Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''., group=n (27 April .S. 15 April1891 – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, ...

's Piano Sonata No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 14, is a

sonata Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''canta ...

for solo piano, written in 1912. First published by

P. Jurgenson P. Jurgenson (in Russian: П. Юргенсон) was, in the early twentieth century, the largest publisher of classical sheet music in Russia. History Founded in 1861, the firm — in its original form, or as it was amalgamated in 1918 with ...

in 1913, it was premiered on 5 February 1914 in

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with the composer performing. Prokofiev dedicated the work to his friend and fellow student at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Maximilian Schmidthof, who committed suicide in 1913. Concert pianist Boris Berman has said of this sonata that it 'covers a huge emotional range: from Romantic lyricism to aggressive brutality'.

Movements

#'' Allegro, ma non troppo - Più mosso - Tempo primo'' (in D minor) #'' Scherzo. Allegro marcato'' (in A minor) #'' Andante'' (in G-sharp minor) #'' Vivace - Moderato - Vivace'' (in D minor)

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Prokofiev's Sonata No. 2 on Classical Connect.
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