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PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos. 1,3 & 5 Visions fugitives - Alexander Melnikov

PROKOFIEV Piano Sonatas Nos. 1,3 & 5 Visions fugitives - Alexander Melnikov

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In this third and final volume of his complete recording of the Prokofiev sonatas, Alexander Melnikov explores two highly contrasted facets of the young prodigy. The dazzling Sonatas nos. 1 and 3 sweep aside the codes of the period, unlike the more enigmatic and eminently subtle Sonata no.5, heard here in the revised version Prokofiev made in the last years of his life. In the coupling, the Visions fugitives, the Russian pianist realises to perfection the mixture of brilliance and poetry that gives this cycle its peculiar charm.

SERGEY PROKOFIEV [1891-1953]
· Sonata No.1 Op.1
F minor/Fa mineur/f-Moll
Allegro - Meno mosso - Allegro - Più mosso - Meno mosso (7'32)
· Sonata No.3 Op.28
"From the Old Notebooks/D'après des vieux cahiers/Aus alten Skizzenbüchern"
A minor/La mineur/a-Moll
Allegro tempestoso - Moderato - Allegro tempestoso - Moderato - Più lento - Più animato - Allegro I - Poco più mosso (7'14)
Sonata No.5 (1953 version) Op.135
C major/Do majeur/C-Dur
· I. Allegro tranquillo (5'35)
· II. Andantino (3'23)
· III. Un poco allegretto (4'52)
Visions fugitives Op.22
· I. Lentamente (1'12)
· II. Andante (1'02)
· III. Allegretto (0'57)
· IV. Animato (0'52)
· V. Molto giocoso (0'23)
· VI. Con eleganza (0'31)
· VII. Pittoresco (Arpa) (1'21)
· VIII. Commodo (1'02)
· IX. Allegro tranquillo (0'59)
· X. Ridicolosamente (1'00)
· XI. Con vivacità (1'02)
· XII. Assai moderato (1'08)
· XIII. Allegretto (0'51)
· XIV. Feroce (1'01)
· XV. Inquieto (0'46)
· XVI. Dolente (1'44)
· XVII. Poetico (1'00)
· XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza (1'25)
· XIX. Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato (0'40)
· XX. Lento irrealmente (2'06)

 

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