Troika / Haimovitz, O'Riley

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Label
PENTATONE
Release Date
October 20, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LENNON PROKOFIEV TSOI
    • PERFORMER
      Haimovitz, O'Riley
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 20, 2017
    • UPC
      827949060861
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PTC5186608
    • LABEL
      PENTATONE
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra: Waltz No. 2 (arr. M. Haimovitz and C. O'Riley for cello and piano)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    2. I. Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    3. II. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    4. III. Largo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    5. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    6. Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika (arr. M. Haimovitz and C. O'Riley for cello and piano)

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    7. I. Andante grave

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    8. II. Moderato

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    9. III. Allegro ma non troppo

      Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    10. I. Lento - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    11. II. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    12. III. Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    13. IV. Allegro mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    14. 14 Songs, Op. 34: No. 14. Vocalise (arr. for cello and piano)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    15. Kukushka (arr. M. Haimovitz and C. O'Riley for cello and piano)

      Composer: Viktor Tsoi

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    16. Punk Prayer, "Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away" (arr. M. Haimovitz and C. O'Riley for cello and piano)

      Composer: Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

    17. Back in the U.S.S.R. (arr. M. Haimovitz and C. O'Riley for cello and piano)

      Composer: John Lennon, Paul McCartney

      Performer: Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley


Acclaimed for their adventurous and wide-ranging recording projects – from Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments to genre-bending arrangements of Radiohead and Arcade Fire – the endlessly inventive duo of cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O’Riley returns to explore music of the Slavic soul. Anchored by the cello sonatas of the iconic triumvirate of Russian composers –Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich – and inspired by the subversive irony of Shostakovich’s Sonata, TROIKA also delves into more recently-written, unexpected, and popular works. Whether subtle or blatantly rebellious, each work potently reveals the strength of the artistic voice in the face of political repression in mother Russia.

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REVIEW:

Haimovitz and O’Riley really go to town—specifically, Moscow. The ‘Troika’ of their stylishly presented double-disc set comprises the three cello sonatas by Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, and Prokofiev, as well as a dizzying transcription of the eponymous lollipop from Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé—one of a series of spectacular virtuoso transcriptions that range from Shostakovich’s now ubiquitous Waltz No 2 to explosive versions of songs by Pussy Riot and The Beatles (‘Back in the USSR’, naturally).

Apparently there’s a political thesis behind these choices, but what really speaks is Haimovitz and O’Riley’s playing in the three sonatas. These are emotionally charged readings on the grandest scale. Haimovitz in particular plays with an articulate, vibrato-rich tone that he can refine down to an almost viola-like mellowness in, say, the Andante of the Rachmaninov, or send soaring and swooping (no shortage of portamento here) round O’Riley’s mountains of piano sound.

– Gramophone