KSS58 Piano Sonata No. 5 Opus Archimagicum

Piece details

  • Written for: Piano
  • Date composed: 1934–35
  • Dedicatee: Clinton Gray-Fisk
  • Approximate duration (minutes): 330
  • Manuscript pages: 336
  • Manuscript location: Paul Sacher Foundation, Basel
  • Comments:
    PARS PRIMA: ARCANA MINORA
    i. Fiero, ardito
    ii. Presto, sotto voce inquieto
    iii. Punta d’organo
    iv. Con fuoco, ardito e fiero
    PARS ALTERA: ARCANA MAJORA
    v.
    vi. Adagio
    PARS TERTIA ET ULTIMA: ARCHIMAGUS
    vii. Preludio
    viii. Preludio-corale
    ix. Cadenza
    x. Fuga libera a cinque voci e tre soggetti

Editions available from the Sorabji Archive

  • Typeset edition (Alex Abercrombie), A3L. 434 pages.
    Price: £110 (paper), £35 (pdf)
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  • Manuscript, A3L. 336 pages.
    Price: £75 (paper), £25 (pdf)
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Recordings

  • Tellef Johnson (piano),
    Opus A Records Opus A Records #001 (2024)
    Track 1 Preludio (15:01)
    Track 2 Preludio Corale sopra Dies Irae (45:56)
    Track 3 Cadenza (3:49)

  • Tellef Johnson (piano),
    Opus A Records Opus A Records #002 (2024)
    Track 9 Excerpt from Preludio Corale sopra Dies Irae (1:27)

Performances

  • 15/01/2021 Tellef Johnson (piano) [8/9]
    South Dakota State University, Founders’ Hall, Brookings SD, USA
  • 06/11/2022 Tellef Johnson (piano) [8/9]
    Jeannik Méquet Littlefield Concert Hall, Mills College, Oakland CA, USA
    Starting at 3pm
  • 29/03/2023 Tellef Johnson (piano) [8/9]
    Annett Recital Hall, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse WI, USA