Performers: Daniela de Santis / Giampaolo Nuti The Sonatina for Piano Four Hands dates from around 1995 and is dedicated ‘To grandmother Irina and granddaughter Irina’, Schnittke’s wife and granddaughter. The score is neater and less ambiguous than those of the Symphony No. 9 and Viola Concerto No. 2, suggesting that the composer may have been assisted: An earlier date is unlikely, as Schnittke’s granddaughter only turned 7 in 1995 (Kholopova 2003, 59). The work is in a Neoclassical Biedermeier style, suggesting music for domestic performance. The single movement is in C major and a strict sonata form, although the second subject is in E minor. Allegro moderato is given in the manuscript, but in brackets and with a question mark. An mp indication is also given in brackets at the start, though this does not appear in the Sikorski first edition. The fermata before the coda in the Sikorski edition does not appear in the autograph. A numeral ‘I’ is written at the head of the manuscript, suggesting further movements were planned. The eight-bar coda appears on a separate sheet, and the previous page ends with a seemingly conclusive double bar, so the coda may have been added when the composer decided to leave the work as a single movement. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjNd3Gu1Lwk