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Violin sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op 80
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Elena Urioste (Violin)
Performer: Michael Brown (Piano)
Recording date: 04 December 2013
Date of broadcast: 02 January 2014
Eight years in writing - spanning World War 2 - unsurprisingly this is a solemn work, even for Prokofiev. Dark and brooding piano and 'distressed' sounding violin, the music seems to deny hope. Seven years later it was played at his funeral.
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Performer: Elena Urioste (Violin)
Performer: Michael Brown (Piano)
Recording date: 04 December 2013
Date of broadcast: 02 January 2014
