IDAGIO | Prokofiev, S.: Piano Music, Vol. 3 - Piano Sonatas Nos. 3 and 5 / 10 Pieces / Pensées / 4 Pieces 5709499393000

Featuring

Oleg Marshev
Sergei Prokofiev

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Historical Context

Prokofiev enthusiastically welcomed the February Revolution of 1917 but left Russia in May 1918 for a fifteen-year voluntary exile in the USA due to political turmoil.

Performer Biography

Oleg Marshev has won several international piano competitions, including First Prize in the 1988 "Pilar Bayona" and 1990 AMSA World Piano Competitions, and the Primo Premio Assoluto at the 1992 "Roma" competition.

Performer Biography

Oleg Marshev, the pianist, trained at the Gnesin School for Highly Gifted Children and the Moscow Conservatory, where he completed his Performance Doctorate with Honour.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Prokofiev's "Pensées" (Thoughts) Op. 62 are described as one of his most personal statements, being meditative and melancholy works with rambling forms and obscure harmonic treatments.

Composer Biography

Sergei Prokofiev, the composer, began sketching his first works at age six and composed an opera at age eight, including the music, subject matter, libretto, and stage direction.

Composer Biography

Prokofiev entered the St. Petersburg Conservatoire in 1904, graduating in 1914 with the Rubinstein Prize, the highest award for piano playing, for his own D-flat piano concerto.

Composition History

Prokofiev's 3rd Sonata, subtitled "From Old Notebooks," was started during his student years but set aside for about ten years before he returned to the sketches.