S. Prokofiev : Suggestion Diabolique op. 4 no. 4 ( Chiu)

S. Prokofiev : Suggestion Diabolique op. 4 no. 4 (Chiu). Early in the 20th century, an aspiring 17yearold composer named Sergei Prokofiev wrote a collection of primal, abrasive piano pieces that defied the lush, romantic inclinations of Russian classical music of the time. One of these compositions was a 3minute piece called Suggestion Diabolique. When Prokofiev performed this composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1909, he was denounced as an extreme leftist, and a bad boy of Russian music (this wasn t meant as a backhanded compliment, like in the Russell Crowe sense). Since then, however, Suggestion Diabolique has come to be regarded as a piano masterpiece, a foil for concert pianists everywhere.