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| Prokofiev: Cello Concerto, Symphony-concerto / Andrew Litton, Alban Gerhardt | |||||
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Release Date: 09/08/2009 Label: Hyperion Catalog #: 67705 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Sergei Prokofiev Performer: Alban Gerhardt Conductor: Andrew Litton Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
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| The two works recorded here have an interestingly close musical relationship that is belied by their radically different sound-worlds. Prokofiev's first work for cello and orchestra was abandoned by the composer after an unsuccesful premiere, and the full score remained unpublished for years. However, a rising star barely in his twenties, Mstislav Rostropovich, found a copy with piano accompaniment and impressed the composer with his performance in December 1947. As Rostropovich remembered from their backstage encounter: 'Prokofiev told me that after listening carefully to the Concerto he had decided to rewrite it. I reminded him of this each time I met him after that, but without success.' What followed, in fact, was a completely new work--the Sonata for cello and piano Op 119--and the premiere of that, with Rostropovich eloquently partnered by Sviatoslav Richter (a recording survives), finally persuaded the now-ailing composer to the dramatic revision of the original Concerto. The resulting Symphony-Concerto is now acknowledged as one of the composer's late masterpieces. The young German virtuoso Alban Gerhardt was the soloist in a performance at the BBC Proms in 2008 that convinced a loudly appreciative audience of the merits of this work. It has been recorded here with the first verson, Cello Concerto No 1, a work of undeniable importance to scholars and music-lovers alike. Andrew Litton conducts the Bergen Symphony Orchestra in their second disc for Hyperion. | |||||
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| Works on This Recording | Back to Top | ||||
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Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 58 by Sergei Prokofiev | ||||
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Performer:
Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Conductor: Andrew Litton Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1933-1938; USSR |
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Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125 by Sergei Prokofiev | ||||
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Performer:
Alban Gerhardt (Cello)
Conductor: Andrew Litton Orchestra/Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: USSR |
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