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Toccata in D minor, Op. 11

19124 min

This guide follows Prokofiev’s Toccata in D minor, Op. 11 (1912) in one part.

Recording: Yuja Wang (piano)

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0:13–3:57

An sets the motor rhythm going with the hammered D. The (A) follows, and split thirds lead to a contrasting descending melody. A leads to the varied A′, and a second prepares the end. Near the end the hammering slows and almost stops. The resumes with rising scales and octaves, then the final glissando and two D octaves.

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Sergei ProkofievPianoModern periodD minor

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