A little like a stained-class window made of different pieces of glass only linked by lead, Vladimir Feltsman has created a kind of grand fresco of Prokofiev's piano works, each very short - from barely a minute to two or three minutes - but which, arranged together, form a singularly coherent whole. All the same, the pieces date from very different eras, from the sarcastic Sarcasms of 1914 to the adorable, slapstick Music for children from 1935, by way of the airy Fleeting Visions and some of the more lyrical moments from the ballet Cinderella. In each of these eras, regardless of how "hard" the writing for the piano may seem, Prokofiev's rough-hewn, marvellous lyricism shines through, fantastic melodist that he is. Vladimir Feltsman highlights this aspect of the superb Russo-Soviet composer with brio. © SM/Qobuz