For piano-Sergei Prokofiev was born in Sontsovka in the Ukraine on the 23rd of April 1891. Soon showing a talent for piano and composition by the time he was fourteen he was attending the St. Petersburg Conservatoire where he received extensive schooling inpiano harmony composition and conducting. Prokofiev was greatly interested in contemporary composers (Reger dIndy Debussy and Richard Strauss) and quickly made a name for himself with his revolutionary aesthetic language of great harmonic andrhythmic impact. His compositions were inspired by Symbolism and Futurism two artistic movements predominate at the time. Prokofiev attracted attention through his early works – the Etudes Op.2 and the Pieces Op. 3 and 4 – owing to his specialtechnique and percussive treatment of the piano (similar in some respects to Bartok) although he was also capable of rich melodic invention.Actually composed in 1907-08 before his Four Etudes for Piano Op. 2 Prokofiev’s Four Pieces for Piano Op. 3 and 4 were only published in 1911. Concert pieces some show Scriabin’s influence on the composer especially in the titles.

Sergei Prokofiev's nine piano sonatas span the years 1907 to 1953. This collection, edited by Thomas Schumacher, addresses the first four of these masterworks: Op. 1 (in F minor), Op. 14 (in D minor), Op. 28 (in A minor), and Op. 29 (in C minor). In prefatory matter, Schumacher discusses Prokofiev's compositional style and the form of each sonata, in addition to analyzing the various themes and compositional nuances of each work. Helpful fingering and pedaling suggestions are also offered in this comprehensive, clearly engraved edition. Thomas Schumacher, professor emeritus of piano at the Eastman School of Music, has toured and lectured throughout the United States, Canada, Italy, Sweden, Belgium, China, Taiwan, and Japan. He studied at the Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School. / Piano

A suite of twenty short and richly varied movements for Piano solo by Sergei Prokofiev. Shifting from gentle and lilting to violent and highly challenging this suite of pieces is required repertoire for the serious Piano player offering beautiful melodies and virtuosic performance drama.

This collection features piano works by prominent G. Schirmer composers including: Adams Barber Cowell Dello Joio Harbison Kabalevsky Khachaturian Prokofiev Shostakovich Tan Dun and others. Includes previouslyunpublished first editions by John Corigliano and Gabriela Lena Frank. Suitable for advanced high school and college-level pianists.

This is a rarely heard version of a work that Prokofiev revised and reissued in 1953 as his Opus 135 sonata. Pianist Barbara Nissman said of the two works: 'The two versions can be viewed as stylistically different works from separate periods: Op. 38 is a Classical work; Op. 38/135 is a Romantic paraphrase of the Classical work.' Scored For Piano Solo.

op. 2 3 4 12 for piano-Collection of compositions by Prokofiev: Four Studies op. 2: Allegro - Moderato - Andante semplice - Presto energico / Four Pieces op. 3: Tale - Jest - March - Phantom / Four Pieces op. 4: Souvenirs - Impulse - Diabolical Influence / Ten little pieces for piano: March - Gavotte - Rigaudon - Mazurka - Caprice - Legend - Prelude - Allemande - Humorous scherzo - Scherzo.