Latest News: Classical, Prokofiev (composer)
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Recording of the Week,
Shadows of My Ancestors from Behzod Abduraimov 12th January 2024The Uzbek pianist presents a dazzlingly evocative album of virtuosic piano works by Prokofieff, Ravel, and his compatriot Dilorom Saidaminova.
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Interview,
Iestyn Morris on Romances 13th July 2023The countertenor talks about his new recording of Russian Romances with pianist Nigel Foster on Quartz Records.
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Interview,
Jocelyn Freeman on The Poet's Echo 4th May 2023The pianist discusses her album of works with a Pushkin connection (including a new version of Britten's eponymous song-cycle, Shostakovich's Cello Sonata and Prokofiev's Three Romances), recently released on Rubicon and also featuring soprano Gemma Summerfield, baritone Gareth Brynmor John & cellist Abi Hyde-Smith.
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Interview,
Andrew Litton on Prokofiev 30th September 2021The American conductor talks to Katherine about his recordings of the complete Prokofiev symphonies with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, released as a box-set tomorrow on BIS.
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Recording of the Week,
Vasily Petrenko conducts Russian and Austrian symphonies and orchestral works 21st May 2021A double bill from the Russian-British conductor, with the Oslo Philharmonic performing symphonies by Prokofiev and Myaskovsky, and tone poems by Zemlinsky and Schreker with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Recording of the Week,
Daniil Trifonov's Silver Age 6th November 2020The Russian pianist is by turns balletic, poetic and dramatic in solo works by Stravinsky and Prokofiev, whilst the Mariinsky Orchestra match his precision and imagination in concertos by the the latter composer and Scriabin.
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Interview,
Kirill Gerstein on Tchaikovsky 6th August 2016Ahead of his Proms performance of the First Piano Concerto tomorrow, the pianist talks to David about the various versions of the work.
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Interview,
Prokofiev from Kirill Karabits 19th August 2015David talks to conductor Kirill Karabits about the latest instalment in his Prokofiev series.
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Recording of the Week,
Russian Cello and Piano Concertos from Steven Isserlis and Kirill Gerstein 2nd March 2015David listens to a pair of new releases that throw light on early versions of concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev.
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Recording of the Week,
Prokofiev Violin Sonatas from Alina Ibragimova and Steven Osborne 14th July 2014David listens to two very contrasting Prokofiev Violin Sonatas, performed by the star duo of Steven Osborne and Alina Ibragimova.
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Recording of the Week,
Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet 18th January 2010A ‘superb reading of Prokofiev's supreme masterpiece’ from Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra, two decades after the conductor’s landmark account of the piece with the Kirov Orchestra.