Prokofiev : Symphonies 4, 6 & 7 - Piano Concertos 4 & 5
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev
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This major release programmed to showcase some of Prokofiev's finest works launches in early 2016 the Mariinsky label's projects to honour the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth, under the baton of maestro Valery Gergiev, a long-time champion of the music of Prokofiev.
Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, Alexei Volodin plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 4 for the left hand, the only of Prokofiev's piano works that was not performed during his lifetime due to the following. Commissioned to Prokofiev by the Austrian one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein (amputated during the World War I) and written in 1930, this concerto was not appreciated by the dedicatee who refused to include it in his repertoire. It was not premiered in Berlin until September 1956, by the West Berlin RSO conducted by Martin Rich, but with another pianist, Siegfried Rapp (amputated too but during World War II). Alexei Volodin's performance was described as 'superbly controlled and beautifully subtle" by The Guardian.
The American-Armenian musician Sergei Babyan performs Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 5 premiered in Berlin in October 1932 by Prokofiev himself conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. The Telegraph reviewer was sufficiently moved to write: "Never have I seen so many fast and furious hand-crossings, so many dizzying flights from top to bottom of the keyboard, all performed flawlessly". © Qobuz
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Piano Concerto No. 4 for the Left Hand in B-Flat Major, Op. 53 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Alexei Volodin, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Alexei Volodin, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Alexei Volodin, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Alexei Volodin, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Babayan, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Sergei Babayan, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Sergei Babayan, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Sergei Babayan, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Sergei Babayan, Piano - Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Symphony No. 4 in C Major, Op. 112 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
DISC 2
Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 111 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Symphony No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2018 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Mariinsky Orchestra - Valery Gergiev, Conductor - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
Album Description
This major release programmed to showcase some of Prokofiev's finest works launches in early 2016 the Mariinsky label's projects to honour the 125th anniversary of the composer’s birth, under the baton of maestro Valery Gergiev, a long-time champion of the music of Prokofiev.
Acclaimed for his highly sensitive touch and technical brilliance, Alexei Volodin plays Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 4 for the left hand, the only of Prokofiev's piano works that was not performed during his lifetime due to the following. Commissioned to Prokofiev by the Austrian one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein (amputated during the World War I) and written in 1930, this concerto was not appreciated by the dedicatee who refused to include it in his repertoire. It was not premiered in Berlin until September 1956, by the West Berlin RSO conducted by Martin Rich, but with another pianist, Siegfried Rapp (amputated too but during World War II). Alexei Volodin's performance was described as 'superbly controlled and beautifully subtle" by The Guardian.
The American-Armenian musician Sergei Babyan performs Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No 5 premiered in Berlin in October 1932 by Prokofiev himself conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler. The Telegraph reviewer was sufficiently moved to write: "Never have I seen so many fast and furious hand-crossings, so many dizzying flights from top to bottom of the keyboard, all performed flawlessly". © Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recorded in DSD in the Mariinsky Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia, April 2015 (Symphonies), September 2015 (Concerto No.4, April 2012, in 24-Bit 48kHz PCM, in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, as part of the Moscow Easter Festival (Concerto No.5)
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 20 track(s)
- Total length: 02:38:05
- Main artist: Valery Gergiev
- Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
- Label: Mariinsky
- Area: Russie
- Genre: Klassiek Symfonische muziek
- Period: Modern Style
- Instrument: Piano
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24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo
2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation 2015 State Academic Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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