Enrique Soro - Cello Sonata

Описание: Katharina Paslawski (cl) / Luis Alberto Latorre (pno)
00:00 Allegro con brio
07:45 Scherzando
13:18 Andante
20:07 Allegro finale
Enrique Soro Barriga (1884-1954) was a Chilean Composer and Pianist. Considered one of the first Chilean symphonists, Enrique Soro Barriga made his first studies in Concepción, with Clotilde de la Barra (piano) and Domingo Brescia (harmony and counterpoint). With a scholarship from the Chilean Senate, he left from Talcahuano port, in 1898, to study in Italy, at the Royal Conservatory of Milan, one of the most important in the world at that time.
His most important teachers were Luigi Mapelli (counterpoint and fugue) and Gaetano Coronaro (Composition).

Upon graduating from the Milan Conservatory at the end of July 1904, Soro received the Only Grand Prize that this institution awarded to the best student of his generation. Encouraged by his good results and with the title of master composer, he organized a tour of several Italian cities and Paris, in order to make himself known. An important milestone was the concert with his works held on December 16, 1904 at the Grande Salle Pleyel in Paris.

Despite the job offers in Italy, Soro wanted to return to Chile to contribute to the development of a broader, deeper musical environment that included the creation of audiences, in today's words.
The summer of 1908 was very productive for Soro: in addition to composing more than 20 short works for piano, he began the composition of the “Sonata in C minor, for piano” (completed in 1912) and the “Concerto in D major, for piano and orchestra ”(completed in 1918). Also that same summer he composed "Lyrical Impressions, for strings and piano", a work that aligns with the "Quintet in B minor, for strings and piano" (1911) and his Concerto in D major.

On August 9, 1915, the newspaper El Mercurio de Santiago commented on an act in honor of the teacher Soro who was preparing to travel to the United States. He was invited to show his music in different rooms, and he befriended the Mexican musician Julián Carrillo, with whom he managed to give a concert with his works at Carnegie Hall in New York.
He also recorded piano rolls for the Aeolian Company and also managed to get his works published by G Schirmer NY, with whom he had a deal from 1916 to 1938.
The summer of 1922 was spent by Soro in Concepción and was very fruitful in works for piano where he composed “Memories of Concepción”, “Sonata n ° 3 in D major”, and also completed the fantastic etudes.

After a political regime change in the country, Soro was destituted from the conservatory under pure political means, in 1928. So he dedicated mostly to composing (fantastic dances, Cello Sonatas).
In 1931 he was invited to the Barcelona International Fair and presented his Piano Concerto in D major. Here he met Pablo Casals and also able to meet again after 25 years Alfredo Casella. Recognized as a great improviser on the piano, his life was linked with great personalities of the time, such as Pau Casals, Vincent D’Indy, Pietro Mascagni, Ignacy Paderewski, Giacomo Puccini, Maurice Ravel and Camille Saint-Saëns, among others.

With a new regime change in 1938, he was back at teaching and was honored for his 50 years of composition. He was a teacher of: Domingo Santa Cruz, Juan Allende-Blin, Nino Marcelli, Héctor Melo, Juan Casanova Vicuña and Roberto Puelma, all relevant personalities of the Chilean musical world who survived him.

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