Nikolai Kapustin - Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 39 (FAN REQUEST)

Shwarzmen Duddlehaeven: Video Request: Kapustin’s first sonata Me: On what instrument? He composed pretty much a lot of those. :) Stefan M: On solo piano. I have to recommend this too. I fell in love with it just a few days ago; I would love for you to do a video on it. Me: OK, I added it on the request list. Just so you wait. :) Elizabeth Landman: Found following the score added to the interest. Liked it very much. At first glance one might imagine the title ‘Sonata-Fantasia’, with its suggestion of an improvisatory feel, to be an immediate indication of the influence of jazz on this work; in fact, if anything it emphasises the work’s classical origins. In particular, the first three movements are played without a break, giving the impression of a constant stream of thought, a long-term structural approach that has numerous classical precedents including Beethoven, Liszt and Rachmaninov. The rather short first movement functions almost as an introduction rather than the substantial