# Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4-6

> Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4-6 – Matti Raekallio. Ondine ODE 761-2, CD, released April 1991. This CD is the third volume in a cycle featuring Matti…

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- **Composer:** Sergei Prokofiev
- **Work(s):** Piano Sonatas Nos. 4-6
- **Performers:** Matti Raekallio, piano
- **Label:** Ondine
- **Catalogue no.:** ODE 761-2
- **Format:** CD
- **Release date:** 1 April 1991
- **EAN / UPC:** 0761195076121
- **Tracks:** 10, total 61:17
- **Genres:** Instrumental

## Track listing

**Sergei Prokofiev**

- *Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 ("from the old notebooks")*
1. I. Allegro molto sostenuto (5:36)
2. II. Andante assai (8:16)
3. III. Allegro con brio, ma non leggiere (3:40)
- *Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (original version), Op. 38*
4. I. Allegro tranquillo (5:43)
5. II. Andantino (5:43)
6. III. Un poco allegretto (5:15)
- *Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82 ("War Sonata I")*
7. I. Allegro moderato (8:50)
8. II. Allegretto (3:59)
9. III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo (7:31)
10. IV. Vivace (6:44)

## About this recording

This CD is the third volume in a cycle featuring Matti Raekallio with the complete piano sonatas by Sergei Prokofiev. It contains the sonatas nos. 4, 5 (original version op. 38 of 1923) & 6.

Matti Raekallio is one of Finland's foremost pianists and numbers among the most sought after pedagogues internationally. For this release, he also provided the liner notes.

The complete series is available as a boxed set (ODE947-3T), hailed by Fanfare Magazine in 1991 as, "the most proficient, intelligent and compelling Prokofiev sonata cycle I've heard!"

## Features

Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish

## Press

This impeccably recorded disc is strongly recommended.

Arved Ashby, American Record Guide, July/August 1992

A discographic coup (...) that marks Raekallio as a major pianistic talent.

Peter J. Rabinowitz, Fanfare Magazine, November/December 1991

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## Related pages

- [Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/composers/prokofiev-sergei.md)
- [Matti Raekallio, piano](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/raekallio-matti.md)

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