Julian Lawrence Gargiulo’s “From the Window” Sonata Performed by VC Artist María Dueñas

Released on Deutsche Grammophon, the sonata is performed by María and Gargiulo on the album 

The Deutsche Grammophon (DG) record label has released a new recording of composer and pianist Julian Lawrence Gargiulo’s Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano “From the Window.”

Recorded by Gargiulo and VC Artist María Dueñas, the work was composed during the COVID lockdowns. The sonata is written as four imaginative, heartfelt, and technically challenging movements: I. The Ocean, II. The Sky, III. The Earth, and IV. The People. 

To purchase and listen to the sonata, click here.

María’s involvement in thisrecording follows her winning first prize at the 7th “Getting to Carnegie” Competition in 2021, which saw four finalists each play one movement of Gargiulo’s Sonata No. 4.

The sonata’s title “From the Window,” references a time “when it was only by looking through one’s window that connections could be formed and togetherness felt.”

María and Gargiulo’s full performance of the work is available to watch on DG’s STAGE+ classical music streaming platform, here. This performance was filmed in Vienna’s Ehrbar Saal concert venue.