Piano Sonata No. 4 (Prokofiev)

Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 (1917) is a sonata composed for solo piano. It was first performed by the composer on April 17, 1918, in Petrograd.^[1]^[2] The work was dedicated to Prokoviev's good friend Maximilian Schmidthof, whose suicide in 1913 shocked and saddened the composer.

Movements

Style

In his notes accompanying the full set of recordings of Prokofiev's sonatas by Boris Berman, David Fanning states the following:

Whether the restrained, even brooding quality of much of the Fourth Sonata relates in any direct way to Schmidthof's death is uncertain, but it is certainly striking that the first two movements both start gloomily in the piano's low register. Allegro molto sostenuto is the intriguing and apt marking for the first, in which a hesitant and uncertain mood prevails - the reverse of Prokofiev's usual self-confidence. The Andante assai second movement alternates between progressively more elaborate statements of the opening theme and a nostalgic lyrical episode reminiscent of a Rachmaninov Etude-tableau; finally the two themes are heard in combination. With the rumbustious finale Prokofiev seems to be feeling himself again. But for all the gymnastics with which the main theme is varied there is less showiness in this essentially rather introvert work than in any of the other piano sonatas.^[3]

References

↑ Sorensen, Sugi (2005). "The Prokofiev Page - Piano Sonata No 4 in C minor, Op 29". Allegro Media. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
↑ Berman, Boris. (2008). Prokofiev's piano sonatas: a guide for the listener and the performer. ISBN 978-0-300-11490-4.
↑ Fanning, David (1999). “Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas.” In Prokofiev: Complete Piano Sonatas (pp.7-8) [CD booklet]. Colchester: Chandos Records.

External links

Prokofiev's Sonata No. 4 on Classical Connect.
Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Video - Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 4 - Complete (16:30).
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 4 in C minor, Opus 29 (1917).

Sergei Prokofiev

Operas

Ballets

Ala i Lolli
Chout
Trapeze
Le pas d'acier
The Prodigal Son
On the Dnieper
Romeo and Juliet (Montagues and Capulets)
Cinderella
The Tale of the Stone Flower

Symphonies

Concertos

Piano	Piano Concerto No. 1 in D♭ major Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major Piano Concerto No. 4 in B♭ major Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major Piano Concerto No. 6 (unfinished)

Other	Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor Cello Concerto in E minor Symphony-Concerto for Cello in E minor Cello Concertino in G minor (unfinished)

Sonatas	Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (orig & rev) Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major Piano Sonata No. 7 in B♭ major ("Stalingrad") Piano Sonata No. 8 in B♭ major Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major Piano Sonata No. 10 (unfinished) Piano Sonata No. 11 (unrealized)

Other	Toccata in D minor Visions fugitives March and Scherzo from The Love for Three Oranges Three Pieces from War and Peace Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet Three Pieces & Six Pieces & Ten Pieces from Cinderella

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Piano sonatas by Sergei Prokofiev

No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28 No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 No. 5 in C major, Op. 38 No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 No. 7 in B♭ major, Op. 83 No. 8 in B♭ major, Op. 84 No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 No. 5 in C major (revised), Op. 135 No. 10 in E minor, Op. 137 (unfinished) No. 11, Op. 138 (unrealised)

List of compositions by Sergei Prokofiev

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