Piano Sonata No. 1 Op.34 by J.P.E. Hartmann. Performed by Nina Gade.
I. Allegro Passionato - 00:00
II. Romanze - Andantino Quasi Allegretto - 9:46
III. Scherzo - Allegro Molto Assai - 14:48
IV. Finale - Allegro - 20:36
Hartmann wrote four remarkable piano sonatas. The earliest, Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor from 1843, marked his first international breakthrough when it wasawarded a prize at a German composer's competition over which Hartmann's idol,Louis Spohr, presided as member of the jury. Robert Schumann praised it in hisperiodical Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (New Journal for Music) in which he appropriately called Hartmann "an artist who appeases usthrough the harmony of his powers; an artist who masters form and is not aslave to his feelings; an artist who never fails to move and fascinate us."
