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...Prokofleff: Sonata No. 7, Opus 83 (DM 1042). This second of Prokofleff's three "War" Sonatas was only completed in 1942, and shows its composer at the peak of his skill as a piano writer. The grotesquely dramatic changes in mood and tempo certainly do not make for particularly pleasant listening but they reveal a highly ingenious and original style of composition. Vladimir Horowitz, who has introduced all of the "War" Sonatas in this country, does a fine job on music that is highly suited to his style of playing. The recording is good...
Raphael Silverman 2G, graduated from Dartmouth in 1936, will be violin soloist. He began his musical studies with Fiedemann in Berlin and with Korgueff in Leningrad, Russia, specializes in an interpretation of "Violin Concerto in D" by Serge Prokofleff...
Appearing as soloist with the Boston Symphony orchestra in their regular week-end concerts, Mr. Heifltz will offer the first presentation in America of Serge Prokofleff's Second Violin Concerto. This work was originally performed in Madrid in 1935, the year of its composition...
...Serge Koussovitzky will lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Sanders Theatre this evening in its first concert in the Cambridge series. The program is a varied one consisting of works by Prokofleff, Strauss, and Boothoven...
Other additions are two sharply contrasted works of Prokofleff--the "Classical Symphony" of 1917, and a Russian Overture, composed only last year, which is based upon themes of folk character and is scored for a large orchestra...