Prokofiev - Piano Sonatas 3, 8 & 9
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2390
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 1st November 2019
Contents
Works
Piano Sonata no.3 in A minor, op.28Piano Sonata no.8 in B flat major, op.84
Piano Sonata no.9 in C major, op.103
Artists
Freddy Kempf (piano)Works
Piano Sonata no.3 in A minor, op.28Piano Sonata no.8 in B flat major, op.84
Piano Sonata no.9 in C major, op.103
Artists
Freddy Kempf (piano)About
Freddy Kempf has previously recorded four of the sonatas, released on BISCD1260 and BISSACD1820 to critical acclaim: ‘Kempf is joyfully exuberant, flashing through every savage challenge with the assurance and instinct of a born virtuoso’ (Gramophone). With this release, he adds another three sonatas to his discography, starting with Sonata no.3 in A minor which Prokofiev premièred in Petrograd in April 1918. Three weeks later he left Russia and only returned in 1936, after seventeen years spent in the USA, Germany and France. Premièred in 1944, Sonata no.8 is the third and last of the so-called ‘War Sonatas’ – possibly less virtuosic than its predecessors, it has a wide emotional range, with unexpected depths. His final, Ninth Sonata Prokofiev wrote for Sviatoslav Richter, saying: ‘Don’t think it’s intended to create an effect.’ Often almost improvisatory, it was the last work he completed before the infamous 1948 decrees that disciplined many Soviet composers, and the first performance did not take place until 1951.
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