Gilels plays Prokofiev Sonata Nº 8 in B-Flat Major

[@wavelength9776]

Gilels created this sonata on 30 December 1944 in Moscow ! his studio recording is so hard to find !

[@carlosdivergent]

Here's a recording from 1974. deezer.page.link/FWSoidZq2oBYTZb8A kzbin.info/www/bejne/p6vVXoVvlrCNo5o

[@leosullivan9228]

^ Many thanks, Mr Divergent. The above is that premier Gilels performance. And how does this ultimate artwork keep disappearing off uTube? Well, save some for posterity i suppose

[@leosullivan9228]

INDEED the longer 1974 STUDIO RECORDING is nothing short of transcendental. it's prophetic - how Prokofiev anticipated electronic octave beeps and beats in the 3rd mvt 'Allegro ben marcato' - effects which, still after five decades, only the Gilels technique has brought out