{"product_id":"piano-sonatas-nos-4-7-9","title":"PROKOFIEV: PIANO SONATAS NOS.4 7 \u0026 9","description":"“This first volume in the complete cycle must already be given pride of place in the discography,” declared Classica Magazine upon the release of Prokofiev’s Sonatas nos. 2, 6, and 8 (awarded a ‘Choc’ in 2016).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  With this new volume, Alexandre Melnikov has chosen to delve into three distinct periods of the composer’s career, ranging from the dazzling though seldom-heard No. 4 to the magisterial No. 9.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  In between those two, the sonata no. 7 once again evokes the troubled atmosphere characteristic of the three so-called ‘war sonatas’. Sviatoslav Richter claimed to have learned the piece in a mere four days.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  -----\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  REVIEW:\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  The second instalment of Melnikov’s Prokofiev sonatas covers a kaleidoscope of temperaments. For all its vacillations, something in Melnikov’s choice of colours conveys an overall feeling of austerity and looming danger that is not quite like anyone else’s vision.Few pianists have come this close to Richter in making such a strong case for Nos. 4 \u0026amp; 9.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  – Gramophone","brand":"HARMONIA MUNDI","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50358862643480,"sku":"3149020938294","price":18.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3729040-2613610.jpg?v=1749873069","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/piano-sonatas-nos-4-7-9","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}