Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 8, Scherzo - Mndoyants: Nocturne Nikita Mndoyants

• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29:
• 1 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29: I. Allegro molto sostenuto 06:06
• 2 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29: II. Andante assai 07:05
• 3 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 29: III. Allegro con brio ma non leggiere 03:48
• Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 100:
• 4 Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat, Op. 100: II. Allegro marcato (Transc. for Piano by Nikita Mndoyants) 08:08
• Nikita Mndoyants (b. 1989): Nocturne:
• 5 Mndoyants: Nocturne 08:44
• Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84:
• 6 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84: I. Andante dolce – Allegro moderato 15:05
• 7 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84: II. Andante sognando 04:18
• 8 Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84: III. Vivace 10:49
• Total Runtime 01:04:03

Info for Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 8, Scherzo - Mndoyants: Nocturne

Pianist Nikita Mndoyants devotes this recording to Prokofiev, whose music has accompanied him since his early days. Here he brings together the Fourth Sonata 'From Old Notebooks' and the Eighth, an integral part of the so-called 'War Sonatas', as well as an arrangement of the scherzo from the Fifth Symphony.

Nikita Mndoyants thus gives us an insight into the composer's different facets, and a measure of the richness of a language that combines exceptional virtuosity, a sense of enchantment and biting irony.

In counterpoint, Nikita Mndoyants records a Nocturne for piano written by himself, continuing the Russian tradition of pianist-composers and following in the footsteps of Russia's 'enfant terrible'.

Nikita Mndoyants, piano

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