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Prokofiev Milestones, Vol. 1 / Trotovsek, Bizjak, Canyigueral

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Details

Composer
Sergei Prokofiev
Artist
Lana Trotovsek, Boris Bizjak, Maria Canyigueral
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Feb 02, 2024
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0671
UPC
748871067127

About

SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first volume of Prokofiev Milestones, featuring three characterful sonatas and a sparkling arrangement of music from Romeo and Juliet performed by violinists Lana Trotovšek and Boris Bizjak (who also doubles on flute) accompanied by Maria Canyigueral on piano.

Prokofiev Milestones revealingly turns the focus away from the prolific composer’s famed orchestral works and celebrated ballets to his rich and varied chamber music.
First performed in 1943, the Sonata for Flute and Piano (Op.94) is, as Robert Matthew-Walker comments in his notes, “music not of war, but of peace”; a pastoral escape laced with wit and mischief vouchsafed within a pristine neo-classical frame. It is heard again, transformed, in Prokofiev’s own transcription for Violin and Piano (Op.94a). Composed soon after, it lays claim to being “one of the finest 20th-century works in the genre and a genuine masterpiece”.

The Sonata for Two Violins (Op.56) is heard in a new arrangement by Boris Bizjak that eloquently makes much of its sentimentality, drama and vitality.A characterful suite drawn from Romeo and Juliet, and arranged for violin and piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger, revels in Shakespeare’s great romance and Prokofiev’s ardent response to it.
Maria Canyigueral is making her SOMM Recordings debut. Lana Trotovšek and Boris Bizjak’s previous SOMM release was Hoffmeister’s Magic Flute (SOMMCD 0620) with the Piatti Quartet, of which Gramophone approvingly noted: “the challenge falls firmly on the performers… Bizjak, Trotovšek and their accomplices… meet the music’s technical demands admirably”.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato 08:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Maria Canyigueral
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Presto 05:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Maria Canyigueral
  3. 3 III. Andante 03:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    03:49
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Maria Canyigueral
  4. 4 IV. Allegro con brio 07:10
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Maria Canyigueral
  5. 5 I. Andante cantabile 02:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  6. 6 II. Allegro 03:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  7. 7 III. Commodo (quasi allegretto) 03:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Commodo (quasi allegretto)
    Duration
    03:32
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  8. 8 IV. Allegro con brio - Più presto 05:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Allegro con brio - Più presto
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Boris Bizjak, Lana Trotovšek
  9. 9 I. Introduction 01:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Introduction
    Duration
    01:29
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  10. 10 II. Juliet 01:31
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Juliet
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  11. 11 III. Dance of the Knights 03:03
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Dance of the Knights
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  12. 12 IV. Balcony Scene 04:47
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Balcony Scene
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  13. 13 V. Dance of the Couples 01:27
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Dance of the Couples
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  14. 14 VI. Mercutio - Fight - Tybalt's Death 03:25
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Mercutio - Fight - Tybalt's Death
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  15. 15 I. Moderato 07:52
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    07:52
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  16. 16 II. Scherzo: Presto 05:13
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Presto
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  17. 17 III. Andante 04:14
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral
  18. 18 IV. Allegro con brio 07:14
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    07:14
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Lana Trotovšek, Maria Canyigueral