DESCRIPTION:
Sonatina for Piano (1941)
(Transcribed for piano four-hands by Yvar Mikhashoff)

I. Presto
II. Moderato
III. Allegro molto

Cheryl Seltzer & Joel Sachs, piano four-hands

The Sonatina (1941), a work in which the 29- year-old Nancarrow achieved astonishing compositional mastery, is successor to the exuberant sonatas of the eighteenth century, and unites the spirit of jazz with the European tradition. At the same time, the contrapuntal wizardry, enormous range, and boisterousness make the performers grateful for the four-hands version of Yvar Mikhashoff, who consulted with the composer on several transcriptions of his music. [naxosdirect.com]

Art by Louis Marcoussis