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- Prokofiev's 8th Piano Sonata is the last of the 3 piano
- sonatas written consecutively during the Second World War.
- The finale contains some stunningly brilliant writing
- for the piano, especially the last minute or two,
- sandwiching a middle section that is, well, almost
- unredeemable. It's hard to listen to once, so try it
- again. If nothing else, it makes the outer parts of the
- movement seem all the more interesting and moving. Perhaps
- it's meant to represent in some way the pain caused by the
- war, but this has been said of a lot of music written at
- this time. Decide for yourself.
-
- --Gary Goldberg
-
- Internet*: gg0012@epfl2.epflbalto.org Genie: G.GOLDBERG3 CIS:76236,3302
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- *-for now
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