Alexei Sultanov Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7 1st.mov.

Famous performance of the 7th Prokofiev sonata at the Tchaikovsky competition in 1998

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• Alexei
• Sultanov
• Prokofiev
• Sonata
• No.7
• Tchaikovsky
• competiton

[uhrkraft]

This guy would wipe the floor with your ass..

[nadir2331]

this interpretation is absolutely wonderful and creative

[utubuser10]

@cctunes1 i thought this was argerich...

[cctunes1]

This has nothing to do with Prokofiev's vision. It races over everything to the point of losing the whole line, a la Argerich. Try early Glenn Gould.

[elrondsch]

@Pianobelgium ok=) but if you listen to his recordings of his own toccata, or sonata n4 or concerto n3 - he still doesnt follow most of his own markings=)

[fredericfranc]

...I get audio on only one channel, and my computer is NOT at fault...but anyway...you definitely want to campare this to the TWO renditions of this sonata by Richter, here on the YT. Richter knew Prokofiev personally and worked with him (actually knew him VERY SLIGHTLY, Richter makes that "VERY SLIGHTLY" very clear in his,shall we say, memoirs), but still...Sultanov's Prokofiev here is sort of something....but it is something very, very removed from Rihter's...not exactly so amazing, right?

[Gflapcamel]

@keenanonie - except for the part about the "hard parts", I agree with you. Something about his performance, his approach, just doesn't appeal to me. Especially his 3rd mov, where it's so fast that the technique blots out the actual music. Yes, some passages are brilliant, but they don't cohere well.

[Starwalker6978]

I real personality at the piano! Good technique as well!

[Pianobelgium]

To elrondsch: I'm pretty sure that Prokofiev never recorded this sonata.

To keenanonie: I don't think that he's slowing down in the difficult places; I would rather say the opposite. I would say the difficult places in this movement are at 3min42 and the passage at 4min32, where he's not slowing down at all.

Indeed, he's very free, but in a way it is very acceptable as he is showing smart piano playing with very personal ideas.

[pianodudette]

very good performance! I'm adicted to this piece, my boyfriend is learning it :)

[elrondsch]

have you ever heard prokofiev's own recording of this sonata? he doesn't follow any of his own marks. he plays it as it should sound for him. and sultanov does the same for himself. dont think that he slows down because of the hard parts) he feels it that way.

[fullyfatty]

I love it!