Dutilleux sonata

[kaptah]

Does anyone have any experience on practising the sonata of Henri Dutilleux? How long did it take to learn it?

[quirky]

I have never tryed to play it, but I really must commend your taste in music. I think that a lot of contemporary music is desperately neglected. The Dutilleus sonata is especially deseving of being a cornerstone of the repertoire...

[retrouvailles]

This sonata is becoming a cornerstone of early 20th century repertoire. It was composed in the 40s, so it can't be really called a contemporary work. Great piece, nonetheless.

[indutrial]

Is this one of the early Dutilleux works that the composer himself dislikes? I know that he's not very fond of his similarly-early Sonatine for flute/piano, which is heavily performed at flute recitals across the face of the world. I personally love all of his early works, especially the piano sonata, which to me marries some of the best qualities of Bartok, Prokofiev, in addition to those of the French neoclassical composers like Auric, Milhaud, etc... A favorite disc of mine would have to older one with Marie Catherine-Girod's performance of sonatas by Auric, Dutilleux, and Jolivet. Fantastic works, through and through.

[mike_lang]

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