Feinberg - Piano Sonata No. 2

Piano Sonata No. 2 Op. 2 (1915)

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.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• roslavets
• feinberg
• scriabin

[Nepenthean58]

It's criminal that no one is actively performing this music. I google Feinberg's name every once in a while and NEVER see a performance. Sometimes I think, besides possibly Hexamon and Jonathan Powell, am I the only one currently practicing Feinberg's music?

[Ruchfun]

A pleasant discovery:

Feinberg composer! :)

[ShitOfGahalad]

sarà suonata bene ma è brutta in sè..vabbé

[wetuadjlv]

@Nepenthean58 I'm definitely playing one of these sonatas before I graduate college.

[afertyus1000]

@Nepenthean58 Hamelin has studied it as so have i it is lovely

[Emanresu56]

My favorite piano sonata next to Rach's No. 2.

[pianomanhere]

Thank you so much for these gems.. It does indeed sound somewhat like Scriabin, but with its density, it's also reminiscent of some of the music of Canadian pianist and composer Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Grammatté.

[musicalidea]

Sounds like Scriabin with a faint peppering of atonality. One can also here the jazz influence. Executed superbly; conceived with mediocrity.

[wimmoh]

Great music. Who's playing? 

[Temptezt]

Great.

[nyc88s]

Gorgeous, lapidary, shimmering music. Fantastic. Beautiful playing too. Thanks!

[Franzlisztmaniac]

Thank you so much for posting. This is gorgeous, both the music and the playing. Where could I find the score? I tried some libraries and did not find anything, same for IMSLP. Thanks!!!