Prokofiev: Violin Concertos

Embracing more intrusive vibrato and rasp than most rivals…this is a compellingly individual account [of the First Concerto], profoundly lyrical where it needs to be, never cloying…her intense... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2018 More…

Release Date: 13th Oct 2017
Catalogue No: AUDITE97733
Label: Audite
Length: 50 minutes

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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19

Work length21:56

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Franziska Pietsch (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Cristian Măcelaru
Recorded: 13-16 March 2017
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: I. Andantino: Andante assai

Track length9:31

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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: II. Scherzo: Vivacissimo

Track length4:00

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Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 19: III. Moderato - Allegro moderato - Moderato - Più tranquillo

Track length8:25

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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63

Work length28:08

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Franziska Pietsch (violin)
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Cristian Măcelaru
Recorded: 13-16 March 2017
Recording Venue: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem, Berlin

Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: I. Allegro moderato

Track length11:27

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Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: II. Andante assai - Allegretto

Track length10:10

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Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63: III. Allegro, ben marcato

Track length6:31

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Sergei Prokofiev’s two Violin Concertos mark the beginning and the end of his exile: his early, challenging neoclassicism and the artistic route from his “nomadic life” in exile back to his home country. Ever since her career as a promising star of the GDR, Franziska Pietsch has felt at home in the music of this Russian composer, making her an ideal interpreter of Prokofiev’s virtuosic and multifaceted idiom.

Franziska Pietsch now presents an album featuring both Violin Concertos of the Russian composer, Alongside Cristian Măcelaru and the Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin she presents a thrilling new recording. The two violin concertos represent two phases in, and two sides of, Prokofiev’s life and work. The first was written during an era of early successes, stylistically and temporally close to his Symphonie classique, but not premiered until he was in exile. The second mirrors the itinerant existence of his life as a musician in exile, but also his longing to return to Russia. Franziska Pietsch, the “Anne-Sophie Mutter of East Germany” (W. Dulisch) From promising star of the GDR with a burgeoning solo career to boycott, via a new beginning, chamber music and leading orchestras, back to being a soloist and enriched by a transformed understanding of her own role: with this recording of the Prokofiev Violin Concertos, Franziska Pietsch has come full circle. Thanks to her intensive engagement with chamber music and her experience as a concertmaster, Franziska Pietsch’s performances as a soloist are not only world-class, but also characterised by an exceptional sense of chamber-like intimacy.

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February 2018

Embracing more intrusive vibrato and rasp than most rivals…this is a compellingly individual account [of the First Concerto], profoundly lyrical where it needs to be, never cloying…her intense commitment is never in doubt. There are plenty of safer, cleaner, more generously coupled alternatives in these concertos…but in its mix of tenderness, raw emotion and high fidelity this one is rather special.

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