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Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis, Suite ’1922’ | Hyperion - Helios CDH55413

Hindemith - Ludus Tonalis, Suite ’1922’

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Label: Hyperion - Helios

Cat No: CDH55413

Barcode: 0034571154138

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 29th October 2012

Contents

Artists

John McCabe (piano)

Works

Hindemith, Paul

Ludus Tonalis
Suite '1922', op.26

Artists

John McCabe (piano)

About

Ludus Tonalis is that great work of intellectual gymnastics which has been called a ‘20th-century composer’s reappraisal of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier’, but its twelve fugues and their interludes are notable equally for their emotion as for their (indisputable) logic. The work represents a musical statement of Hindemith’s theories, yet in it we encounter one of the most adventurous works for solo piano of the twentieth century.

The Suite ‘1922’ has five movements which stylize various American popular dance themes, each featuring Hindemith’s characteristically cavalier use of traditional harmony and Satie-like instructions to the performer: ‘Regard the piano here as an interesting percussion instrument …

[from CDA66824]

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