Hamish Milne, piano
EXPOSITION
THEME GROUP 1, A MINOR
0:00 T1,1. An iambic rise and fall motive.
1:26 T1,2
THEME GROUP 2, E MINOR
The second theme group contains four consecutive melodic fragments, developed individually throughout the sonata.
1:50 T2,1
2:06 T2,2
2:15 T2,3
2:32 T2,4
CLOSING SECTION
3:14 Extensive elaboration on T1,1
4:16 Repeated cadences in E minor, concluding the exposition
DEVELOPMENT
4:41 Bare statements of T1,2
5:08 T2,1
5:44 T1,2
6:05 T2,2
6:17 T2,1 against T2,3. Tension begins to build
6:52 T1,1, with increased intervals, against T2,1
7:13 T2,3 against heavily modified T1,1 (increased intervals, compressed into triplets)
7:32 Violent outburst of T1,1 and T2,3
8:00 Quartal chords moving by tritone in the RH, T2,1 and T2,3 in the LH. Possibly the most violent, chaotic passage in all of Medtner.
8:23 fff pealing of D major. IV-I cadence to...
RECAPITULATION
THEME GROUP 1, A MAJOR
8:37 fff recap, in the parallel major!
10:11 T1,2
THEME GROUP 2, A MINOR
10:37 T2,1
10:52 T2,2
11:01 T2,3
11:23 T2,4 and T2,1
CLOSING SECTION
11:43 Lots of T1,1
11:56 marked poco tenebroso, the atmosphere turns menacing. Harmonic movement by tritone in the RH, rising octatonically in the LH.
12:15 T1,1 and T2,3. Even more violent than its counterpart at 7:32.
CODA
12:42 T2,3
13:41 An E-flat7 arpeggio brings the coda to a sudden halt. A state ment of T1,1, pianissimo, with the pedal held down.
14:03 Nothing but E-flat major and A major triads until the very end.
14:25 E-flat to A cadence.
29 июл 2024
