Kapustin - Sonatina Op.100

My version of Nikolai Kapustin's delightful Sonatina Op.100. For once, Kapustin drops his virtuoso high-jinks, and makes an affectionate nod to Joseph Haydn. Recorded in march 2010.

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Music

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• kapustin
• sonatina
• chris
• breemer
• piano
• pianosociety
• Николай
• Капустин
• Сонатина
• Соч.100

[Sorcerer88]

maybe you haven't been very faithful to the dynamics in parts, especially around 1:00 (also at 3:40), ff means ff ;) but your rythm and phrasing is superb, this sounds quite professional. great job!

[cbreemer]

@Sorcerer88

Thanks ! I'll check these spots and will most probably agree with you. I'm not entirely satisfied with this recording anyway, so I'll have to redo it.

[cbreemer]

Thanks for the feedback ! I'm a bit of a newbie on YT as yet.

You're right with the suggestions. Accents and staccati are paramount in Kapustin, and the tempo is a bit leisurely. Listening back, I was not half as satisfied about it as when playing.... So I may well want to redo this one.

[Sorcerer88]

@zebb1111 gee, i'm tired of the 'it's jazz, play it how you feel like' argument. kapustin is rather classical than jazz and if he writes dynamics, you should respect these. of course i like music, that's why i want it to be as good as possible. it was just a small well-meant point of criticism, i like how he plays it overall and, yes, the 'jazz feel'. but please don't pretend kapustin is jazz.

[zebb1111]

@Sorcerer88 good Lord

the nuance police.

dont you even like music?

its Jazz idiom.....let the player play ! otherwise why bother playing anything when we can get a recording of kapustin doing it.

[trubeginner]

where can we get the scores?

[flamingspinach]

Hey man, thanks for your recordings at piano society. Didn't realize you had a youtube account.

If I may make some suggestions - pay more attention to the staccato markings, fix a couple of misread/misplayed accidentals, shore up the tempo a bit, but otherwise a nice recording. Thanks!