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Sonate Romantique.(Book Review)
(for flute or violin and piano), by Paul Badura-Skoda. Editions Musicales Alphonse Leduc/Theodore Presser Company (588 N. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19406), 1984. 9 pp. flute or violin, 25 pp. piano; $42.95. Late Intermediate.
The musical talents of Paul Badura-Skoda include more than his world-class pianism, for he also is a gifted composer. My introduction to his work as a composer was in the form of his Sonate Romantique for flute and piano. This engaging, idiomatic work is thoroughly romantic in sentiment and would be a welcome addition to a recital program.
Badura-Skoda is at his best in the many lyrical sections of the piece, which include most of the outer movements as well as the wistful trio of the middle scherzo movement. He has a fine gift for melody, and it would be fair to say that melodic considerations drive the piece. This is especially true of the animated scherzo, in which the melodic material is treated in a tightly contrapuntal manner.
The overall timbral considerations for both instruments are quite dark, which make a fine juxtaposition with the bright overall timbre of the flute. The harmonic language, at times quite diatonic, becomes richly chromatic for expressive effect. One clearly hears the Viennese in this composer, as the more diatonic moments of the piece often rely on parallel thirds and sixths for their momentum.
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- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Robert C. Marsh March 9, 1989 700+ words
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...instrument. "Papa" Haydn reached deeper down its throat, as Paul Badura-Skoda has shown us. But in a special way, Mozart was the...device. Now, in Les Dernieres Sonates de Mozart, recorded by Paul Badura-Skoda for Astree (and released in this country by Harmonia...
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- Magazine article from: National Review De Toledano, Ralph August 20, 1990 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Sonate Romantique.(Book Review)