Sergei Prokofiev - Etude Op. 2 No. 4 (audio + sheet music)

Prokofiev wrote these four pieces as a cocky 18-year-old virtuoso pianist, living at the family home in Sontsovka, Ukraine. He wanted to write music to showcase his considerable keyboard skills and, of course, to etch out an individual style, something he was still very much in the process of evolving. These four pieces, surprisingly, contain many characteristics associated with Prokofiev's mature style, unlike the nearly contemporaneous Piano Sonata No. 1 (1909), which clearly owes debts to both Rachmaninov and Scriabin.

In the Op. 2 Études one finds the motoric and sardonic elements of Prokofiev's musical persona in abundance. The last étude, marked Presto energico, is quite jazzy in its rhythms.

(AllMusic)

Please take note that the audio AND the sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry.

(Performance by: Dasha Kazan)

[thenameisgsarci]

HEADS UP EVERYBODY, the video for the entire set of etudes is already up! >_<

[angelikabosch]

I loooovee this performance soo much, it has everything, energy, power, it's provoking, sarkastic, mean, aggressive...🤗

[eurisko]

I do believe that's the quickest tempo I've ever heard this piece taken.

[TurquoiseStar]

This piece sounds like video game boss music. It's awesome.

[tanjaryff]

I also play this. Its such a cool feeling when you play that.

[berkanmehmedov]

This makes me feel so powerful! It makes me picture a mad scientist in the laboratory mixing chemicals, creating chaos. Ah, I love this piece!

[jacobzhang]

I’m going to learn this... wish me luck

[boleslawszemplinski]

I'm learning this piece right now, it' s very tiring for the left hand.

[liuphilip]

So darkness, sounds like evil is knocking your door

[MooPotPie]

Let's just say it . . . Russian boogie-woogie.

[Sujkhgfrwqqnvf]

So amazing! This is for police vs thief or spy movie haha

[viktoriyakmassage]

I’m looking for a tutorial on this. I need some tips! I can’t do it by myself 😢😢😢

[harryandruschak]

Interesting, but I have never heard this in a live recital, or even on our two local classical music radio stations,

[stevietd]

Does anyone know of any other pieces with the same feeling or mood?

[MiguelZZZ]

интересно, что сказал бы Владимир Ильич, если бы послушал ?

[speedcartooning]

Great performance, but now Dmitry Shishkin played it even better ...

[tandinatamichael]

Which one is harder? Op 2 no 1 or this?

[OuaghlaniAlaa]

The composer of the Second World War ❤

[lacobymills]

Sounds like something from a tim burton film

[z]

This is kind of funny and i don't know why. Haha.