When you have an opportunity to follow the manuscript while listening to this work, you realize what an unbelievable composer Martinu was. An absolute genius, and his music (there's lots of it) just isn't played anywhere near enough.
So true. The quartets, the duo for violin and cello, the cello sonatas, the violin sonatas, the trios - and that's just chamber music - are among the greatest of the 20th century. So underappreciated.
Oh my dear lord how im i only just seeing this now! If been a follower of your channel for a while and went on a martinu binge a while back. How i didnt see it on this channel ill never know. Thanks for the fantastic upload!
Really great music, especially the 1st movement (if the world was a fair place, this should get more attention than Rachmaninoff sonatas). And a very good performance, although a little bit timid with dynamics.
The whole sonata is a medley of allusions to other composers: Shostakovich (preludes and fugues), Feinberg, Liszt (Aida paraphrase), Debussy (something or other), Chopin (one of the piano concerti), Prokofiev, Medtner, etc, etc. Martinu excels by making the whole greater than the sum of these parts.
@@wanderer7973 You mean the point in time where I find allusions to other composers? Hmmm. Let me see. It's a game of trivial pursuits which detracts nothing from the whole But here goes: Opening: Feinberg - reminds me of the 7th and 8th sonatas (perhaps early Miaskovski 2,3,4) 1:30 Shostakovich op. 87 2:25 Miaskovski - around the period of the 6th sonata 2:54 The vivo in the first movement: Liszt 4:56 Moderato opening: Golberg 28 5:34 Liszt Aida Paraphrase 6:08 Medtner ? 6:40 Feinberg/Miaskovski 7:44 Shostakovich 9:16 Debussy 11:33 Chopin 12.05: poco allegro Prokofiev, or maybe Barber sonata 13.20 is a wonderful moment, anticipating the coda in the end, but holding it back and returning to the agitato rhythm wich resolves at 15:15 but alas, in this recording too fast for my liking to bring out the pathos.
