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...composer may have been writing for an early piano, though it was used interchangeably with the harpsichord in his time. In any case, he did occasionally make excessive demands on a harpsichord, and these were noticeable in the thumping of the coupled bass at times in the C Major Sonata. But when music and instruments did fit, Schneider and Kirkpatrick produced some of the most delightful musical sounds I can remember...
Bach's Sanata in A major will open the program, followed by his Sonata in B minor and Mozart's Sonata in. C major and D major...
...Bartok: Sonata No. I (Adolph Bailer, piano; Yehudi Menuhin, violin; Victor, 8 sides). Composed in 1921, when Bartok's own distinctive style was first beginning to take form, the sonata foreshadows the lyric power and rhythmic force of the great Concerto for Violin (1938). In this performance, Bailer's piano overshadows Menuhin's violin. Recording: fair...
Beethoven: Sonata in F Major, Opus 24 (Emanuel Bay, piano; Jascha Heifetz, violin; Victor, 4 sides). Playing cleanly, Heifetz makes the delightful "Spring" sonata blossom. Recording: good...
Kabalevslcy: Sonata No. 3, Opus 46 (Vladimir Horowitz, piano; Victor, 4 sides). Contemporary Soviet Composer Dmitri Kabalevsky's melodic, if Mussorgsky-ish, piece is more Pianist Horowitz' meat than the Mozart Sonata in F Major, K. 332, also available this month. Both recordings: good...