Piano Sonatas nos. 6-8

Album by Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev & Severin von Eckardstein

Piano Sonatas Nos. 6–8 are a set of three piano sonatas by Sergei Prokofiev, composed between 1940 and 1944. They are often grouped as the "War Sonatas" and are characterised by driving rhythms, jagged dissonances, stark lyricism and percussive piano writing that reflect the tensions of the wartime period and mark a mature, intense phase in Prokofiev's output.
First released: 27th August 2021

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: I. Allegro moderato
    8:25
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: II. Allegretto
    4:40
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
    6:31
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata no. 6 in A major, op. 82: IV. Vivace
    6:55
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83: I. Allegro inquieto
    8:19
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83: II. Andante caloroso
    7:08
  7. 7.
    Piano Sonata no. 7 in B-flat major, op. 83: III. Preciptato
    3:50
  8. 8.
    Piano Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84: I. Andante dolce
    15:18
  9. 9.
    Piano Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84: II. Andante sognando
    4:16
  10. 10.
    Piano Sonata no. 8 in B-flat major, op. 84: III. Vivace
    10:12