piece – ‘Its eclecticism, its rhythmic energy, and its bright character give the Sonata a very American quality’ – could be applied with equal merit to the three 21st-century scores that accompany it here, all four switching easily between gentle introspection and buoyant exuberance.
Caroline Eva Chin, violin
Laura Melton, piano
Aaron Jay Kernis
Two Movements (with Bells) (2007) (18:00)
- I. Presto (10:35)
- II. A Song for My Father (7:24)
Jennifer Higdon
String Poetic (2006) (20:44)
- I. Jagged Climb (2:17)
- II. Nocturne (5:05)
- III. Blue Hills of Mist (7:16)
- IV. Maze Mechanical (3:15)
- V. Climb Jagged (2:51)
Christopher Dietz
Morra (2021)* (9:08)
- I. Heavy, solid (1:43)
- II. Suspended, fluid (3:24)
- III. Tarantella (4:01)
John Corgliano
Sonata for Violin and Piano (1963) (22:57)
- I. Allegro (2:57)
- II. Andantino (with simplicity) (6:35)
- III. Lento (quasi recitativo) (4:43)
- IV. Allegro (8:43)
*First Recording
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