"This is like an epigraph to the suite: the morning of life. In the juxtaposition of registers one can feel space, air! The melody is slightly dreamy and crystal clear. The handwriting is characteristically Prokofievian: parallel movements, covering the entire keyboard, playing through the hand, clarity of rhythm and definite sections. Extraordinary simplicity, but not primitive."
(V. Delson, "Prokofiev's Piano Works and Pianism")