1 Prokofiev started composing at the age of five.

2 The Prokofiev sonata comes first on the disc.

3 He was not—like Sergei Prokofiev or DmitriShostakovich—a great composer.

4 PROKOFIEV. My favorite composer. Each of his pieces is a special experience, from technique to interpretation.

5 The piano sonatas of Prokofiev are considered as the masterpieces that inherit the classical piano art tradition and begin the new style of the twentieth century.

6 From the twentieth-century list, I chose the Prokofiev G minor Concerto.

7 And, Prokofiev also created musical moments for dances influenced by other cultures.

8 Prokofiev wishes it to be played penseroso ( thoughtfully ).

9 At first, the darkening official mood seems not to have troubled Prokofiev.

10 It was an almost slapstick comedy in which Stalin and his cultural henchman Zhdanov confront Prokofiev and Shostakovich.

11 A 12-disc set featuring the legendary violinist playing works by Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev and others.

12 They had a piece of paper with my choices of the Tchaikovsky and the Prokofiev in front of them.

13 The recording of the classic and musical tale was made to honour the 50th anniversary of the death of Sergei Prokofiev.

14 I play a few pieces myself on the violin. Prokofiev and Bartok, the Hot Canary...

15 At that point I didn't care if I did make the finals because I had played the Prokofiev so well.

16 Sophia Loren tells the classic tale to Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev 's score.

17 Mike, who was just a kid in the neighborhood with odd — evolved? sophisticated?— taste, had dozens more tapes: Brahms, Mozart, Bach, Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius, Rachmaninoff, Strauss.

1 Prokofiev started composing at the age of five.