Schnittke - Piano Sonata No.1 (1987) - mvt1

February 4th, 2003 (Other movements are also uploaded. Click on the 2nd movement link in the “Video Responses“ area.) This sonata was composed by Schnittke in 1987 and is dedicated to pianist Vladimir Feltsman, who was granted permission to immigrate to the US from Russia in the same year. This sonata was thus premiered in the US, with Feltsman at the piano. It was premiered in Russia in 1988 by Vasily Lobanov. Feltsman’s and Schnittke’s names are “encrypted“ into various motives of t