Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 5 - Visions fugitives
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SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas nos. 1, 3 & 5 - Visions fugitives
Alexander Melnikov (piano)
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 6 May 2022
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 nos. 1 and 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.
"With the three so-called 'war' sonatas 6, 7 and 8 covered in the two previous releases, you might think that the third instalment of Alexander Melnikov's Prokofiev cycle is a mopping-up job. But Melnikov is far too intelligent and imaginative a pianist not to make a special argument for each sonata." BBC Music Five Stars
