Piano Sonata No. 5 (Prokofiev) Explained

Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major, Op. 38, was written at Ettal near Oberammergau in the Bavarian Alps during the composer's stay there in 1923. He would revise it thirty years later, at the end of his life, but not drastically, as his Opus 135, and it is this version that is usually played. The work is dedicated it to Pierre Souvtchinski, a musicologist and friend.^{[1] [2]} All eight of Prokofiev's other piano sonatas were written in Russia.^[3] The revisions to this piece, made in 1952–53 in Russia, are mostly in the last movement.^[4]

Movements

1. Allegro tranquillo
2. Andantino
3. Un poco allegretto

External links

• • • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 – Complete (16:27).
• Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Opus 38 (1923).
  • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1923) mvt 1 (05:36).
  • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1923) mvt 2 (03:56).
  • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1923) mvt 3 (04:38).
• Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Opus 135 (1952–53).
  • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1952-53) mvt 1 (06:22).
  • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1952-53) mvt 2 (04:41).
  • Video – Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 5 (1952-53) mvt 3 (05:32).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sorensen . Sugi . The Prokofiev Page – Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Op 38 . 2005 . Allegro Media . 9 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522021320/http://www.prokofiev.org/catalog/work.cfm?WorkID=90 . 22 May 2011 .
2. Web site: Sorensen . Sugi . The Prokofiev Page – Piano Sonata No 5 in C major, Op 135 . 2005 . Allegro Media . 9 April 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110522021325/http://www.prokofiev.org/catalog/work.cfm?WorkID=91 . 22 May 2011 .
3. Boris Berman, Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer (Yale University Press, 2008), p. 102.
4. Boris Berman, Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer (Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 103–104.