Dmitry Kabalevsky's Piano Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 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. 7.

Date of composition 1945
Premiered 1946, December 22nd in Moscow, Russia
Dedicated to Dedicated to Emil Gilels (creator)
Type Sonata
Tonality E-flat Major
Catalogue Op. 45
Instruments Piano
Autotranslations beta Dmitri Kabalevski: Sonate pour piano n°2 en mi bémol majeur, Op. 45
Dmitrij Borisovič Kabalevskij: Sonata per pianoforte n. 2 in mi bemolle maggiore, Op. 45
Dmitri Borissowitsch Kabalewski: Sonate Nr. 2 für Klavier Es-dur, Op. 45