Prokofiev Archive
PROKOFIEV: Sym. No. 5 in B-flt Major – Royal Concertgebouw Orch. / Mariss Jansons – RCO Live
Chief Conductor Mariss Jansons leads his Concertgebouw Orchestra in a spirited, sonorous reading of the Prokofiev Fifth. PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, Op. 100 – Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/ Mariss Jansons – RCO Live multichannel SACD 16002, 43:06 [Distr. by Naxos] (4/29/16) ****: Recorded live at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam 17-21 September 2014, the Prokofiev […]
LARS-ERIK LARSSON: Symphony No. 2; Variations, Op. 50; Barococo Suite, Op. 64 – Helsingborg Sym. Orch./Andrew Manze – CPO
LARS-ERIK LARSSON: Symphony No. 2; Variations, Op. 50; Barococo Suite, Op. 64 – Helsingborg Sym. Orch./Andrew Manze – CPO 777 672-2 multichannel SACD [Distr. by Naxos], 69:53, (11/13/15) ***: Very dedicated performances of these works that remain pretty obscure. There are probably a lot of reasons why the music of Swedish composer Lars-Erik Larsson (1908-1986) […]
Romeo & Juliet = TCHAIKOVSKY, BERLIOZ, PROKOFIEV – Kondrashin/Monteux /Mravinsky – Praga
Despite an askew assemblage, the Romantic ethos of these scores has exemplary conductors at their respective helms. Romeo & Juliet = TCHAIKOVSKY: Romeo and Juliet – Overture Fantasy in b minor; BERLIOZ: Romeo et Juliette Symphonie, Op. 17: four excerpts; PROKOFIEV: Romeo and Juliet Ballet – Suite 2, Op. 64b – Moscow Philharmonic Orch./ Kyrill […]
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 – Vadym Kholodenko p./ Fort Worth Sym./ Miguel Harth-Bedoya – Harmonia mundi
PROKOFIEV: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 – Vadym Kholodenko p./ Fort Worth Sym./ Miguel Harth-Bedoya – Harmonia mundi multichannel SACD HMU-807631, 57:03 (2/5/16) **** (performance) **1/2 (recording): A dynamic performance of two Prokofiev concertos with disappointing recorded sound. Winner of the gold medal in the 2013 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Vadym Kholodenko has […]
Janos Starker: In Memoriam = Cello Concertos of MARTINU, PROKOFIEV & DOHNANYI – Praga Digitals
Cello master Janos Starker provides illuminated firepower in three epic works from XXth Century repertory.
PETER GREGSON: Touch – Violins: various perf. – Sono Luminus CD + Blu-ray
Well-played music for synthesizer and strong ensemble beautifully recorded.
James Brawn in Recital, Vol. 2 – “The Time Traveller and His Muse” = Works of SCARLATTI, BACH,MOZART, BEETHOVEN, SCHUBERT, CHOPIN, LISZT, GRIEG, BRAHMS, SCRIABIN, RACHMANINOFF, PROKOFIEV & GERSHWIN – MSR Classics (2 CDs)
Volume 2 continues the fine pianism found in Brawn’s first go round.
PROKOKIEV: Violin Concerto No. 2 in g minor; Sonata for 2 Violins in C Major; Solo Violin Sonata in D Major – Viktoria Mullova, v./ Tedi Papavrami, v. /Frankfurt Radio Sym. Orch./ Paavo Jarvi – Onyx
Live performances of Mullova’s Prokofiev violin repertory convince us of her pungent authority.
![Masterpieces for the Left Hand, Vol. I = Works of RAVEL, SCRIABIN, PROKOFIEV, BARTOK & BRITTEN [TrackList follows] – var. pianists – Praga Digitals](https://www.audaud.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/LeftHandPiano.jpg)
Masterpieces for the Left Hand, Vol. I = Works of RAVEL, SCRIABIN, PROKOFIEV, BARTOK & BRITTEN [TrackList follows] – var. pianists – Praga Digitals
Praga assembles five works conceived for the left-hand, each commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein.
*PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 5; Scythian Suite – Bergen Phil. Orch./ Andrew Litton – BIS
************ MULTICHANNEL DISC OF THE MONTH *************
A radiant performance of No. 5, and almost makes the Scythian Suite likeable.
PROKOFIEV: Sym. No. 4 in C Major; Sym. No. 5 in B-flat Major; Dreams – Bournemouth Sym. Orch./ Kirill Karabits (Vol. 3) – Onyx
Karabits survey presents lyrically wistful renditions of the original C Major Fourth Symphony and the ever-potent Fifth Symphony.
Ruggiero Ricci & Martha Argerich = BEETHOVEN: Sonata in E-flat Major for Violin and Piano; PROKOFIEV: Solo Sonata for Violin in D Major; BARTOK: Sonatina for Violin and Piano (arr. Gertler); Sonata for Violin Solo; SARASATE: Introduction and Tarantella; RAVEL: Piano Concerto in G – Martha Argerich, p./ Ruggiero Ricci, v./ Southwest German Radio Orch./ Ernest Bour – Doremi
A pair of talents combine for a dazzling, intellectually exciting recital from Soviet Russia, complemented by the young Argerich in blistering Ravel.
TCHAIKOVSKY: Piano Concerto No. 1 in b-flat minor, – 1879 version; PROKOFIEV: Piano Concerto No. 2 – Krill Gerstein p., Detaches Sym. Orch. of Berlin/ James Gaffigan – Myrios Classics
A new ‘historically accurate’ premier of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1.
Jascha Spivakovsky, piano – BACH to BLOCH, Vol. I = Works of BACH, BEETHOVEN, BRAHMS, CHOPIN, DEBUSSY, KABALEVSKY – Pristine Audio
Let your “discovery” disc for 2015 be this selected group of Australian recordings from Jascha Spivakovsky.
“Janus” = BACH: 3 Movements from Partita in E Major; RACHMANINOV (arr. Wild): O Cease Thy Singing, Maiden Fair; BARTOK: Sonata for Piano; SCHUMANN: Arabeske in C; CHOPIN: Ballade No. 1; PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 7 – Rajung Yang, p. – Blue Griffin
Rajung Yang delivers a recital that looks to both past and present for musical and dramatic points.
Stokowski – CD and Digital Premiers = Works of WAGNER, TCHAIKOVSKY, PURCELL & PROKOFIEV – Pristine Audio
With this reissue there are only a few post-electrical Stokowski recordings remaining to be available on CD.
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No. 3; Scythian Suite; Autumn – Sao Paulo Sym. Orch./ Marin Alsop – Naxos audio-only Blu-ray
A fine performance in excellent surround on audio-only Blu-ray.
PROKOFIEV: Cello Concerto in E minor; March No. 10 from Music for Children; SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major – Steven Isserlis, cello/ Frankfurt Radio Sym. Orch./ Parva Järvi – Hyperion
These less well-known works by Prokofiev and Shostakovich are worth listening to.
Martha Argerich & Claudio Abbado: The Complete Concerto Recordings (PROKOFIEV, CHOPIN, RAVEL, LISZT, TCHAIKOVSKY, BEETHOVEN, MOZART – Martha Argerich, p. / Claudio Abbado cond. – DGG (5 CDs)
DGG compiles the musical testament, achieved in forty-five years, of the beginning and ending of a beautiful friendship.
PROKOFIEV: Violin Sonatas No. 1 in F Minor; No. 2 in D; RACHMANINOV: Marguerite; TCHAIKOVSKY: Melodie – Sidney Weiss, violin/ Jeanne Weiss, p. – Crystal
A solid Russian program from 1968 testifies to the easy, fluent virtuosity of the Weiss Duo, whose work gleaned praise from Solti and Giulini.
Russian Recital by Jorge Federico Osorio = Music of PROKOFIEV, SHOSTAKOVICH, MUSSORGSKY – Cedille
The marvelous Mexican virtuoso Osorio explores the Russians, but we wonder if the Mussorgsky required another grand champion.
“Visions Fugitives” – Music for Strings – PROKOFIEV / BARTOK / WEBERN- Camerata Nordica/ Terje Tønnen – BIS
A fine and fresh collection of contemporary string music.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
