Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Alexander Melnikov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Harmonia Mundi
Catalogue: HMM902204
Release: 2022
Size: 797 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 1
02. Piano Sonata No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 28
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C Major, Op. 135 (1953 version)
03. I. Allegro tranquillo
04. II. Andantino
05. III. Un poco allegretto
Visions Fugitives, Op. 22
06. I. Lentamente
07. II. Andante
08. III. Allegretto
09. IV. Animato
10. V. Molto giocoso
11. VI. Con eleganza
12. VII. Pittoresco (Arpa)
13. VIII. Commodo
14. IX. Allegro tranquillo
15. X. Ridicolosamente
16. XI. Con vivacità
17. XII. Assai moderato
18. XIII. Allegretto
19. XIV. Feroce
20. XV. Inquieto
21. XVI. Dolente
22. XVII. Poetico
23. XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza
24. XIX. Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
25. XX. Lento irrealmente
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 No. 1 and No. 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.