The pieces assembled here reveal several facets of Prokofiev: an outstanding melodist, a 'classicist' on the fringes of the avant-garde, and eventually the herald of a Soviet realism that was anything but servile. The freedom peculiar to the composer-pianist 'with fingers of steel' is brought out in all its vitality by the subtle yet never showy playing of Vadym Kholodenko.

Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953)

1 - 4. Piano Sonata no. 6 in A Major, op. 82

5 - 6. Things in Themselves (Choses en soi) op. 45

7 - 10. Four Pieces op.32

11 - 30. Visions fugitives op. 22