RAYMOND DAVELUY, Quatrième Sonate (I. Fantaisie, II. Andante, III. Fugue). Éditions Lucarel, 10900 avenue Bois-de-Boulogne, Montréal H3M 2X1 (Phone: 514-332-1756). In this work the sonata principle is alive and well with respect to the essential, dramatic succession of related yet contrasting ideas, particularly in the first movement. The three movements were composed in August 1984, though not published until recently. The Fantaisie covers extensive ground in at least ten sections, of which the last section briefly alludes to the opening without halting the breathless sweep. The Andante is a simple ternary form with varied reprise, with a touch of humor in the Cromorne in the middle section. The final Fugue draws upon the opening motif from the first movement, now set as a subject in long notes, against an energetic dotted rhythm; it proceeds to a second subject of a more animated character, with which it eventually combines, and the final pedal-point and coda feature striking sequences and stupendous parallel chords. The style incorporates the textural and mensural flair of Reger in the first movement and in the second half of the finale, and Hindemithian harmonic procedures loom large throughout. One could wish at times for less density and for more breathing space, and the edition could also have profited from a more generous use of courtesy accidentals.