PROKOFIEV BY ARRANGEMENT

Catalogue No: TOCC0135
EAN/UPC: 5060113441355
Release Date: 2020-10-02
Composer: Sergei Prokofiev
Artists: Yulia Chaplina, Yuri Kalnits

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:

    Tales of an Old Grandmother, Op. 31 (1918)

  1. No. 2 Andantino
  2. Five Pieces from the Ballet Cinderella, Op. 87 (1940–44)

  3. No. 1 Valse
  4. No. 2 Gavotte
  5. No. 3 Passepied
  6. No. 4 Winter Fairy
  7. No. 5 Mazurka
  8. Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (1915–17)

  9. No. 1 Lentamente
  10. No. 2 Andante
  11. No. 3 Allegretto
  12. No. 4 Animato
  13. No. 5 Molto giocoso
  14. No. 6 Con eleganza
  15. No. 7 Pittoresco (Arpa)
  16. No. 8 Comodo
  17. No. 9 Allegro tranquillo
  18. No. 10 Ridicolosamente
  19. No. 11 Con vivacità
  20. No. 12 Assai moderato
  21. No. 13 Allegretto
  22. No. 14 Feroce
  23. No. 15 Inquieto
  24. No. 16 Dolente
  25. No. 17 Poetico
  26. No. 18 Con una dolce lentezza
  27. No. 19 Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
  28. No. 20 Lento irrealmente
  29. War and Peace, Op. 91 (1941–52)

  30. Waltz
  31. Egyptian Nights: Suite, Op. 61 (1934)

  32. No. 6 The Fall of Cleopatra*
  33. Childhood Manuscripts (1901)

  34. Tarantella*
  35. Boris Godunov, Op. 70bis (1936)

  36. No. 13 Amoroso*
  37. Four Pieces for Piano, Op. 32 (1918)

  38. No. 2 Minuet in B flat major*
  39. No. 3 Gavotte
  40. Music for Children, Op. 65 (1935)

  41. No. 11 Evening*
  42. The Love for Three Oranges: Suite, Op. 33 (1919, rev. 1924)

  43. No. 4 March
  44. The Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118 (1948–53)

  45. Diamond Valse*
  46. Ten Pieces for Piano, Op. 12 (1906–13)

  47. No. 6 Legend*
  48. No. 3 Rigaudon

*FIRST RECORDINGS

1 review for PROKOFIEV BY ARRANGEMENT

  1. :

    ‘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

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