Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6-8 'The War Sonatas'
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
Intellect is central: I've never heard so much revelatory detail in Prokofiev's triptych of dark and painful masterpieces. Kozhukhin has a way of bringing out the detail of the inner parts...that...
Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 6-8 'The War Sonatas'
Denis Kozhukhin (piano)
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Intellect is central: I've never heard so much revelatory detail in Prokofiev's triptych of dark and painful masterpieces. Kozhukhin has a way of bringing out the detail of the inner parts...that...
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"Dynamite, explosive and volatile, phenomenal… performance of such rare quality" - these are just some of the superlatives used to describe Denis Kozhukhin’s Prokofiev interpretations. His is a name to watch out for.
The debut recording from a young Russian pianist who wowed the public and critics with his recent Prokofiev piano concerto cycle with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, he embarks upon a recital tour to Japan in January, playing repertoire that includes the complete Prokofiev piano sonatas.
In May 2013 Denis Kozhukhin will perform Sonatas 6–8 at the South Bank Centre’s The Rest is Noise festival. He won the coveted first prize at the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Belgium in 2010 and is now in demand with many leading orchestras.
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Awards and reviews
May 2013
Intellect is central: I've never heard so much revelatory detail in Prokofiev's triptych of dark and painful masterpieces. Kozhukhin has a way of bringing out the detail of the inner parts...that highlights the drama instead of distracting from it...somehow Kozhukin does pull all the strands together in the great parade of the Eighth's concluding vivace, a stunning tour de force at the end of an always thought-provoking trilogy.
17th January 2013
[Kozhukhin] is clearly a formidable pianist with strong interpretative ideas to match his fine technique...If Kozhukhin never quite matches [Pollini's 1971] performances he is an impressively reliable guide to the works in his own right.
