Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 4 & 8, Scherzo - Mndoyants: Nocturne

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Pianist Nikita Mndoyants devotes this recording to Prokofiev, whose music has accompanied him since his early days.  Here he brings together the Fourth Sonata 'From Old Notebooks' and the Eighth, an integral part of the so-called 'War Sonatas', as well as an arrangement of the scherzo from the Fifth Symphony.

Nikita Mndoyants thus gives us an insight into the composer's different facets, and a measure of the richness of a language that combines exceptional virtuosity, a sense of enchantment and biting irony.

In counterpoint, Nikita Mndoyants records a Nocturne for piano written by himself, continuing the Russian tradition of pianist-composers and following in the footsteps of Russia's 'enfant terrible'.