Schumann: Sonata No. 1 in F sharp minor, ( Perahia)

A sonata which illustrates beautifully Schumanns narrative approach to the form, featuring typically vivid flights of fantasy bound together by the device of a falling perfect 5th. The falling 5th is first heard in the LH in the introduction and is highlighted at 1:17 and 1:23, before it opens the main body of 1st movement 2:37 (with constant recurrences 2:56, 3:00 etc). The 2nd movement unfolds over a sustained 5th in the bass, while the melody is punctuated by falling 5ths in the LH 12:56, 13:03,