I quite agree! Currently revising my fingering of the 2nd sonata, I can only say that the first is much easier to finger. Like in the majority of R.'s piano music there are lots of plain and arpeggiated chords (with occasional „voicing“ tasks in the last mvt.), but the piece is generally much more straightforward, of enormous length, though, so it demands an enormous endurance.isokani wrote:No, I'm afraid I don't. I played the piece quite a few times this year, having learned it for the first time over Christmas and New Year. The first time was terrifying. If there any particular bits you find intractable, just ask. Slow practice did it for me - usually does! There's nothing in there that's really unplayable or which doesn't fit under the hands from my point of view, it's just the relentless hard work!
I have a decent (rare!) recording by Albert Ferber.