Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 6 & 9

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Sviatoslav Richter

Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 6 & 9 is a set of solo piano sonatas by Sergei Prokofiev, composed between 1912 and 1947. Musically the works span his early experimental phase through wartime and late output, combining neoclassical forms, sharp dissonances, motoric rhythms and more introspective slow movements that chart the composer's development within 20th-century Russian modernism.
First released: 1992

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano sonata no. 2 op. 14: I. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
    6:59
  2. 2.
    Piano sonata no. 2 op. 14: II. Scherzo
    1:56
  3. 3.
    Piano sonata no. 2 op. 14: III. Andante
    5:21
  4. 4.
    Piano sonata no. 2 op. 14: IV. Vivace
    4:39
  5. 5.
    Piano sonata no. 6 op. 82: I. Allegro Moderato
    8:26
  6. 6.
    Piano sonata no. 6 op. 82: II. Allegretto
    3:50
  7. 7.
    Piano sonata no. 6 op. 82: III. Tempo Di Valze Lentissimo
    6:40
  8. 8.
    Piano sonata no. 6 op. 82: IV. Vivace
    6:30
  9. 9.
    Piano sonata no. 9 op. 103: I. Allegretto
    7:07
  10. 10.
    Piano sonata no. 9 op. 103: II. Allegro Strepitoso
    2:45
  11. 11.
    Piano sonata no. 9 op. 103: III. Andante Tranquillo
    2:03
  12. 12.
    Piano sonata no. 9 op. 103: IV. Allegro Con Brio, Ma Non Troppo Presto
    10:54

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