Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (Version 2), Op. 135

There is an abundance of fairy-tale characterisation in this first instalment of a promised complete survey of Prokofiev’s sonatas…And story-telling fantasy, conveyed with a seemingly infinite... — Gramophone Magazine, April 209 More…

With the three so-called ‘war’ sonatas 6, 7 and 8 covered in the two previous releases, you might think that the third instalment of Alexander Melnikov’s Prokofiev cycle is a mopping-up job.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

I’d wager there is room for this album in any Prokofiev collection...and the fact that it’s so well-played and well-recorded makes it all the more valuable. — MusicWeb International, 22nd April 2013 More…

On the evidence of this recording debut, Romanian pianist Alexandra Silocea is both musically tasteful and clearly devoted to Prokofiev's Sonatas. One rarely hears Prokofiev's often fiendish... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…