Release Date: 24 March 2023
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Warner Classics
£24.99
Itzhak Perlman Prokofiev: Violin Concertos Limited 180gram Vinyl LP
Overview:
The distinctive character of each of Prokofiev’s Violin Concertos seems rooted in its genesis: the first, nervy and iconoclastic, coincided with the Russian Revolution; the second, more sober and expansively lyrical, dates from 1935, when Prokofiev was preparing a permanent return to his native country. The two concertos were written nineteen years apart — a period that coincides almost completely with the years Prokofiev spent “in exile”, first in the US and then in France. He composed No. 1 shortly before leaving Russia, and No. 2 just months before his return to the Soviet Union. It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the two works are so different from one another. Perlman chose to record these two concertos with Gennady Rozhdestvensky, whose experience in this repertoire he no doubt deemed second to none.
Featured Tracks:
Side: 1
1 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino
2 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo (Vivacissimo)
3 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato
Side: 2
1 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: I. Allegro moderato
2 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai - Allegretto
3 Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: III. Allegro ben marcato
Release Date: 08 March 2024
Format: LP Vinyl
Label: Warner Classics
£19.99
