Feinberg - Piano Sonata No. 5

Piano Sonata No. 5 Op. 10 (1920).

Samuil Feinberg (1890-1962) was a major Russian pianist-composer in the early 20th-century. He was an acclaimed virtuoso with an eclectic repertoire and an esteemed teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. Today, he is mostly remembered for his Bach transcriptions and various recordings. However, his compositional output is substantial and his piano works, despite influences from Scriabin, are original, intense, and extremely virtuosic. Unlike Scriabin, he preferred a sound world of angst and pessimism. By 1934, Feinberg ceased playing his darker works in public. He also stopped composing in his early style and instead created simpler pieces according to Socialist Realism.

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[John11inch]

lolll we uploaded this at the exact same time xD

[Hexameron]

We had a brief psychic connection

[Nepenthean58]

They're much easier to understand them when you play them yourself. The recording can get a little loud at times and obscure the harmony.

[afertyus1000]

@lovesGenet yes this is quite self explanatory

[afertyus1000]

@Nepenthean58 yes i agree

[lovesGenet]

This piece is pretty direct the opening left hand rythm keeps asserting itself . I like this feinberg.Son 2 is more tranquil the et is a tranquil person besieged by nature and the world. doesn't sound like a societal thing or the violence of Boulez which i think is sociological word painting. I like Feinerg.I adore Boulez .

[nearenough3]

I am amazed and impressed that anyone can play these obscure and complicated works. I'm also amazed that anyone can "understand" them, although I, by listening to this and others, seem to get the sound impression of mystery, convolution and oddity slightly beyond tonality that Feinberg sought to present.