“Shostakovich, being the boss that he is, composed this surprisingly modern sonata when he was 20; the relentless pace of it inspired one of his teachers to call it a "sonata for metronome accompanied by the piano." Once you make it past the searing polytonality of the opening, things get dark. Like, way dark. The painting is Malevich's The Knifegrinder, 1912.”

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