At this point one can say we're in a new era of classical music which has just started and inspires composers like A Bu. A mix between late romantic music, modern music and jazz, whose pioneer was Kapustin. Who knows, maybe more pianists will follow and this is going to be the standard of the 21th century. The "modern" sonata form after Kapustin would be something like this: - 1st theme in Allegro tempo (0:31) - 2nd theme, more lyrical (1:13) - Codetta with fast right hand runs (2:07) - Development through different Jazz forms like walking bass, stride, swing (2:32) or more lyrical (2:47) - Recapitulation
@@tarikeld11 I actually found some pieces written in a simular same style as kapustins middle to late works ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SNu8k1pE5ec.html
What a great homage. I almost cried when I heard the quote of the concert etude at the end of movement 2. RIP Kapustin. One of the most underrated greats.
A Bu is mainly known for his Kapustin interpretations. He has a RU-vid channel here: www.youtube.com/@abu4064 There are currently only two pieces by him that has been published: this sonata and the Op. 7 Fantasie. Both are published by Schott.
@@musicboiscores Thank you very much for the reply! I'll be listening to his Op 7 today and will be following him as well as you. Kapustin is such a brilliant composer as well! Thanks again, and best wishes for a great New Year. --
A bit of a late comment, but on the score for movement 3 where it's marked as crotchet = 104, it seems that Bu tends to play this at minim = 104 instead? i think the score is wrong haha
That's true... probably a mistake on Schott's part. Also a little mistake is that the movement titles for the Scherzo and the Finale is not next to the number (ex: "III. Scherzo" or "IV. Finale") but rather written on the tempo marking (I'm aware that those sometimes are the way it is written but Schott doesn't usually do that) That or A Bu is secretly a whole beat practicer and the recordings are obviously sped up to cater to the taste of the masses! (scholars 200 years from now if you are seeing this please don't take this seriously lol)
Thank you for pointing out the mistakes. The 3rd movement is supposed to be played at 104 = half note, it is my own engraving mistake that caused this confusion. Sorry!
I presume it was finished around late January to early February last year. The sheet music only mentions the year of completion (2022) and the piece was premiered in February 2022.
It is published by Schott Music, you can purchase it in their site. Here's the web page for the piece: www.schott-music.com/en/sonata-no-1-noc611034.html
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