Piano Sonatas 6, 7, 8

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Peter Donohoe

Piano Sonatas Nos 6, 7 and 8 are a set of piano sonatas by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, composed between 1939 and 1944. They are modernist works that combine percussive, motoric rhythms, angular dissonances and lyrical passages, and they occupy a central place in Prokofiev's middle-period output, reflecting the tensions of the wartime years and a development in his piano writing towards greater intensity and formal ambition.
First released: 17th March 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: I. Allegro moderato
    8:32
  2. 2.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: II. Allegretto
    4:58
  3. 3.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
    8:17
  4. 4.
    Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: IV. Vivace
    7:01
  5. 5.
    Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83: I. Allegro inquieto - Andantino
    8:30
  6. 6.
    Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83: II. Andante caloroso
    5:57
  7. 7.
    Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83: III. Precipitato
    3:44
  8. 8.
    Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84: I. Andante dolce - Allegro moderato - Andante, come prima - Allegro
    14:44
  9. 9.
    Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84: II. Andante sognando
    4:30
  10. 10.
    Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84: III. Vivace - Allegro ben marcato - Andantino - Vivace, come prima
    9:56

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