Piano Sonata No. 3 in D major, Op. 24/3

• Date: 1933 10 21-1935 05 11
• Composer: George Enescu
• Period: Modern (1910-1949)

Review

The first whole work to emerge after the completion of Oedipe, the Third Piano Sonata is a bright neo-classical piece of fast-paced and frenetic activity backed by a lyrical and jovial melodic line. The central movement is worthy of special note, since it serves as an excellent example of Enescu's ability to manipulate and transmogrify a folk idiom in an utterly distinctive style.

The sonata is dedicated to Marcel Ciampi, with whom Enescu had a long performing relationship and who gave the work its première in Paris in 1938. ~ Tim Mahon, Rovi

Albums with Complete Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Dinu Lipatti
Dinu Lipatti plays Chopin, Enescu, Ravel, Liszt & Brahms	2001
Dinu Lipatti, CD 1	1990
Dinu Lipatti: The Solo Recordings
Eastern European Piano Music
Enesco: Œuvres Pour Piano
Enescu: Piano & Cello Sonatas
Enescu: Sonata Op. 24/3; Janácek: On an Overgrown Path; Kodály: Seven Pieces Op. 11	2008
George Enescu: Piano Music, Vol. 2	2006
Georges Enesco: Oeuvres pour piano
Icon: Dinu Lipatti [Box Set]	2008
Piano Works by Chopin, Enescu, Ravel, Liszt & Brahms	2001
Romania

Albums with Excerpt Performances of the Work

Title	Date
Rarities of Piano Music at Schloss vor Husum Festival 2005	2006

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