I think Orbilius Magister in his comment here below has a great idea: there is indeed something 'non-pianistic' in this strange but interesting Sonata, which hints at least for the possibility to play it on an organ. I hope an organist will take this challenge to transcribe it for an organ. Thanks for uploading this wonderful piece (no matter on which instrument it is played :) ) and wonderful performance.
Its composer remains extremely well-known, just not as a composer, but the author of fantastical tales (some of them ironically the basis for far better known works by other composers: Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker', Delibes, 'Coppelia', Offenbach, 'Tales of Hoffmann', etc)!
I think Orbilius Magister in his comment here below has a great idea: there is indeed something 'non-pianistic' in this strange but interesting Sonata, which hints at least for the possibility to play it on an organ. I hope an organist will take this challenge to transcribe it for an organ. Thanks for uploading this wonderful piece (no matter on which instrument it is played :) ) and wonderful performance.
What an amazing sonata! What a shame this piece of music and its composer is not well known nowadays...
Its composer remains extremely well-known, just not as a composer, but the author of fantastical tales (some of them ironically the basis for far better known works by other composers: Tchaikovsky's 'Nutcracker', Delibes, 'Coppelia', Offenbach, 'Tales of Hoffmann', etc)!
the intro sounds incredibly ahead of its time
Does it ? It sounds to me like sub-Beethoven
Try my idea: listen to it as if played on the organ. It would be an interesting transcription. What do you think?
Fugue begins at 0:26