Piano Sonatas

Premiere recordings by the young American pianist, Kevin Gorman. Bland's virtuoso sonatas present a fascinating blend of arch romanticism, piano heroics, and passionate utterance.

William Bland's cycle of 24 piano sonatas, one in each of the major and minor keys, was composed between the years 1998 and 2014. Since the completion of the cycle, some of the earlier sonatas have been revised, and in some cases recomposed. The initial composition of the 24 sonatas filled 431 pages in Bland's small, finely rendered manuscript.