
Sergei Prokofiev
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Visions fugitives
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Visions fugitives

Matti Raekallio, piano

Instrumental

Booklet with liner notes in English and Finnish
Format:
CD
Released:
July 1989
Catalogue No.:
ODE 729-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195072929
CD
Released:
July 1989
Catalogue No.:
ODE 729-2
EAN/UPC Code:
0761195072929

61:25
Visions fugitives, Op. 22
26:01
1
I. Lentamente
1:11
2
II. Andante
1:25
3
III. Allegretto
1:04
4
IV. Animato
0:54
5
V. Molto giocoso
0:19
6
VI. Con eleganza
0:27
7
VII. (Arpa) Pittoresco
1:59
8
VIII. Commodo
1:42
9
IX. Allegretto tranquillo
1:05
10
X. Ridicolosamente
0:58
11
XI. Con vivacità
1:06
12
XII. Assai moderato
1:14
13
XIII. Allegretto
0:49
14
XIV. Feroce
1:01
15
XV. Inquieto
0:41
16
XVI. Dolente
2:21
17
XVII. Poetico
1:33
18
XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza
1:57
19
XIX. Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
0:40
20
XX. Lento irrealmente
2:57
21
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1
7:52
Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14
18:35
22
I. Allegro, ma non troppo
6:23
23
II. Scherzo (Allegro marcato)
1:58
24
III. Andante
5:46
25
IV. Vivace
4:20
26
Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 ("from the old notebooks")
8:25
This is one of the most faithful piano recordings I've heard for years.
Arved Ashby, American Record Guide, November/December 1990
Arved Ashby, American Record Guide, November/December 1990
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!"