Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata no. 9 in C major, Op. 103 (1947)
1. i Allegretto
2. ii Allegro strepitoso
3. iii Andante tranquillo
4. iv Allegro con brio, ma non troppo presto
4 Etudes Op.2 (1909)
5. I Allegro
6. II Moderato
7. III Andante semplice
8. IV Presto energico
Pieces for Children (1904-5?)
9. I
10. II
Sarcasms, Op. 17 (1912-14)
11. I Tempestoso
12. II Allegro rubato
13. III Allegro precipitato
14. IV Smanioso
15. V Precipitosissimo
16. Toccata, Op. 11 (1912)
Sonatina, Op. 54, No. 1 (1932)
17. i Allegro moderato
18. ii Adagietto
19. iii Allegretto
Sonatina, Op. 54, No. 2 (1932)
20. i Allegro sostenuto
21. ii Andante amabile
22. iii Allegro, ma non troppo
Complete Piano Music Vol. 5 ©
The works featured on this recording span Prokofiev’s entire creative life, from the juvenilia of the “2 Pieces for Children”, written when the composer
was about 14 years of age, to his last completed piano sonata, composed in 1947 some six years before his death. Their relative lack of popularity with
both performers and audiences is curious however, for they still sum up the essential and most characteristic aspects of his work: from the non conformist outpourings of his student days, through the experimental and more introverted works of the 1930’s, to the spare textures and elusive works of his full maturity,
RELEASE DATE: AUGUSTR 1995
CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 395
EAN: 5709499395004
