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. All eight of Prokofiev's other piano sonatas were written in Russia.Boris Berman, Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer (Yale University Press, 2008), p. 102. The revisions to this piece, made in 1952–53 in Russia, are mostly in the last movement.Boris Berman, Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas: A Guide for the Listener and the Performer (Yale University Press, 2008), pp. 103–104.
Movements
The piano sonata has three movements:
References
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).