With this new volume, pianist Alexander Melnikov shows us three distinct periods of Prokofiev’s career, ranging from the dazzling though seldom-heard Sonata No. 4, to the magisterial Sonata No. 9.
In between those two, the sonata no. 7 once again evokes the troubled atmosphere characteristic of the three so-called ‘war sonatas’.
Pianist Sviatoslav Richter claimed to have learned the piece in a mere four days.
Here is Mr. Melnikov in Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata #2:
