1976-1980



 

COMPOSITIONS

 

Metzengerstein-sonate
 
Piano solo. Duration: 17m. Composed in 1976. Recording: 1978 - PAVANE RECORDS ADW 7003 and 1985 - PHONIC 1980 046. Daniel Capelletti, piano. CD edition: 1996 - RENE GAILLY 2003/2. Published by Editions Jobert, Paris. Dedicated to Eduardo del Pueyo.
 
This sonata is my very first large composition for piano solo. Romanticism, horror and fate expressed in the story of Edgar Allan Poe could not fail to inspire an 18 years old pianist and composer. The outstanding characteristic of the whole piece is the stressed use of the keyboard low register that conveys the dark color of Poe's text.