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"Masques", the title of this album, is a reference to Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet; it mirrors his visionary music, so full of wit, colour and drama, that expresses every possible human emotion. The thousand characters created by the music are both actors in and spectators of their own lives by turns.
The Violin Sonata No. 1 is a truly epic work; it leads us from an anguish-laden grief permeated with a gust of wind from the grave to a nostalgic lyricism — the memory of a lost paradise? — that is then driven by tremendous rhythmic energy to the apocalyptic climax of the work: we experience an explosion, a dissolution of every hope, before a return to the frozen whiteness of the beginning and an ending in resignation.
The Sonata No. 2, unrestrainedly lyrical and punctuated with humour, can be seen as a contrasting counterpart to the previous work. This album also includes the undervalued Sonata for solo violin and two miniatures in Prokofiev’s characteristic style: they are filled with alacrity, humour and biting wit — an extract of life ! © Fuga Libera
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Sonata No. 2 in D Major for Violin and Piano, Op. 94bis (Sergei Prokofiev)
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Masques, for Violin and Piano (Transcribed by Jascha Heifetz) (Sergei Prokofiev)
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Sonata in D Major for Solo Violin, Op. 115 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Elsa Grether, Violin - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Sonata No. 1 in F Minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 80 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
March, for Violin and Piano (Transcribed by Jascha Heifetz) (Sergei Prokofiev)
Elsa Grether, Violin - David Lively, Piano - Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
Album review
"Masques", the title of this album, is a reference to Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet; it mirrors his visionary music, so full of wit, colour and drama, that expresses every possible human emotion. The thousand characters created by the music are both actors in and spectators of their own lives by turns.
The Violin Sonata No. 1 is a truly epic work; it leads us from an anguish-laden grief permeated with a gust of wind from the grave to a nostalgic lyricism — the memory of a lost paradise? — that is then driven by tremendous rhythmic energy to the apocalyptic climax of the work: we experience an explosion, a dissolution of every hope, before a return to the frozen whiteness of the beginning and an ending in resignation.
The Sonata No. 2, unrestrainedly lyrical and punctuated with humour, can be seen as a contrasting counterpart to the previous work. This album also includes the undervalued Sonata for solo violin and two miniatures in Prokofiev’s characteristic style: they are filled with alacrity, humour and biting wit — an extract of life ! © Fuga Libera
Details of original recording : Recorded 2018
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:34
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Elsa Grether David Lively
- Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
- Label: Fuga Libera
- Area: Russie
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Modern Style
2019 Outhere 2018 Elsa Grether
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