Halsey Stevens Sonata for Trombone and Piano

Halsey Stevens 

Sonata for Trombone and Piano

Halsey Stevens was one of those composers whose influences were apparent in his work but who was also there, adding his distinctive personality and musical choices into it.  You can often hear a bit of Bartok (he wrote a rather good biography and, if I recall correctly, translated and commented on series of his letters.   You can also hear touches of Paul Hindemith.  But you are also hearing Halsey Stevens.  I especially like this because, while it reminds you of Hindemith's Trombone Sonata, it's not really that much like it.  

Ronald Borrer  Trombone
Edmund Niemann  Piano