Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 3

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SOMM Recordings
Release Date
June 24, 2016
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
    • PERFORMER
      Peter Donohoe
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 24, 2016
    • UPC
      748871325920
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SOMMCD 259
    • LABEL
      SOMM Recordings
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    2. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    3. III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    4. IV. Vivace

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    5. I. Allegro inquieto - Poco meno - Andantino

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    6. II. Andante caloroso - Poco più animato - più largamente - Un poco agitato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    7. III. Precipitato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    8. I. Andante dolce - Allegro moderato - Andante dolce, come prima - Allegro

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    9. II. Andante sognando

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe

    10. III. Vivace - Allegro ben marcato - Andantino - Vivace, come prima

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Peter Donohoe


This release is the third and final installment in the critically-acclaimed recording of the complete Piano Sonatas of Sergei Prokofiev by pianist Peter Donohoe. This album is dedicated entirely to the ‘War Trilogy,’ which are three piano sonatas that Prokofiev composed consecutively during World War II. The pieces show the horrors and reflections of what Soviet Russia referred to as the “Great Patriotic War.” The central sonata in the trilogy, No. 7, is regarded by many as his most famous and brilliant piano work. The finale of the piece depicts the grit and ferocity of the Russian attacks on the Nazi army. Peter Donohoe has long been a masterful interpreter of Russian music. He first recorded the Seventh Sonata in 1982, then again in 1991. “Prokofiev was creating these major works throughout his career- all of them are major and some are still underrated and I am delighted to have had the chance of recording the complete cycle at last.” (Peter Donohoe)