CD 71
Works for Piano 1
The brothers Ignaz Anton and Josef Alois Ladurner figure among the most important Tyrolean composers. While Ignaz Anton got on well in Paris as a pianist, composer and pedagogue, Josef Alois chose to take holy orders. He stayed in the country and became the highly regarded counselor of the consistory of the prince-bishop of Brixen. Ignaz Anton Ladurner’s op. 4 piano sonatas are without a doubt a contribution to piano music that should not be underrated. This cycle of three piano sonatas is truly entitled to the designation of Grandes Sonates, particularly for its innovative power and its importance for French piano music. Ladurner published these sonatas himself in Paris in 1797. Remarkably enough, it was the same year that the Paris Conservatory was opened. Ladurner was to work there for decades as a professor of piano.
Track 7, 2:17
Sonate III
Allegro vivace