• Name: Sergey Prokofiev
• Birthday: 04/23/1891
• Birth Place: Russia
• Died: 03/05/1953
• Place of Death: Moscow, Russia
• Period: Modern
• Genre: Classical

Title	Release
Serge Prokofieff's Peter and the Wolf	2009
Prokofiev the Pianist	2008
Pierno E il Lupo	2005
Prokofiev, Scriabin & other Russian Rarities W	2003
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3; Symphony No. 5 W	2000
Prokofiev plays Prokofiev	1995
Romeo & Juliet/OP75 Sonata 2
The Great Pianists & Composers of Russia
(172) Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60
(154) Peter and the Wolf, children's tale for narrator & orchestra, Op. 67
(75) Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10	1997
(110) Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26	1932
(65) Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14	2003
(18) Piano Sonata No. 5 in C major (Version 2), Op. 135	1997
(83) Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major ("War Sonata 1"), Op. 82	1997
(102) Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major ("War Sonata 2/Stalingrad"), Op. 83
(74) Piano Sonata No. 8 in B flat major ("War Sonata 3"), Op. 84	2002
(98) Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 1 for orchestra, Op. 64 bis	1984
(169) Romeo and Juliet, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 64 ter	2009
(67) Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 119
(54) Sonata for flute (or violin) & piano in D major, Op. 94	2004
(206) Symphony No. 1 in D major ("Classical"), Op. 25	1988
(25) Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40	1978
(28) Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 44	1977
(105) Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, Op. 100 W	2007
(149) The Love for Three Oranges, suite for orchestra, Op. 33 bis
(104) Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
(97) Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 W
(8) The Prodigal Son, ballet, Op. 46	1995
(4) Cinderella, Suite No. 2 for orchestra, Op. 108	1994
(4) Semyon Kotko, opera, Op. 81 WA	1993
(3) Andante for orchestra, Op. 50 bis (arr. from String Quartet No. 1, Op. 50) WA	1989
(3) The Prodigal Son, suite for orchestra, Op. 46 bis	1966
(3) Divertissement for orchestra, Op. 43	1988
(16) The Ugly Duckling, song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 18
Sinfonietta for orchestra in A major, Op. 5	1985
(2) Allegretto for piano in A minor WA	1994
(9) Overture on Hebrew Themes, for orchestra, Op. 34 bis	1988
(19) Quintet for oboe, clarinet, violin, viola & double bass in G minor, Op. 39	1991
(8) The Fiery Angel, opera, Op. 37	1990
Vivo for piano in G minor WA	1994
(14) Autumnal Sketch, for orchestra, Op. 8
(2) Symphonic Song, for orchestra, Op. 57	1988
(6) Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 3	1990
(3) Divertissement for piano, Op. 43 bis	1993
(24) Piano Concerto No. 4 in B flat major (for the left hand), Op. 53	1974
(11) Adagio for cello & piano (arr. from Cinderella, Op. 87), Op. 97bis	1991
(76) Alexander Nevsky, cantata for mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra, Op. 78 WA
(10) Alexander Nevsky, film score	2007
(3) Andante for orchestra, Op. 29 bis (arr. from Piano Sonata No. 4, Op. 29)
Anthem for Military Band, Op. 98	2003
Ballad of an Unknown Boy, cantata for soloists, choir & orchestra, Op. 93	2003
(10) Ballade for cello & piano in C minor, Op. 15
(8) Betrothal in a Monastery ("The Duenna"), opera, Op. 86	1987
(3) Boris Godunov, incidental music, Op. 70 bis WA	1960
(5) Cantata for the 20th Anniversary of the October Revolution, for 2 choruses, accordions & orchestra, Op. 74
(6) Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58	2008
(4) Children's Songs (3) for voice & piano, Op. 68	1977

In breathing new life into the symphony , sonata , and concerto , Sergey Prokofiev emerged as one of the truly original musical voices of the twentieth century. Bridging the worlds of pre-revolutionary Russia and the Stalinist Soviet Union, Prokofiev enjoyed a successful worldwide career as composer and pianist. As in the case of most other Soviet-era composers, his creative life and his music came to suffer under the duress of official Party strictures. Still, despite the detrimental personal and professional effects of such outside influences, Prokofiev continued until the end of his career to produce music marked by a singular skill, inventiveness, and élan.

As an only child (his sisters had died in infancy), Prokofiev lived a comfortable, privileged life, which gave him a heightened sense of self-worth and an indifference to criticism, an attitude that would change as he matured. His mother taught him piano, and he began composing around the age of five. He eventually took piano, theory, and composition lessons from Reyngol'd Gliere, then enrolled at the St. Petersburg Conservatory when he was 13. He took theory with Lyadov, orchestration with Rimsky-Korsakov, and became lifelong friends with Nicolai Myaskovsky. After graduating, he began performing in St. Petersburg and in Moscow, then in Western Europe, all the while writing more and more music. Prokofiev's earliest renown, therefore, came as a result of both his formidable pianistic technique and the works he wrote to exploit it. He sprang onto the Russian musical scene with works like the Sarcasms, Op. 17 (1912-1914), and Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (1915-1917), and his first few piano sonatas. He also wrote orchestral works, concertos, and operas, and met with Diaghilev about producing ballets. The years immediately after the Revolution were spent in the U.S., where Prokofiev tried to follow Rachmaninov's lead and make his way as a pianist/composer. His commission for The Love for Three Oranges came from the Chicago Opera in 1919, but overall Prokofiev was disappointed by his American reception, and he returned to Europe in 1922. He married singer Lina Llubera in 1923, and the couple moved to Paris. He continued to compose on commission, meeting with mixed success from both critics and the public. He had maintained contact with the Soviet Union, even toured there in 1927. The Love for Three Oranges was part of the repertory there, and the government commissioned the music for the film Lieutenant Kijé and other pieces from him. In 1936, he decided to return to the Soviet Union with his wife and two sons. Most of his compositions from just after his return, including many for children, were written with the political atmosphere in mind. One work which wasn't, was the 1936 ballet Romeo and Juliet, which became an international success. He attempted another opera in 1939, Semyon Kotko, but was met with hostility from cultural ideologues. During World War II, Prokofiev and other artists were evacuated from Moscow. He spent the time in various places within the U.S.S.R. and produced propaganda music, but also violin sonatas, his "War Sonatas" for piano, the String Quartet No. 2, the opera War and Peace, and the ballet Cinderella. In 1948, with the resolution that criticized almost all Soviet composers, several of Prokofiev's works were banned from performance. His health declined and he became more insecure. The composer's last creative efforts were directed largely toward the production of "patriotic" and "national" works, typified by the cantata Flourish, Mighty Homeland (1947), and yet Prokofiev also continued to produce worthy if lesser-known works like the underrated ballet The Stone Flower (1943). In a rather bitter coincidence, Prokofiev died on March 5, 1953, the same day as Joseph Stalin. ~ All Music Guide, All Music Guide