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Topic: Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?  (Read 13682 times)

Offline scherzo123

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Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?
on: July 21, 2012, 07:42:46 PM
I like Prokofiev ;D . Anybody have favorites?
Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13
Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
Chopin Scherzo Op.31
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Re: Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?
Reply #1 on: July 21, 2012, 11:02:59 PM
Piano concerto's two and three
Live large, die large.  Leave a giant coffin.

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Re: Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?
Reply #2 on: July 21, 2012, 11:08:40 PM
I have a lot of favorites by Prokofiev, but I'll narrow it down to my top five (in no particular order).

Etude op. 2 no. 4
Allemande op. 12
Scherzo op. 12
Piano Sonata no. 4 mov. 3
Sarcasm no. 1

My favorites change a lot though, so I bet they'll be different in a few days.  8)

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Re: Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?
Reply #3 on: July 21, 2012, 11:39:22 PM
Piano concerto no. 2, definitely. The moment when the brass comes back in after the cadenza is among the most awe-inspiring things I've ever heard. I wish I could recreate the first time I heard it without knowing what was going to happen. It was a beautiful feeling.

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Re: Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?
Reply #4 on: July 22, 2012, 02:46:37 PM
Anybody else?
Bach Prelude and Fugue BWV848
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.13
Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
Chopin Scherzo Op.31
Mussorgsky "The Great Gate of Kiev" from Pictures at an Exhibition

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Re: Favorite Prokofiev Piano Pieces?
Reply #5 on: July 22, 2012, 07:20:06 PM
a very popular and frequently played (though perhaps not frequently played very well) excerpt form his transcription

love this piece.
Lise de la Salle prokofiev Romeo & Juliet op.75 Montagues


the first sonata is great, very early before he really 'found his sound' still a very beautiful work
first mvnt ex
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