Mosolov - Piano Sonata No. 5; III "Scherzo marciale"

Third movement from the Piano Sonata No. 5 in D minor Op. 12 (1925).

Alexander Mosolov (1900-1973) was a part of the Soviet Avant-Garde prominent in the 1920s. He was oppressed by the RAPM (Russian Association of Proletarian Musicians) for writing inaccessible and highly pessimistic music; i.e., not conforming to Soviet Realism. By 1929 his compositions were banned and in 1936 he moved to Central Asia to collect folk music. From then until his death, Mosolov abandoned his earlier compositional style and wrote tame often folk-inspired works.

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[herma57]

great work, extroverted;very compact, cocentrated,dark penumbral, disturbed

[sshuck]

Wow, parts remind me of Vingt Regards (slow descending chords, last measure).

[Impressionist1]

Such a fantastic peace! But I don't like the intrepetation.. The pianist doesn't value the polyphony- he doesn-t differ the voices well- and he's not following the rythm very well. It shouldn't sound like pile of notes, but it does. This peace has such a marvellous polyphony and colors!

[trees1]

I wonder what is his later 'tame' works look like!