Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (original version), Op. 38

There is an abundance of fairy-tale characterisation in this first instalment of a promised complete survey of Prokofiev’s sonatas…And story-telling fantasy, conveyed with a seemingly infinite... — Gramophone Magazine, April 209 More…

Formidably played and well recorded, it will alert even the most seasoned listener to the conflicting elements of Prokofiev's always "difficult", prickly and volatile nature...[Raekallio] plays... — Gramophone Magazine, October 2011 More…

...with her superb sense of color and her quicksilver response to changes in the music’s temper, this set is especially notable for its wide range of emotion. Whether it be the breezy adolescent... — Fanfare, Nov/Dec 2021 More…

one gets the impression from this C major Sonata that Martynov is a Prokofiev-lite player, as confirmed by the Sixth Sonata, the last item on the disc....[in the Pensees and Musique pour enfants]... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2014 More…