Piano Sonata No.5 was written in 1974. Stylistically it moves on from works completed in the 1960s which betray a synthesis of Fi er's own musical language and the stimuli of New Music. With the exception of the final passage the sonata exclusively applies the mode B flat-B-C-C sharp-F-F sharp-G which was first used in a narrowed six-note form in 1965 in Fifteen Prints after Dürer's Apocalypse. Formally the piece is arranged into short contrasting sections which are created from brief repetitive ostinato motifs. With minimal use of thematic and expressive material the composer achieves effective dramatic abbreviation of the kind whichculminated in works from the 1960s. This musical treatment is abandoned only in the final lyrical part which anticipates the future development of Fiser's musical language leading to its simplification and overall dramatic reduction.Piano Sonata No.5 was first published in 1996 by Bärenreiter Editio Supraphon Prague in a re-print of a transcription provided by the Czech Music Fund in whose preparation the composer was also involved at the time. The new edition consistently adheres to this authorised copy of the work while confining itself to the correction of several apparent omissions and errors.
SKU: PA.H07911
ISBN 9790260104457. 31 x 23.5 cm inches.
Lubos Fiser (1935-1999) was one of the most talented Czech composers of his generation. Born in Prague, he studied at the Prague Conservatoire from 1952-1956 and then at the Academy of Music. He was known to the public for his many film scores but it was his other compositions, many of them written under difficult political conditions, which mark him out as a composer of significance.Fise r's eight piano sonatas have a special place in his oeuvre. Fiser subsequently eliminated his second sonata (1956) from his compositional repertoire. From the third sonata onwards (1960), subtitled Fantasia, the composer wrote a two-movement composition, in which he continued to incorporate as his fundamental musical device the confrontation of sharp contrasts in tempo and mood. Beginning with his fourth sonata (1962-1964), Fiser created a single-movement work in an expressive, formally focused composition which betrays a progression towards greater compactness of musical shape in a concise yet effective musical testimony. The fifth sonata was written in 1974, the sixth sonata in 1978. The seventh sonata from 1985 was dedicated to Frantisek Maxian, the eighth sonata was written in 1995.Piano Sonata No.1 was written in 1955. Fiser worked on it during his last year at the Prague Conservatoire under the supervision of Emil Hlobil. The piece is one of Fiser's early works which still respect a traditional compositional approach. Unlike his major and late piano sonatas, this sonata has three movements, each representing the traditional Classical-Romantic form. The sonata was premiered by Fiser's fellow-student and friend Antonin Jemelik in Theatre D34 on 30 January 1956.The new setting for this piece is based on the single edition to date (SNKLHU, 1957); only with regard to a few inconsistencies in the score was it necessary to consult the composer's manuscript (kept at the National Museum - Czech Museum of Music, acquisition number 297/2006).
SKU: HL.49017485
9.25x12.0x0.07 inches.
