20th Century Harp Sonatas

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Release Date: 1st Jun 2010
Catalogue No: DSL-92106
Label: Dorian Sono Luminus
Length: 68 minutes

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Houdy: Harp Sonata

Work length11:30

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Sarah Schuster Ericsson (harp)

I. Allegro moderato

Track length4:56

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II. Lento

Track length3:55

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III. Vivo

Track length2:39

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Casella: Harp Sonata

Work length18:07

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Sarah Schuster Ericsson (harp)

I. Allegro vivace

Track length6:02

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II. Sarabanda: Grave, solenne

Track length7:56

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III. Finale: Tempo di marcia vivo e festoso

Track length4:09

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Flagello: Harp Sonata, Op. 10

Work length17:15

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Sarah Schuster Ericsson (harp)

I. Maestoso quasi allegro

Track length7:04

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II. Lento

Track length5:28

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III. Allegro piu possibile

Track length4:43

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Hindemith: Sonata for Harp

Work length11:02

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Sarah Schuster Ericsson (harp)

I. Massig schnell

Track length5:15

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II. Lebhaft

Track length2:31

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III. Lied: Sehr langsam

Track length3:16

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Tailleferre: Harp Sonata

Work length10:55

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Sarah Schuster Ericsson (harp)

I. Allegretto

Track length2:51

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II. Lento

Track length4:50

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III. Perpetuum Mobile: Allegro gaiement

Track length3:14

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GRAMMY® nominated harpist Sarah Schuster Ericsson makes her debut on Dorian Sono Luminus with the new album, 20th Century Harp Sonatas. These sonatas captivate listeners with their poetic meanings matched with rhythmic combinations of energy and technically demanding passages that only a truly virtuosic performer such as Ms. Ericsson could achieve.

The first harpist to be nominated for a GRAMMY® for a Classical Solo Recording, Boston-based harpist Sarah Schuster Ericsson comes from a family of accomplished musicians. She began her musical studies at the age of five with the piano before turning to the harp at age ten, with her mother as her teacher. Ms. Ericsson studied at The Cleveland Institute of Music, where she received her Bachelor of Music degree. After graduation, she joined the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra where she premiered many solo works for the harp. She later joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where during her tenure she played in major concert halls around the world and worked with many of the world’s top conductors.

After 10 years with the BSO, Ms. Ericsson left to pursue a career as a soloist and recording artist. As a soloist she has appeared with many of the area’s distinguished ensembles including the Boston Pops, and as a featured guest at the National Harp Society conference.

20th Century Harp Sonatas features works by 5 of the premiere 20th century composers who wrote sonatas for the harp: Paul Hindemith, Alfredo Casella, Nicolas Flagello, Germaine Tailleferre, and Pierick Houdy. With the wide range of styles and nationalities of the composers, the music is brilliantly varied in a way that engages the listener. Houdy’s Sonata composed for his wife Ghislaine de Winter the year they were married contrasts Casella’s, which was written during the defeat of his home country Italy in World War II while dealing with his own failing health. Hindemeth based the third movement of his Sonata on the melancholy poem Lied by the 18th Century poet Hölty. From the New York Composer Flagello, whose opening movement takes full advantage of the harp’s capabilities, to Germaine Tailleferre, the only female member of the avant-garde French composers group Les Six who begins her Sonata (written for Spanish harpist Nicanor Zabaleta) with a steady march like rhythm.

Recorded at world famous Skywalker Sound, 20th Century Harp Sonatas is a sonic treat for the casual listener as well as the harp enthusiast.

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