Dmitry Kabalevsky's Piano Sonata No.
45 was composed in 1945 and dedicated to Emil Gilels.
It is the most vast and dramatic of Kabalevsky's three sonatas.
A War Sonata such as Sergei Prokofiev's trilogy, its first movement has been compared to that of Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No.
[1] Vladimir Horowitz delivered its US première on February 3, 1947 at Carnegie Hall.