Prokofiev

@& Sergey Prokofiev Country Birth Death Period Composition Types

Russia Apr 23, 1891 in Sontsovka, Russia Mar 5, 1953 in Moscow, Russia Modern All Works (175) Keyboard Music (47) Orchestral Music (40) Chamber Music (15) Vocal Music (13) Choral Music (13) Concerto (10) Opera (8) Symphony (8) Film Music (7) Ballet Music (7) Band Music (3)

In breathing new life into the symphony, sonata, and concerto, Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) emerged as one of the truly original musical voices of the twentieth century. Bridging the worlds of pre-Revolutionary Russia and the Stalinist Soviet Union, Prokofiev enjoyed a successful worldwide career as composer and pianist. As in the case of most other Soviet-era composers, his creative life and his music came to suffer under the duress of official Party strictures. Still, despite the detrimental personal and professional effects of such outside influences, Prokofiev continued until the end of his career to produce music marked by a singular skill, inventiveness, and élan. Prokofiev's earliest renown came as a result of both his formidable pianistic technique and the works he wrote to exploit it. After producing a prodigious quantity of juvenilia, Prokofiev sprang onto the Russian musical scene with works like the Toccata, Op. 12 (1912) and Sarcasms, Op. 17 (1912 - 14). While Prokofiev continued to produce character pieces like Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (1915 17) and Music for Children, Op. 65 (1935), it is his piano sonatas that constitute his most important contribution to the solo piano repertoire. The ten sonatas (some of which remain incomplete, some of which were extensively reworked into alternate versions) remain a virtual catalogue of the composer's development through the course of six decades. As important as the sonatas are Prokofiev's five piano concerti, of which the Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 (1917 - 21) has remained the most

consistent concert staple. Though the Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat, Op. 53 is something of an unfamiliar oddity to most audiences -- it was written for one-handed pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who disliked its modernistic tendencies and never played it -- it deserves to take a place alongside Maurice Ravel's Concerto for the Left Hand (1929 - 31) as one of the most important examples of its kind. Prokofiev's concerti for other instruments - -especially the Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (1935) - -are likewise recognized as masterpieces of their respective genres. Prokofiev's orchestral catalogue is distinguished by a wide variety of works, from the tremendously popular suites adapted from his operas, ballets, and film scores -- of which The Love for Three Oranges (1919), Lieutentant Kijé (1934), and Cinderella (1946) are the most beloved -- to the composer's seven mature symphonies, which collectively form one of the pillars of the twentieth-century symphonic repertoire. The orchestra-accompanied narration Peter and the Wolf (1936), undoubtedly the most widely known of the composer's works, is a seminal entry in the limited repertoire of concert music "for children." The composer's last creative efforts were directed largely toward the production of "patriotic" and "national" works, typified by the cantata Flourish, Mighty Homeland (1947), and yet Prokofiev also continued to produce worthy if lesser-known works like the underrated ballet The Stone Flower (1943). In a rather bitter coincidence, Prokofiev died on March 5, 1953, the same day as Joseph Stalin. -- Michael Rodman All Works (175)

Chamber Music (15) 19?? Eleonora, for harp 19?? Serenade for violin & piano Sonata for cello solo in C sharp minor, Op. 195? 134 (completed by Vladimir Blok) 1912 Ballade for cello & piano in C minor, Op. 15 Humoresque Scherzo for 4 bassoons, Op. 12 1915 bis Overture on Hebrew Themes, for clarinet, 1919 string quartet, & piano, Op. 34 Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, & 1924 double bass in G minor, Op. 39 1925 Melodies (5) for violin & piano, Op. 35 bis 1930 String Quartet No. 1 in B minor, Op. 50 1932 Sonata for 2 violins in C major, Op. 56 1941 1943 1944 1947 1949

String Quartet No. 2 in F major ("Kabardinian"), Op. 92 Sonata for flute (or violin) & piano in D major, Op. 94 Adagio for cello & piano (arr. from Cinderella, Op. 87), Op. 97bis Sonata for violin solo in D major, Op. 115 Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 119

Harp Solo Violin with Keyboard Cello Solo Cello with Keyboard Quartet for Four Woodwind Instruments Mixed Chamber Ensemble with Keyboard Quintet for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard Violin with Keyboard Quartet for Four String Instruments Duo for Two String Instruments Quartet for Four String Instruments Flute Solo/Sonata Cello with Keyboard Violin Solo Cello with Keyboard

Keyboard Music (47) Keyboard Work with Descriptive or Unclassified Title 1896 -1908 Juvenilia for piano Music for Keyboard 20th/21st Century Sonata for violin & piano No. 1 in F 1938 -1946 Sonata/Sonatina for Keyminor, Op. 80 board Keyboard Work Entitled 1906 -1913 Pieces (10) for piano, Op. 12 "Piece" or "Stück" 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major ("War 1939 -1944 Sonata/Sonatina for KeySonata 3"), Op. 84 board 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major ("War 1939 -1942 Sonata/Sonatina for KeySonata 2/Stalingrad"), Op. 83 board Keyboard Work with De1912 -1914 Sarcasms (5), for piano, Op. 17 scriptive or Unclassified Title Keyboard Work with De1915 -1917 Visions fugitives (20), for piano, Op. 22 scriptive or Unclassified Title 1904 -1905 Allegretto for piano in A minor Music for Keyboard Keyboard Work with De1933 -1934 Pensées (3), for piano, Op. 62 scriptive or Unclassified Title 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (Version 1952 -1953 Sonata/Sonatina for Key2), Op. 135 board 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major ("War 1939 -1940 Sonata/Sonatina for KeySonata 1"), Op. 82 board Keyboard Work Entitled 1933 -1934 Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 59 "Piece" or "Stück" Pieces (3) for piano (from the opera War Keyboard Work Entitled 1941 -1942 & Peace), Op. 96 "Piece" or "Stück" 1930 -1931 Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 52 Transcription for Keyboard Sonatina for piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 1931 -1932 Music for Keyboard 54/1 Sonatina for piano No. 2 in G major, Op. 1931 -1932 Music for Keyboard 54/2 20th/21st Century 1931 -1932 Sonatinas (2) for piano, Op. 54 Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard Transcriptions from Rimsky-Korsakov's Prelude and Fugue for Key19?? Sheherazade, for piano board 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor ("From 1907/17 Sonata/Sonatina for KeyOld Notebooks"), Op. 28 board 1908/17 Piano Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29 20th/21st Century Vivo for piano in G minor

190? 195? 1907/09 1908 1909 ca. 1910 1911 1912 1912 1913 1918 1918 1920 1920 1922 1923 1928 1935 1937 1938 1938 1942 1943 1944

Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard Scherzo for piano in D major Scherzo for Keyboard 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 10 in C minor, Op. 137 Sonata/Sonatina for Key(fragment) board 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 1 Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 4 Music for Keyboard Etudes (4) for piano, Op. 2 Etude for Keyboard Dance-Based Keyboard Dumka for piano Music Keyboard Work Entitled Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 3 "Piece" or "Stück" 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14 Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard Toccata for piano in C major, Op. 11 Toccata for Keyboard Prelude in C major for piano (or harp), Music for Keyboard Op. 12/7 Keyboard Work Entitled Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 32 "Piece" or "Stück" Keyboard Work with DeTales of an Old Grandmother, for piano, scriptive or Unclassified Op. 31 Title Prelude and Fugue in D minor for piano Prelude and Fugue for Key(trans. from Buxtehude) board Waltzes (trans. from Schubert), for piano Waltz for Keyboard (or 2 pianos) March & Scherzo for piano, Op. 33 ter (arr. from The Love for Three Oranges, Transcription for Keyboard Op. 33) 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (Version Sonata/Sonatina for Key1), Op. 38 board Keyboard Work with DeThings in Themselves (Choses en soi), scriptive or Unclassified for piano, Op. 45 Title Keyboard Work with DeMusic for Children, 12 easy pieces for piscriptive or Unclassified ano, Op. 65 Title Romeo and Juliet, 10 pieces for piano, Transcription for Keyboard Op. 75 Divertissement for piano, Op. 43 bis Music for Keyboard Gavotte for piano (arr. from Hamlet, Op. Gavotte for Keyboard 77), Op. 77 bis Pieces (3) for piano (from the ballet Transcription for Keyboard Cinderella), Op. 95 Pieces (10) for piano (from the ballet Transcription for Keyboard Cinderella), Op. 97 Pieces (6) for piano (from the ballet Transcription for Keyboard

Cinderella), Op. 102 1944 1947

20th/21st Century Sonata for violin & piano No. 2 in D maSonata/Sonatina for Keyjor, Op. 94 bis board 20th/21st Century Piano Sonata No. 9 in C major, Op. 103 Sonata/Sonatina for Keyboard

Orchestral Music (40) 20th/21st Century Orchestral Music 20th/21st Century Incid1937 -1938 Hamlet, incidental music, Op. 77 ental Music for Orchestra 20th/21st Century Or1914 -1915 Scythian Suite, for orchestra, Op. 20 chestral Music 20th/21st Century Or1910/15/34 Autumnal Sketch, for orchestra, Op. 8 chestral Music Overture in B flat major ("American"), for 17 20th/21st Century 1926/28 instruments (or orchestra), Op. 42 Overture The Love for Three Oranges, suite for or20th/21st Century Or1919/24 chestra, Op. 33 bis chestral Music 1909 Sinfonietta for orchestra in A major, Op. 5 Sinfonietta 20th/21st Century Or1910 Dreams, symphonic poem, Op. 6 chestral Music Chout (The Tale of the Buffoon), suite from 20th/21st Century Or1920 the ballet for orchestra, Op. 21 bis chestral Music Le pas d'acier (The Steel Step), suite for or- 20th/21st Century Or1926 chestra, Op. 41 bis chestral Music The Prodigal Son, suite for orchestra, Op. 46 20th/21st Century Or1929 bis chestral Music 1929 Sinfonietta for orchestra in A major, Op. 48 Sinfonietta Andante for orchestra, Op. 50 bis (arr. from 20th/21st Century Or1930 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 50) chestral Music Portraits (4) and Dénoument, suite for or20th/21st Century Or1931 chestra (from the opera The Gambler), Op. 49 chestral Music 20th/21st Century Or1933 Symphonic Song, for orchestra, Op. 57 chestral Music Andante for orchestra, Op. 29 bis (arr. from 20th/21st Century Or1934 Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29) chestral Music Overture on Hebrew Themes, for orchestra, 20th/21st Century 1934 Op. 34 bis Overture 20th/21st Century Incid1936 Boris Godunov, incidental music, Op. 70 bis ental Music for Orchestra 20th/21st Century Incid1936 Eugene Onegin, incidental music, Op. 71 ental Music for Orchestra Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1 for orchestra, 20th/21st Century Or1936 Op. 64 bis chestral Music 1925 -1929 Divertissement for orchestra, Op. 43

1936 1936 1938 1941 1941 1941 1945 1946 1946 1946 1946 1946 1947 1949 1950 1951 1951 1951 1951 1962

Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, 20th/21st Century OrOp. 64 ter chestral Music 20th/21st Century Russian Overture, for orchestra, Op. 72 Overture Egyptian Nights, symphonic suite, Op. 61 Orchestral Music Semyon Kotko, suite for orchestra, Op. 81 20th/21st Century Orbis chestral Music 20th/21st Century OrSummer Day, suite for orchestra, Op. 65 bis chestral Music 20th/21st Century OrThe Year 1941, suite for orchestra, Op. 90 chestral Music Ode to the End of the War, for winds, 8 harps, 4 pianos, brass, percussion, & double Orchestral Music basses, Op. 105 20th/21st Century OrCinderella, Suite No. 1 for orchestra, Op. 107 chestral Music 20th/21st Century OrCinderella, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 108 chestral Music 20th/21st Century OrCinderella, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, Op. 109 chestral Music Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 3 for orchestra, 20th/21st Century OrOp. 101 chestral Music Waltz Suite, for orchestra, Op. 110 Waltz for Orchestra Thirty Years (Festive Poem for the 30th An20th/21st Century Orniversary of November 1917), for orchestra, chestral Music Op. 113 20th/21st Century OrPushkin Waltzes (2), for orchestra, Op. 120 chestral Music 20th/21st Century OrSummer Night, suite for orchestra, Op. 123 chestral Music Gypsy Fantasy, for orch, Op. 127 (arr. from 20th/21st Century OrThe Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118) chestral Music Ural Rhapsody, Op. 128 (arr. from The Tale of 20th/21st Century Orthe Stone Flower, Op. 118) chestral Music The Volga meets the Don, festive poem for 20th/21st Century Ororchestra, Op. 130 chestral Music Wedding Suite, for orchestra, Op. 126 (from 20th/21st Century Orthe ballet The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. chestral Music 118) Pushkiniana, for orchestra (compiled by Orchestral Music Gennady Rozhestvensky)

Concerto (10) 1933 -1938 1917 -1921 1911 -1912 1931

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58

Cello Concerto

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Piano Concerto

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10

Piano Concerto

Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55

Piano Concerto

-1932 1916 -1917 1912 13/23 1931 1935 1952 1952

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Violin Concerto

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16

Piano Concerto

Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major (for the left hand), Op. 53 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Concertino for cello & orchestra in G minor, Op. 132 Sinfonia Concertante for cello & orchestra in E minor, Op. 125

Concerto for Piano One Hand Violin Concerto Cello Concerto Cello Concerto

Symphony (8) 1916 -1917 1924 -1925 1928 1929 -1930 1944 1944 -1947 1947 1951 -1952

Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Op. 20th/21st Century 25 Symphony 20th/21st Century Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40 Symphony 20th/21st Century Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44 Symphony Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 47 (first ver- 20th/21st Century sion) Symphony 20th/21st Century Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 Symphony 20th/21st Century Symphony No. 6 in E flat minor, Op. 111 Symphony Symphony No. 4 in C major, Op. 112 (second 20th/21st Century version) Symphony 20th/21st Century Symphony No. 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 131 Symphony

Film Music (7) 1933 -1934 Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60 Film Music 1936 Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), film score, Op. 70 Film Music 1938 Alexander Nevsky, film score Film Music 1941 Lermontov, film score Film Music 1942 The Partisans in the Ukrainian Steppes, film score Film Music 1942 Tonya, film score Film Music 1942 -1945 Ivan the Terrible, film score, Op. 116 Film Music

Vocal Music (13) Choral Music (13) Opera (8) Ballet Music (7) Band Music (3)