Piano Sonatas Nos. 7, 8

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Yefim Bronfman

Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 and 8 are solo piano sonatas by Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev, composed in 1942 and 1944 respectively. They exemplify Prokofiev's wartime modernist style, characterised by jagged rhythms, dissonant harmonies and virtuosic, percussive piano writing, and occupy a notable place in his mid-career output as intense explorations of drama and technical challenge.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 in B-flat major: I. Allegro inquieto
    8:15
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 in B-flat major: II. Andante caloroso
    6:57
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 in B-flat major: III. Precipitato
    3:23
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84 in B-flat major: I. Andante dolce
    14:38
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84 in B-flat major: II. Andante sognando
    4:12
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 84 in B-flat major: III. Vivace
    10:13

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