Krein - Piano Sonata (Part 1/2)

[MJE112358132134]

Who's the performer? I can't seem to see this mentioned anywhere. Is it the one by Jonathan Powell?

[MJE112358132134]

This is incredibly beautiful, really. I've been looking at various Soviet futurist composers on YouTube recently (Feinberg, Lourie, etc.), and they're interesting, but perhaps not always immediately accessible. I would recommend this Krein Sonata as a good starting point for anyone who'd like to look into this group of Soviet composers. Its harmonic progressions, passages repeated by sequence, and its soaring passion really remind me of Scriabin. Great stuff!

[SaniaSoone]

Does anybody have any records of Leonid Sabaneev's music? He was so close to Krein, but there are absolutely no records...

[Darrning]

Stoooop! how boring!!! Very bad music. Mediocre composer; A. Krein between the russian avant-gardiste is surely among the least gifted. BORING BORING BORING

[SaniaSoone]

@Darrning And what is "not" boring?

[realself1]

hanging onto the past, but beautiful.

look at that score!

[HeroSOlica]

what an ugly song !

[thphaca]

This is one of the few abstract works that I'd consider trying to play. I like the lyrical melodic style yet the free roaming harmonics. If I could adopt this style to my composition, I could get amazing results, I feel.

[mwsc04]

This work is more fascinating with each listen. Does anyone have the score? I can't find it anywhere, IMSLP or commercially. Thanks!

[KeithWhalen11]

I found the sonata immediately gratifying and I think the melange of the subtle Hebraic inflections over those large chords is really unique. The little trills in the 1:40 area make me think of despaired weeping, akin to the Liszt Via Crucis 'Women of Jerusalem' station.

[Crudblud89]

Kind of makes me think of Messiaen and Ravel combined.

[LivefromHollywood]

@Crudblud89: I hear what might have inspired Howard Hanson a little when penning his Romantic Symphony ( co-opted for the movie soundtrack to "Alien" and "Aliens." ) Give it a try. Very lush and enveloping . . . This is wonderful piano composing and playing . . . .

[aculturemind]

@Crudblud89

Mmmm, it really harks most from Scriabin and the octatonic (note in particular the downward cadence at 5:44, that is repeated), though there are some 'impressionistic' elements and such here and there. The upward figure at 7:17, that keeps reaching, is very like a part in the Praeludium in Hindemith's Ludus Tonalis (some years later).

Always neat to hear others explore the octatonic.

[dalecampbl5]

don't you dare use Ravel's style and mix it up with this crap. hahahah...j/k...sort of

[Crudblud89]

@dalecampbl5 Hey, hey, hey, I said Ravel AND Messiaen, also known as my two favourite composers! Besides which, the Russian futurist composers are awesome.

[Sesquiltera]

Reminds me of Messiaen at times

[georgecziffra]

Do you have any more of Krein's music? This is so interesting.

[Hexameron]

I do, but alas, not the scores. A. Krein also wrote Five Preludes Op. 3 for solo piano recorded on the ASV label (performed by Jonathan Powell also). Some interesting chamber works can be found on that disc, too, including an Elegy for piano trio.

[thetamman]

I believe I can certainly help you in this area.

[17mathieu]

Several of Krein's works, including the Preludes Op.3, are available at IMSLP (dot) org.

[licoricestic]

that op 3 is on IMSLP, others too. more krein!

[chevauchoir]

@Hexameron

Hello! Where did you find the score of this Krein's sonata to put on youtube? This music is amazing!!! thanks for posting!