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Prokofiev: Suites from the Gambler & The Tale of the Stone Flower / Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony
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Prokofiev: Suites from the Gambler & The Tale of the Stone Flower / Slobodeniouk, Lahti Symphony

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Composer
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI
Artist
Dima Slobodeniouk
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Apr 03, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2301
UPC
7318599923017

About

Throughout his career, Sergei Prokofiev wrote a large number of works for the stage – some of them highly successful, others less so. Whichever the case, Prokofiev would rarely miss the opportunity of recycling the score in one way or another – staying more or less close to the original in an orchestral suite or using it as material for a completely new work, such as the Third and Fourth symphonies (based on the ballet The Prodigal Son and the opera The Fiery Angel, respectively.) The present release combines suites created from Prokofiev’s very first opera (The Gambler, 1915–17) and his very last ballet (The Stone Flower, 1948–53). Based on a short novel by Dostoyevsky, The Gambler doesn’t have separate numbers that can easily be detached. Instead Prokofiev created ‘portraits’ of the four main characters, by re-assembling the music associated with them throughout the opera. The plot of The Tale of the Stone Flower was based on a collection of folk and fairy tales from mining communities of the Ural Mountains, and Prokofiev composed a 150-minute score in an idiom relying on folk elements and nineteenth-century musical traditions. While waiting for official permission to have the ballet performed, he planned a number of orchestral suites. On this recording, the Lahti Symphony Orchestra and their principal conductor Dima Slobodeniouk splice together two of these compilations: the Wedding Suite, Op.126 and the Gypsy Fantasy, Op.127, both of which were performed before the ballet itself, in 1951. The result is preceded by the opening of the actual ballet, entitled The Mistress of the Copper Mountain. These suites frame the brief Autumnal Sketch, one of the composer’s earliest acknowledged works for orchestra.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 Portrait No. 1: Alexis: Allegro passionato 05:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    Portrait No. 1: Alexis: Allegro passionato
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  2. 2 Portrait No. 2: La Grand-mère: Moderato 06:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    Portrait No. 2: La Grand-mère: Moderato
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  3. 3 Portrait No. 3: Le Général: Moderato 02:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Portrait No. 3: Le Général: Moderato
    Duration
    02:59
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  4. 4 Portrait No. 4: Pauline: Moderato 06:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Portrait No. 4: Pauline: Moderato
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  5. 5 Dénouement: Allegro 04:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Dénouement: Allegro
    Duration
    04:38
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  6. 6 Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8 06:33
    Track
    6
    Title
    Autumnal Sketch, Op. 8
    Duration
    06:33
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  7. 7 Skaz o kammenom tsvetke (The Tale of the Stone Flower), Op. 118: Prologue 1: The Mistress of the Copper Mountain 04:14
    Track
    7
    Title
    Skaz o kammenom tsvetke (The Tale of the Stone Flower), Op. 118: Prologue 1: The Mistress of the Copper Mountain
    Duration
    04:14
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  8. 8 I. Amorous Dance 06:21
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Amorous Dance
    Duration
    06:21
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  9. 9 II. Dance of the fiancée's girl-friends 02:00
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Dance of the fiancée's girl-friends
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  10. 10 III. Maidens' Dance 03:28
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Maidens' Dance
    Duration
    03:28
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  11. 11 I. Introduction 00:35
    Track
    11
    Title
    I. Introduction
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  12. 12 II. Gypsy Dance 02:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    II. Gypsy Dance
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  13. 13 III. Severian's Dance 01:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    III. Severian's Dance
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  14. 14 IV. Dance of the Gypsy Girl 02:01
    Track
    14
    Title
    IV. Dance of the Gypsy Girl
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  15. 15 V. Mass Dance 01:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    V. Mass Dance
    Duration
    01:39
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  16. 16 IV. Ceremonial Dance 01:59
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. Ceremonial Dance
    Duration
    01:59
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk
  17. 17 V. Wedding Dance 03:00
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. Wedding Dance
    Duration
    03:00
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Ensemble
    Lahti Symphony Orchestra
    Conductor
    Dima Slobodeniouk