Label: Toccata Next
Genre: Chamber Music
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: TOCN0049
Barcode: 5060640070493
Release Date: 04/2026

Lost American Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2 - ROGERS, C.K. / STOESSEL, A. / CHAJES, J. (Soroka, Greene, Silver)

In their second volume exploring lost American violin sonatas, Solomia Soroka, Phillip Silver and Arthur Greene survey a half-century of music-making, from the buoyant High Romanticism of the Bostonian Clara Rogers via the impassioned early Impressionism of the New York-based Albert Stoessel, to the explicitly Jewish sounds of Julius Chajes, who settled in Detroit, one of the many refugees from Nazism who added a new flavour to American music. All three works testify to the rich heritage of forgotten American music awaiting rediscovery by alert and curious musicians and listeners.

Tracklist

Rogers, Clara Kathleen
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
1 I. Allegro 07:37
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
2 II. Andante con espressione 06:06
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
3 III. Allegro giojoso 08:27
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
Stoessel, Albert
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
4 I. Allegro 08:47
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
5 II. Adagio 09:22
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
6 III. Allegro 07:27
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Silver, Phillip (piano)
Chajes, Julius
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Greene, Arthur (piano)
7 I. Allegro appassionato 06:37
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Greene, Arthur (piano)
8 II. Mourner's Prayer: Poco adagio 02:21
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Greene, Arthur (piano)
9 III. Scherzo: Commodo 02:44
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Greene, Arthur (piano)
10 IV. Allegro con moto 07:05
Soroka, Solomia (violin)
Greene, Arthur (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:06:33