masterful interpretation sonatas, concertos very good

Most buyers will look at this together for Prokofiev concertos rather than sonatas for solo piano.
But really, although concertos are certainly excellent performances marked by beautiful solo work of Bronfman and Zubin Metha we had more involved but still full of quality, but for me the strength of this reissue is within nine piano sonatas.

Jai number of recordings of the sonatas, many of them very good, but I must say here that he was surprised by the pianist so I consider this integral as the best.

The nine piano sonatas are very interesting as covering the career of Prokofiev, which sails during the very turbulent early 20 th century.

Also include your décritures several different styles of the same composer, with the second (1912) in a post-romantic language tinted dobscurité the 5th (1923) takes us into the French neoclassicism then comes the objectivity of the worker during the three war sonatas (6-8, written in the early 1940s, during World War II) in the period prolectualiste ..

Bronfman's performance is remarkable. Great pianist himself, Prokofiev made dune evidence incredible technical requirement in his piano writing, with complex interactions between several voices.

Bronfman has the skills to overcome these requirements but not yet enough. In the atmosphere effect that he implements and consistency of his game compared to the partition allows perfectly distinguish the different elements of music through different colors and tactile. It really LOEUVRE thinning can certainly seem difficult to whom never heard.
These records are therefore very good stepping stones for those who want to listen to sonatas for the first time (without saying it necessarily please all ears)
The work of the pianist is remarkable finesse, understanding, reflection. One example lillustrer;
In the scherzo of the 6th (1940), one of the three sonatas "war", the main theme "rocket", leaving the bass is highlighted with a different color than the rest of the texture. The arrogance of the scherzo can seem dry and cerebral in other hands. But Bronfman music infused with humor and highlights the different lines using different keys for them.

Really work pianist is outstanding and gives me a dune of the best versions I heard, and two versions easier to get started with the sonatas of Prokofiev