Prokofiev / Croise / Panfilov- Russian Album
In the spring of 2019, Christoph Croise scored a breakthrough with his critically acclaimed recording of Haydn's Cello Concertos. With The Russian Album, he turns his attention to two towering 20th century masterpieces, Sergei Rachmaninoff's early, eloquent and emotional Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, and Dmitri Shostakovich's D minor Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 40. The latter work's finale featured what would become the composer's signature style of caricature and irony that proved too provocative to the Stalinist regime. Croise also offers two "encores"- his own transcriptions of the March from Sergei Prokofiev's propulsive opera The Love for Three Oranges, and Rodion Shchedrin's flamboyant In the Style of Albeniz- and a bonus track by his compatriot, the Swiss cellist and composer Thomas Demenga, New York Honk, a humorous homage to the Big Apple's cacophonous traffic noises. "a recording teeming with sparkle and relentless in fizz." (Gramophone)
Tracklist:
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro Moderato
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro Scherzando
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro Mosso
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro Non Troppo
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: III. Largo
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro
- In The Style Of Albéniz
- March (From The Love For Three Oranges)
- New York Honk
UPC > 822252241020
Format > New CD
Label > Avie
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In the spring of 2019, Christoph Croise scored a breakthrough with his critically acclaimed recording of Haydn's Cello Concertos. With The Russian Album, he turns his attention to two towering 20th century masterpieces, Sergei Rachmaninoff's early, eloquent and emotional Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, and Dmitri Shostakovich's D minor Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 40. The latter work's finale featured what would become the composer's signature style of caricature and irony that proved too provocative to the Stalinist regime. Croise also offers two "encores"- his own transcriptions of the March from Sergei Prokofiev's propulsive opera The Love for Three Oranges, and Rodion Shchedrin's flamboyant In the Style of Albeniz- and a bonus track by his compatriot, the Swiss cellist and composer Thomas Demenga, New York Honk, a humorous homage to the Big Apple's cacophonous traffic noises. "a recording teeming with sparkle and relentless in fizz." (Gramophone)
Tracklist:
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro Moderato
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro Scherzando
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro Mosso
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro Non Troppo
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: III. Largo
- Sonata For Cello And Piano In D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro
- In The Style Of Albéniz
- March (From The Love For Three Oranges)
- New York Honk
UPC > 822252241020
Format > New CD
Label > Avie
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.