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Prokofiev / Canyigueral / Bizjak- Prokofiev Milestones Vol. 1

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SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first volume of Prokofiev Milestones, featuring three characterful sonatas and a sparkling arrangement of music from Romeo and Juliet performed by violinists Lana Trotovsek and Boris Bizjak (who also doubles on flute) accompanied by Maria Canyigueral on piano. Prokofiev Milestones revealingly turns the focus away from the prolific composer's famed orchestral works and celebrated ballets to his rich and varied chamber music. First performed in 1943, the Sonata for Flute and Piano (Op.94) is, as Robert Matthew-Walker comments in his notes, "music not of war, but of peace"; a pastoral escape laced with wit and mischief vouchsafed within a pristine neo-classical frame. It is heard again, transformed, in Prokofiev's own transcription for Violin and Piano (Op.94a). Composed soon after, it lays claim to being "one of the finest 20th-century works in the genre and a genuine masterpiece". The Sonata for Two Violins (Op.56) is heard in a new arrangement by Boris Bizjak that eloquently makes much of it's sentimentality, drama and vitality.A characterful suite drawn from Romeo and Juliet, and arranged for violin and piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger, revels in Shakespeare's great romance and Prokofiev's ardent response to it. Maria Canyigueral is making her SOMM Recordings debut. Lana Trotovsek and Boris Bizjak's previous SOMM release was Hoffmeister's Magic Flute (SOMMCD 0620) with the Piatti Quartet, of which Gramophone approvingly noted: "the challenge falls firmly on the performers... Bizjak, Trotovsek and their accomplices... meet the music's technical demands admirably".

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~I. Moderato
  2. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~II. Scherzo: Presto
  3. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~III. Andante
  4. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~IV. Allegro con brio
  5. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~I. Andante cantabile
  6. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~II. Allegro
  7. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~III. Commodo (quasi allegretto)
  8. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~IV. Allegro con brio
  9. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~I. Intoduction
  10. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~II. Juliet
  11. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~III. Dance of the Knights
  12. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~IV. Balcony Scene
  13. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~V. Dance of the Couples
  14. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~VI. Mercutio-Fight-Tybalt's Death
  15. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~I. Moderato
  16. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~II. Scherzo: Presto
  17. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~III. Andante
  18. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~IV. Allegor con brio
Format: New CD/Classical

Prokofiev / Canyigueral / Bizjak- Prokofiev Milestones Vol. 1

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Release Date: 01.19.2024

 
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SOMM RECORDINGS announces the first volume of Prokofiev Milestones, featuring three characterful sonatas and a sparkling arrangement of music from Romeo and Juliet performed by violinists Lana Trotovsek and Boris Bizjak (who also doubles on flute) accompanied by Maria Canyigueral on piano. Prokofiev Milestones revealingly turns the focus away from the prolific composer's famed orchestral works and celebrated ballets to his rich and varied chamber music. First performed in 1943, the Sonata for Flute and Piano (Op.94) is, as Robert Matthew-Walker comments in his notes, "music not of war, but of peace"; a pastoral escape laced with wit and mischief vouchsafed within a pristine neo-classical frame. It is heard again, transformed, in Prokofiev's own transcription for Violin and Piano (Op.94a). Composed soon after, it lays claim to being "one of the finest 20th-century works in the genre and a genuine masterpiece". The Sonata for Two Violins (Op.56) is heard in a new arrangement by Boris Bizjak that eloquently makes much of it's sentimentality, drama and vitality.A characterful suite drawn from Romeo and Juliet, and arranged for violin and piano by Lidia Baich and Matthias Fletzberger, revels in Shakespeare's great romance and Prokofiev's ardent response to it. Maria Canyigueral is making her SOMM Recordings debut. Lana Trotovsek and Boris Bizjak's previous SOMM release was Hoffmeister's Magic Flute (SOMMCD 0620) with the Piatti Quartet, of which Gramophone approvingly noted: "the challenge falls firmly on the performers... Bizjak, Trotovsek and their accomplices... meet the music's technical demands admirably".

Tracklist:

  1. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~I. Moderato
  2. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~II. Scherzo: Presto
  3. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~III. Andante
  4. Sonata for Flute and Piano in D major, Op. 94~IV. Allegro con brio
  5. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~I. Andante cantabile
  6. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~II. Allegro
  7. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~III. Commodo (quasi allegretto)
  8. Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56~IV. Allegro con brio
  9. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~I. Intoduction
  10. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~II. Juliet
  11. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~III. Dance of the Knights
  12. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~IV. Balcony Scene
  13. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~V. Dance of the Couples
  14. Suite from Romeo and Juliet~VI. Mercutio-Fight-Tybalt's Death
  15. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~I. Moderato
  16. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~II. Scherzo: Presto
  17. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~III. Andante
  18. Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 94a~IV. Allegor con brio