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Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Piano Sonatas
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From first electrifying note-punch to last, with so much poetry and poignancy in between, this is a tour de force of pianism highlighting what seems more than ever like the great sonata sequence... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2020, Editor's Choice
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Record Review, 8th February 2020, Record of the Week
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Recording of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Finalist - Instrumental
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2021, Winner - Instrumental
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one of the top pianists of our time…[Melnikov’s interpretations] are in a class of their own…given perfect clarity of inner lines and a refusal to lose intellectual grip even on the most tornado-like... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Disc of the month
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Giorgi Gigashvili Plays Prokofiev - With All My Breath and All My Blood
Giorgi Gigashvili (piano), Lisa Batiashvili (violin)
His booklet note makes explicit that Giorgi Gigashvili's take on Prokofiev's wartime sonatas is anything but technical challenges to be surmounted, his commitment palpable at every turn. —
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The unpredictable Pogorelich at his very best, accomplishing miracles of tone colour, refinement and control, with a coruscating final 'Scarbo'. The couplings are both piano sonatas: Prokofiev... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Formidably played and well recorded, it will alert even the most seasoned listener to the conflicting elements of Prokofiev's always "difficult", prickly and volatile nature...[Raekallio] plays... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Re-issue of the Month
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Putting my head above a parapet, I have to say that these performances of Prokofiev's three 'War' Sonatas...eclipse all others on record - even those tirelessly and justifiably celebrated performances... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2012, Editor's Choice
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