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Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10

191215 min

This guide follows Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 (1912) in one part (sonata form).

Recording: Daniil Trifonov (piano), NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, Alan Gilbert (2021)

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Sonata form0:09–15:25

A spacious D-flat major opens the work in the grand manner of a Romantic concerto. The follows, then the and a , and the comes back as a . The slow section starts with a dreamy G-sharp minor tune, first heard in the violins. The pace picks up with -like energy in the and a -like section as the is recapitulated, and after the the opening for the end.

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