Piano sonata in D-minor

Hello,

Here is a sound file (computer generated) of my first piano sonata (in D-minor). I wrote most of it many years ago, but now I had some spare time to review and improve it.

The piece consists of three movements, in a classical style. Unfortunately I cannot provide you with the score for the moment (there are still a number of  issues), but in any case, I would be grateful if you could listen to it and provide me with your opinion.

Best regards.   

Listened to the whole thing in one sitting... delightful! The lyricism was apparent throughout—in fact, it reminded me of Gilbert & Sullivan quite a bit—and you turned the dial back and forth between minor and major modalities. I enjoyed the leitmotifs that popped up in each movement (or at least the first and last). I also found the unobtrusiveness of the piece relaxing and tasteful.

All in all, an elegant and refined work. Thank you for sharing.

Wow, it sounds totally awesome for me. I loved it !

On 5/13/2020 at 5:03 PM, Tónskáld said:

Listened to the whole thing in one sitting... delightful! The lyricism was apparent throughout—in fact, it reminded me of Gilbert & Sullivan quite a bit—and you turned the dial back and forth between minor and major modalities. I enjoyed the leitmotifs that popped up in each movement (or at least the first and last). I also found the unobtrusiveness of the piece relaxing and tasteful.

All in all, an elegant and refined work. Thank you for sharing.

 

On 5/13/2020 at 5:38 PM, Barcarolle said:

Wow, it sounds totally awesome for me. I loved it !

 

Thank you very much Jörfi for listening to the whole piece and I really appreciate your comments. I am very glad that you liked it.  It was one of my early compositions and I was actually quite satisfied with it when I wrote it. However, I knew that I had to make a number of amendments, but left it in the drawer for many years. Now, during this corona pandemic, I have more time to finish and improve my older works.  I don´t know if there would be any interest to see the score. In that case, I could upload it in due time.

Also Barcarolle, Thank you for listening and I am glad that you enjoyed it!

This is without doubt above average quality, I can't put a finger exactly in which style is this music in, I personally like it. It seems a mixture of late classic period with romantic influences of brahms for example, I don't know. You sure write very well! I like it a lot

On 5/16/2020 at 12:20 AM, antimusicale said:

This is without doubt above average quality, I can't put a finger exactly in which style is this music in, I personally like it. It seems a mixture of late classic period with romantic influences of brahms for example, I don't know. You sure write very well! I like it a lot

 

Thanks a lot, antimusicale, for your feedback. I am glad that you like the piece. It is indeed a sort of late romantic style. At the time I wrote it,  I was particularly influenced by Beethoven, Schubert and, in fact Brahms( impressive that you noticed this!) . It is always difficult to specify influences from other composers. These things pop up randomly.

Thats delightful!

It reminds me of Schubert's style, with simple and lovely melodic lines and rich harmony with lots of infletions. You master very good exploring a variety of textures and variations on simple motifs. Very consistent job 😉

On 5/17/2020 at 5:25 PM, Guillem82 said:

Thats delightful!

It reminds me of Schubert's style, with simple and lovely melodic lines and rich harmony with lots of infletions. You master very good exploring a variety of textures and variations on simple motifs. Very consistent job 😉

 

Thank you very much for your feedback! You are correct about Schubert´s style, he is in fact one of my favourite composers, and obviously, it seems that I cannot avoid to be influenced by him. 

I found your remark about simple motifs interesting. I try to keep my motifs/melodies simple ( but I do not always succeed so well). It can be dangerous to load a piece of music with a lot of different melodies. There is a risk that it becomes both confusing and boring. And when you think of it: Some of the most beautiful music, created by the best composers was based on only one, extremely simple motif.   

Schubert is also one of my favourite composers. He admire both Mozart and Beethoven, who influenced his music, but definitely has his own style. 

I agree, using many ideas in one piece isnt good, exploring and transforming one single idea makes it much more interesting :)