In his debut solo album, pianist Soheil Nasseri takes listeners on a tour of three sonatas that he classifies as works that pushed the technical and sonic limits of the instrument at the time of their composition. The CD opens with Beethoven's Op. 7 Sonata in E flat major. This sonata is a curious choice, for while it clocks in at over 28 minutes -- an impressively long work considering its early composition -- it poses far fewer challenges than many of the later sonatas. The album continues with the Second Sonata of ...
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In his debut solo album, pianist Soheil Nasseri takes listeners on a tour of three sonatas that he classifies as works that pushed the technical and sonic limits of the instrument at the time of their composition. The CD opens with Beethoven's Op. 7 Sonata in E flat major. This sonata is a curious choice, for while it clocks in at over 28 minutes -- an impressively long work considering its early composition -- it poses far fewer challenges than many of the later sonatas. The album continues with the Second Sonata of Rachmaninoff. Nasseri again chooses duration as a foundation for the album and performs the original 1913 version of the sonata, which is considerably longer than the more frequently performed revised version that Rachmaninoff published in 1931. The album closes with the world-premiere recording of Sonata No. 0 by Kaikhosru Sorabji, whose most peculiar trait seems to be the incredible length of his compositions, some of which last many hours. Sonata No. 0's single movement, however, lasts...
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