Release Date: 01 September 2016
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599921426
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Prokofiev
Description
Nathan Milstein once described Sergei Prokofiev's first violin concerto as 'one of the best modern violin concertos... a brilliant piece, perhaps the finest of all Prokofiev's works', while the second concerto was taken up by violinists such as David Oistrakh and Jascha Heifetz. Here the two works are interpreted by the Ukrainian-born Vadim Gluzman whom, as many critics have remarked, is firmly based in the glorious tradition of these and other virtuosos of the 19th and 20th centuries. His discs for BIS have included concertos by Tchaikovsky and Bruch as well as by Gubaidulina and Barber, earning him accolades such as Diapason d'or de l'année. On the present disc Gluzman is supported by the eminent Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Neeme Järvi. Gluzman rounds off the programme with Prokofiev's only solo work for the violin, the Sonata in D major, Op. 115 - one of the composer's less familiar compositions for the instrument. Strictly speaking it is a sonata for several violins; Prokofiev wrote the piece in 1947 to be played in unison by violin students. Despite its pedagogical purpose, the sonata is far more than just a technical exercise, however, presenting an overwhelming richness of ideas and emotions within a short time-frame.
Tracklisting
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Sascha Goetzel
Oliver Barlow; Arlo Murray; Sergej Merkusjev; Joonas Ahonen; Barbara Kozelj; London Philharmonic Or
Masaaki Suzuki
Miklos Spanyi
Franz Halasz
Cecilia Zilliacus; Kati Raitinen; Bengt Forsberg; Peter Friis Johansson
Bach Collegium Japan; Hana Blazikova; Carolyn Sampson; Robin Blaze; Yoshikazu Mera; Makoto Sakurada
Arte dei Suonatori; Marcin Swiatkiewicz
