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Konstantin Eiges (1875-1950) was a Taneyev student and friend of Rachmaninoff and Medtner; the second of his two Sonate-Poemi, both single-movement works, opened in Rachmanoffian brooding, clouded with chromatic uncertainty, before ramping up a gear into a flowing, dramatic allegro moderato, the full textures growing more and more passionate, spinning off some of its energy in Scriabinesque trills. Plainly an oeuvre to explore. |