Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonatas Nos. 4-6
Piano Sonatas Nos. 4-6
Matti Raekallio, piano
Instrumental
Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish
Format:
CD
Released:
April 1991
Catalogue No.:
ODE 761-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195076121
CD
Released:
April 1991
Catalogue No.:
ODE 761-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195076121
62:01
Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 ("from the old notebooks")
17:36
1
I. Allegro molto sostenuto
5:36
2
II. Andante assai
8:16
3
III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiere
3:40
Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (original version), Op. 38
16:49
4
I. Allegro tranquillo
5:43
5
II. Andantino
5:43
6
III. Un poco allegretto
5:15
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 ("War Sonata I")
27:16
7
I. Allegro moderato
8:50
8
II. Allegretto
3:59
9
III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
7:31
10
IV. Vivace
6:44
This impeccably recorded disc is strongly recommended.
Arved Ashby, American Record Guide, July/August 1992
A discographic coup (...) that marks Raekallio as a major pianistic talent.
Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare Magazine, November/December 1991
Arved Ashby, American Record Guide, July/August 1992
A discographic coup (...) that marks Raekallio as a major pianistic talent.
Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare Magazine, November/December 1991
Matti Raekallio is one of Finland's foremost pianists and numbers among the most sought after pedagogues internationally. For this release, he also provided the liner notes.
The complete series is available as a boxed set (ODE947-3T), hailed by Fanfare Magazine in 1991 as, "the most proficient, intelligent and compelling Prokofiev sonata cycle I've heard!"
