Stanchinsky Prelude

[naturlaut]

https://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=nYEm2f4w3GU&feature=channel_page

Prelude No. 1 from 3 Preludes (1907).  The others will be uploaded later.

[naturlaut]

Hmm... so no one likes Stanchinsky ...  Too dark?

[rachfan]

Hi naturlaut,

Actually I like this Stanchinsky piece.  This prelude has a late romantic flavor--dark and melancholy with a melody entwined with chromaticism and some beautiful modal shifts in the harmonies and accompanying figurations.  It seems to have a trace of Scriabin, yet the idiom is very individualistic too.  Thanks for performing this work by a little-known and neglected Russian composer.  Very nice playing!       

[naturlaut]

What I really wanted to play was the Sonata in Eb minor.  It's one of those romantic russian single-movement sonatas that is ultra effective in any concert environment. 

[rachfan]

Hi naturlaut,

Perhaps another day you could still give us that E flat minor sonata.  In the meantime, this prelude at least gives us a glimpse of this composer's style.