Complete Music For Violin (Includes Violin sonatas & Cinq Malodies, Op. 35b)
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PROKOFIEV
Complete Music For Violin (Includes Violin sonatas & Cinq Malodies, Op. 35b)
Frank Peter Zimmerman (violin), Alexander Lonquich (piano) / Berliner Philharmoniker under Lorin Maazel / Philharmonia Orchestra under Mariss Jansons
[ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 28 March 2006
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Prokofiev did not play the violin himself. Nevertheless he composed a substantial amount of varied works for this instrument: orchestral and chamber music.
Sergei Prokofiev's music easily relates to its classical roots. But he used these roots in a very personal and rather provoking expressive style and language. Some of his works are more approachable than others.
Prokofiev did not play the violin himself. Nevertheless he composed a substantial amount of varied works for this instrument: orchestral and chamber music.
This complete set includes not just both violin concertos and all 3 sonatas for single violin and piano but also the Cinq Mélodies and the sonata for two violins, op. 35b
Exciting performances by violinist Frank Peter Zimmermann, was also plays a duet with himself (in the sonata for 2 violins). He is accompanied by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Lorin Maazel and the Philharmonia Orchestra under Mariss Jansons. The piano parts are played by Alexander Lonquich.
• Licensed from EMI
Tracks:
CD 1
Violin Concerto no. 1 in D, Op. 19
Violin Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
Sonata for violin solo in D, Op. 115 (Ed.: Joseph Gingold)
Sonata for 2 violins in C, Op. 56
CD 2
Violin Sonata no. 2 in D, Op. 94a
Violin Sonata no. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Cinq Mélodies, Op. 35b
