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This Piano Sonata - George Benjamin's first published work - was written between 1977-78 whilst he was studying in Paris with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod. Written in three contrasting movements, the work develops one theme throughout a dizzying 22-minute span, exploiting the instrument's contrasting registers, its resonance and its precision and range of attack, with spectacular panache.