TRACKLISTING
Prokofiev:
1-3 Piano Sonata No.7 in B flat major, op.83

Two pieces from Romeo and Juliet, op.75
4 Romeo and Juliet before departing (No.10)
5 Masks (No.5)

6-8 Piano Sonata No.8 in B flat major, op.84

Liszt:
9 Impromptu ("Nocturne")

10 Mephisto Waltz No.1

RECORDING INFORMATION
Vladimir Ashkenazy's early recordings for Decca in the late 1960s included these recordings of sonatas by Prokofiev. In fact this was his SECOND recording of the famous Sonata No.7 - the first, in mono, was for EMI - thus demonstrating his familiarity with these staples of the Russian repertoire.

In all this music Ashkenazy brings out both the fire and the poetry of the music of Prokofiev and Liszt in the way only a musician brought up in this music can do.

Both recordings, made in analogue sound, are brilliantly remastered at 96kHz in 24-bit sound for the first time.