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Quotes from Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer — Boris Berman

born 1948 Israel

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Many pages of Prokofiev’s oeuvre continue the important tradition of Russian music based on fairy tale–inspired imagery.

Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008)

One of the most winning characteristics of Prokofiev’s music is its indomitable energy. In expressing this quality, stability of tempo is particularly important.

Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008)

Prokofiev’s music is usually based on a firm sense of tonality. Whatever tonal uncertainty and ambiguity one experiences, mainly in developmental passages, they are mostly short-lived.

Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008)

Prokofiev had a particular talent for creating a fully identifiable mood within the first notes of a piece, passage, or theme.

Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008)

The piano plays a central role in Prokofiev’s oeuvre. Not only are his works for piano solo or piano with orchestra numerous, but they also rank among his more important compositions. The piano was the first instrument Prokofiev heard and the only one he mastered.

Prokofiev’s piano sonatas : a guide for the listener and the performer (2008)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Boris Berman (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.