PROKOFIEV BY ARRANGEMENT
The 37 short pieces by Prokofiev transcribed for violin and piano brought together here ought really to come with a health warning. So distinctive are the contours, angles and extensions of the Prokofiev tune, drawn from an apparently inexhaustible hoard, that even a short exposure to the memory circuits of the mind can result in permanent occupation. This album is full of them, creating a panoramic tour around five decades of an exceptionally rich, diverse but ultimately sadly truncated life.
Yuri Kalnits, violin
Yulia Chaplina, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 (1918)
- No. 2 Andantino
- No. 1 Valse
- No. 2 Gavotte
- No. 3 Passepied
- No. 4 Winter Fairy
- No. 5 Mazurka
- No. 1 Lentamente
- No. 2 Andante
- No. 3 Allegretto
- No. 4 Animato
- No. 5 Molto giocoso
- No. 6 Con eleganza
- No. 7 Pittoresco (Arpa)
- No. 8 Comodo
- No. 9 Allegro tranquillo
- No. 10 Ridicolosamente
- No. 11 Con vivacità
- No. 12 Assai moderato
- No. 13 Allegretto
- No. 14 Feroce
- No. 15 Inquieto
- No. 16 Dolente
- No. 17 Poetico
- No. 18 Con una dolce lentezza
- No. 19 Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
- No. 20 Lento irrealmente
- Waltz
- No. 6 The Fall of Cleopatra*
- Tarantella*
- No. 13 Amoroso*
- No. 2 Minuet in B flat major*
- No. 3 Gavotte
- No. 11 Evening*
- No. 4 March
- Diamond Valse*
- No. 6 Legend*
- No. 3 Rigaudon
Five Pieces from the Ballet Cinderella, Op. 87 (1940–44)
Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (1915–17)
War and Peace, Op. 91 (1941–52)
Egyptian Nights: Suite, Op. 61 (1934)
Childhood Manuscripts (1901)
Boris Godunov, Op. 70bis (1936)
Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 32 (1918)
Music for Children, Op. 65 (1935)
The Love for Three Oranges: Suite, Op. 33 (1919, rev. 1924)
The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 (1948–53)
Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 12 (1906–13)
*FIRST RECORDINGS
MusicWeb International :
‘All of the music here transfers well to the violin/piano combination, thanks to the fine work of the seven different arrangers. The music is performed here quite compellingly by two veteran artists, Yuri Kalnits and Yulia Chaplina. […]
…throughout the disc, one notices Kalnits’ creamy singing tone, as well as Chaplina’s nice legato touch and fine sense to keep instrumental balances in proper proportion. […]
With the exception of the Love for Three Oranges March and Evening from the Op. 65 Music for Children, the other pieces here are rather little known. Yet, almost all of them are good, and many are first recordings, though their source music has been recorded before in its original form. The performances of them by Kalnits and Chaplina are all consistently fine. […] The sound reproduction by Toccata Classics is very vivid and the instruments are well balanced. The profuse notes by Anthony Phillips are very informative. In sum, this is a fine disc of varied Prokofiev works, most of them quite brief, that should bring much pleasure and satisfaction to the listener.’
—Robert Cummings, MusicWeb International