1919: Viola Sonatas by Clarke, Hindemith, Bloch (2014)

The three works on this fine recital by German violist Barbara Buntrock were all, as promised, composed in 1919. Two of them have a further link: they were entries in a contest sponsored by the American heiress and arts patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Ernest Bloch's Suite for viola & piano and Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for viola & piano tied for first place, but the prize was given to Bloch under circumstances that remain under dispute; playing at least a partial role was the fact that the judges did not believe the work ... Read More

The three works on this fine recital by German violist Barbara Buntrock were all, as promised, composed in 1919. Two of them have a further link: they were entries in a contest sponsored by the American heiress and arts patron Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. Ernest Bloch's Suite for viola & piano and Rebecca Clarke's Sonata for viola & piano tied for first place, but the prize was given to Bloch under circumstances that remain under dispute; playing at least a partial role was the fact that the judges did not believe the work could have been composed by a woman. Clarke is a sorely underrated figure, and the album is worth the price for her sonata alone: she had clearly absorbed the intricate late chamber style of Debussy, but the work has an emotional forthrightness tying it to the composer's native Britain. Hindemith's Viola Sonata, Op. 11/4, is also a sparsely performed piece, even though it was one of the composer's own favorites; he wrote it for himself to perform, and did so frequently. Harmonically... Read Less

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