Hamelin plays Dukas - Piano Sonata (2nd mvt) Audio + Sheet music

Paul Dukas' epic Piano Sonata, performed by Marc-André Hamelin, live in concert. Marc-André Hamelin says: "The style in itself is very close to Franck's harmonic and emotional world, but it is much more extended than anything Franck ever wrote for the piano. We should feel lucky enough that Dukas gave up this really wonderful edifice of a work. I really see it as a cathedral, almost. It is quite long - about 45 minutes - and it could be thought as the first great piano sonata of the twentieth century. (...) The second movement is in simple ABA form, although the development is quite extensive. There's more and more ornamentation and filling out of the texture as the movement progresses. It starts in quarter notes, moves to triplets, and graduates to sextuplets at the recapitulation. It has a beautifully harmonious texture. Someone once characterized it as being something like a man gathering experience throughout a lifetime."