Nikolai Kapustin - Piano Sonata No. 1 (Sonata-Fantasy), Op. 39 (1984) [Score-Video]

[@erikfreitas7093]

The 4th movement is one of the greatest piano-jams I’ve heard in my life 😅🤩

[@leecherlarry]

an absolute masterwork from end to finish

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

I love everything about Kapustin’s playing of his compositions - definitely the reference recording to use for them. Although, a criticism I have is, while it may be because of the quality, there isn’t much dynamic range in his recordings. Take 11:52, where there is supposed to be a sudden from from f to p. In short, there isn’t - it took me trying out the passage and looking at the dynamic markings to realise that’s how it’s supposed to be played.

[@PeterKudelin]

yeah basically he's always in at least mf, but it's to be excused since he can get SO loud, and he also plays it so fast.

[@Xyriak]

Nice! good sonata

[@antoniomm2879]

Increíble Kapustin, genial.

[@marcellascarponi69]

Genius ❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@greatone777j]

Breathtaking. The ease and inner pulse of the music emerges with completely unabashed stylistic and structural intensity that is mind boggling.

[@PeterKudelin]

thanks for uploading this!!

[@alfredocastella]

16:09 ❤️

[@IzoMav]

what have I discovered!?!?!?!?!? wow

[@vir-music]

4th movement includes similar structure as in his prelude from op.40

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

Makes some sense - at least in terms of opus numbers, the prelude came immediately after this fourth movement.

[@gilchristhaas9865]

I regard Kapustin as the greatest “classical” piano composer since Ravel. But he played his own pieces so damned fast. They sound much better and “breathe” more about 2/3rds K’s tempos. He just must have had a very speedy internal metronome slash cognitive musical processor.

[@supasayajinsongoku4464]

probably just this recording and a few of his other earlier recordings. it seems hes amended these problems in his later recordings

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

5:20 did Kapustin use this in Daybreak later on?

[@user-ut2gc5jl8z]

Even in this tiny piece, which is a little reminiscent of Daybreak, one (second) note of the melody does not match.

[@ShaunakDesaiPiano]

@@user-ut2gc5jl8z Actually at 6:01, he uses exactly the notes of Daybreak.

[@9827george]

wonderful how you developed all these score videos. In the case of the first sonata I don't like Kapustin's own playing at all in its harshness and velocity. There is a wonderfully tender Interpretationen by Steven Osborn and a more passionate one by Kawakami and others aswell.

[@brospore7897]

Oh wow. I’ve not heard the Kawakami. But I’ve heard the Osborne as well as few others. Kapustins is by far my favorite. Hands down. The sound quality is lacking but I think his playing is great. Personal opinion of course. I think the Osborne is glacially slow in the first movement.

[@openendedthinking4033]

I can see why some classical musicians don't like jazz as that is what kapustin's interpretation sounds like. Constant tempo adherence and moving fluidly through the 'changes'. Funnily enough I think Kapustin himself would agree with you. There is an interview with him on KZbin where he wishes he had time to 'learn' his music.

[@terryss95]

@@openendedthinking4033 I bet my ass Kapustin was being sarcastic, just like how he mentioned to be better than J.S. Bach at componing Fugues since he made one in 5 voices (while knowing that Bach already composed Fugues in 5 voices)... one cannot possibly hear Kapustin's own way of playing his own works and say it lacks something, it makes no sense.

[@themoonfleesthroughclouds]

Ok